Your list barely even touches on the actual working conditions of a GP in Toronto.
On top of being knee deep in treating all this "diversity" on the frontlines, you also get crushed as a family doc having to manage cases way above your paygrade because of the insane wait times for specialist consultations, surgeries, cancer care, imaging, psychiatrist assessments, etc.
You're trained as a GP to essentially be a switchboard, assessing undifferentiated patients off the street, starting investigations, directing people to the right specialists, treating minor ailments.
But when the switchboard model breaks down because "calls" are waiting in the queue for months & years while still holding you as the Most Responsible Person when they are on hold in an endless queue, it is thankless, underresourced and full of liability.
This is rapidly becoming the norm in the USA as well, especially where I live. I work as an RN in the hospital of a semi major urban area and the workload is wild for most doctors. You honestly can't pay me to do that.
I will be attending NP school soon in order to write my own orders and Rx for my family etc because healthcare is becoming a waste of time and it costs an insane amount for nothing most of the time. My coworkers pay like 500$ a month for the "Gucci" hospital offered insurance that they hate and have to pay more.
My advice is just quit ur job and go on medicaid if you get really sick.
Your list barely even touches on the actual working conditions of a GP in Toronto.
On top of being knee deep in treating all this "diversity" on the frontlines, you also get crushed as a family doc having to manage cases way above your paygrade because of the insane wait times for specialist consultations, surgeries, cancer care, imaging, psychiatrist assessments, etc.
You're trained as a GP to essentially be a switchboard, assessing undifferentiated patients off the street, starting investigations, directing people to the right specialists, treating minor ailments.
But when the switchboard model breaks down because "calls" are waiting in the queue for months & years while still holding you as the Most Responsible Person when they are on hold in an endless queue, it is thankless, underresourced and full of liability.
This is rapidly becoming the norm in the USA as well, especially where I live. I work as an RN in the hospital of a semi major urban area and the workload is wild for most doctors. You honestly can't pay me to do that.
I will be attending NP school soon in order to write my own orders and Rx for my family etc because healthcare is becoming a waste of time and it costs an insane amount for nothing most of the time. My coworkers pay like 500$ a month for the "Gucci" hospital offered insurance that they hate and have to pay more.
My advice is just quit ur job and go on medicaid if you get really sick.