Because of federal and provincial subsidy policies and return-of-service agreements, international medical graduates (imgs) now make up an increasingly large proportion of rural doctors. as a consequence, the shortage of doctors in rural areas has prompted many family medicine residencies to increase their quotas for imgs in their programs. effectively, this development is leading to a relative reduction in spots available for canadian medical graduates. discuss the pros and cons of such a development.

Cons:

There has been little cooperation in attempting to solve common issues regarding rural areas shortage of physicians in Canada.A lack of co ordination between provincial medical licensing bodies and federal immigration authorities.Inconsistent policies and a lack  of cohesion at the national level.

Pros:

IMGs fill gaps in the primary care workforce in many rural areas.Policies aimed to redress the rural-urban physician maldistribution in the United States have been taken into account for the role of american IMGs.

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