Doctors say unfair salaries driving them away from family medicine in Canada – CTV
March 26, 2024
Dr. Garni Tatikian is having second thoughts about her future as a family doctor because of what she calls unfair salaries.
The Toronto-based doctor, 33, has been working as a locum physician for about four years since she graduated from medical school in 2019. As a locum physician, she covers family physicians in their clinics typically a few months at a time while they are away for holidays, illness or other reasons.
“So I haven’t actually opened my own clinic and one of the reasons for that is that I’m not sure how long I’ll continue to practise as a family physician,” Tatikian said in a video interview with CTVNews.ca. “In the long run, a career as a family physician doesn’t seem to be a financially wise one. Historically, pay raises that family physicians get from the government haven’t kept up with inflation.”
