N.S. launches centre to certify more foreign doctors [Video]

Nova Scotia is creating an international medical graduate assessment centre to recruit and fast-track more internationally-trained physicians to work in the province and address the doctor shortage.

Premier Tim Houston made the announcement in Halifax Tuesday morning. He said, to start, four international medical graduates will provide medical care for 2,500 patients at the assessment centre.

“We have health-care professionals like doctors who want to make Nova Scotia their home, and we have the opportunities to help them do what they do best, that’s provide care for patients,” said Houston.

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Two Nova Scotia physicians will supervise the international graduates and assess them through a 12-week assessment program at the centre.

The medical graduate centre will eventually expand to include five physician-led teams of up to three international medical graduates each, providing care for up to …