ITPO

ITPO is pushing for better licensing pathways and increased residency placements to utilize these skilled professionals.

The shortage of primary care physicians, which contributes to longer wait times in emergency departments and backlogs for specialists

The ITPO team gathered in Calgary on October 25th and 26th for the "Building Collaboration on Policy and Programs: A National Convening of I

Far fewer residency positions available for ITPs compared to CMGs. Open the spots! Adjust assessment criteria to capture ITP strengths!

Read our Chair of Board, Dr. Makini McGuire-Brown's thoughts on the recent proposal by Canadian senators regarding ITPs.

Canada is experiencing a primary care crisis, with 6.5 million people currently lacking access to a family doctor

Internationally trained doctors face barriers to practicing medicine in Canada Canada Tonight host Ginella Massa spoke with the chair of...

Cross Country Checkup with Ian Hanomansing ITPO Chair on Cross Country Check up Cross Country Checkup is Canada's only national phone-in...

Despite health-care ‘crisis,’ internationally-trained doctors, nurses face barriers to work Health worker shortages may be at “crisis”...

ITPO Chair Dr. Makini McGuire-Brown speaks about acknowledging the thousands of ITPs not working as doctors.

According to the Canadian Medical Association 6.5 million Canadians do not have access to primary care and instead have to turn towards...

Executive Summary Practice-Ready Assessment (PRA) programs are one of the licensure pathways that are available in various provinces in...

Expanding Pathways to Licensure for Internationally Trained Physicians in Ontario: How to Get There and Why It Matters Contributing...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In an online survey conducted by OMA, 26% of respondents chose “We don’t have enough doctors” as the statement that...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY College of Physicians and Surgoens of Nova Scotia has developed a new streamlined approach to license physicians who...

In August 2022 the Ontario government directed the CPSO to come up with solutions to the current health human resource crisis. ITPO...

Tina Cortese speaks with the chair of Internationally Trained Physicians of Ontario – Dr. Makini McGuire-Brown about how the province can...

A Report on the Findings of the ITPO ITPs Backgrounder Survey EXECUTIVE SUMMARY There is a significant healthcare worker shortage in...

In March 2022, The Centre Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration (CERC Migration) at Toronto Metropolitan University (...