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Health Care in
New Brunswick
Demographic Background:
Population: 730,000
Source: Government of New Brunswick site.
Languages:
New Brunswick is Canada's only officially bilingual province; English and French have equal
status.
See Statistics Canada web site.
Health Care
Facilities
There are fifty-one health facilities in New Brunswick. All are organized through one of
eight Regional Health Authorities. All recruitment of physicians, whether for direct
employment or independent practice, is done by a Regional Health Authority. Furthermore,
in order to bill Medicare, the physician must have privileges with the Regional Health
Authority. In other words, to practice in New Brunswick, physicians must have
credentials acceptable to both the College and a Regional Health Authority.
Hospital Services >>
Other Programs >>
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Physician Distribution:
Excerpted and adapted from The Canada
Health Act Annual Report for New Brunswick
A total of 675 general/family practitioners and 731 specialists provided insured services
in New Brunswick in 2003.
For information of billing Medicare see the Department
of Health and Wellness site.
Remuneration of
Physicians >>
Statistics -
Licensed Physicians in NB >>
The CFPC National Family Physician Survey - Regional Report (Atlantic
Canada)
Government Links:
New Brunswick Department of Health and Wellness >>
New Brunswick Medicare
>>
NB Prescription Drug
Program >>
Public Health >>
Research >>
Healthy
Futures: Securing New Brunswick’s Health Care System , The Provincial Health Plan
2004 – 2008 >>
For additional information on New Brunswick’s Health Care System see the Canada Health Act Annual
Report, New Brunswick >>
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Medical Licensure in New Brunswick
Faculty of Medicine:
There is no medical school in New Brunswick. The province
is affiliated with Medical Schools elsewhere in Canada, particularly in Quebec, Nova
Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Medical Professional Organizations:
College of
Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick >>
Provincial Medical Regulatory Authority
New Brunswick Medical Society >>
Provincial Division of the Canadian Medical Association
Professional Association of Residents in the Maritime
Provinces (PARI-MP) >>
Society of Rural Physicians of Canada, Atlantic Region
>>
(click on Regions)
Key
National Medical Professional Organizations >>
Credentialing Service used by the CPSNB:
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) International
Credentials Services $150 USD (as per 2004)
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Physician
Recruitment and Health Care Employment
Department of Health and Wellness – Physician Recruitment >>
Physician Recruitment >>
See Regional Health Authorities
within this web site.
General Health Care Employment
Links >>
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Preparation for the
Exams/Assessment
Various French
Resources >> (links within this web site to Quebec resources)
For further discussion of study supports, see Preparation for the Exams/Assessment within
this web site.
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