{"id":37785,"date":"2015-01-09T02:13:06","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T18:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=37785"},"modified":"2015-01-09T02:13:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T18:13:06","slug":"nova-scotia-offers-tuition-incentive-for-doctors-to-set-up-practice-in-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/09\/nova-scotia-offers-tuition-incentive-for-doctors-to-set-up-practice-in-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia offers tuition incentive for doctors to set up practice in province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_156022655.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37850\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_156022655.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_156022655\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_156022655.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_156022655-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>HALIFAX &#8212; Twenty-five medical graduates or doctors from outside Nova Scotia who agree to work in underserved communities for five years could get up to $120,000 of their tuition paid by the provincial government.<\/p>\n<p>The government&#8217;s tuition relief program is available to new graduates or some out-of-province doctors over the next four years and is aimed at keeping new family doctors and specialists in the communities where they are needed.<\/p>\n<p>The program was recommended by an expert panel set up to help recruit and retain doctors.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Leo Glavine said Thursday that the program could make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This now is a very strong incentive to get graduates and also those who are practising up to seven years in any part of Canada or the United States to come back,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Glavine said only certain communities will be eligible under the program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There will be a community of need identified and (the province will) work out an agreement with them,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The program will be available to medical students in residency or doctors who are in the first seven years of practice outside the province.<\/p>\n<p>An additional $30,000 payment is available to family doctors who are willing to practise in a community without a regional hospital and specialists who are willing to work outside the current boundaries of the Capital District Health Authority.<\/p>\n<p>The president of the medical students&#8217; society at Dalhousie University in Halifax said the program could help the province in a variety of ways.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Faced with increasing tuition costs, the tuition relief program is welcome news for medical students at Dalhousie University,&#8221; Russell Christie said in a statement issued by the province. &#8220;Not only will this program represent a first step in assisting new and recent graduates repay student debt, it will have a positive impact on the health of Nova Scotians by placing physicians in underserviced areas of the province.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX &#8212; 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