ArticleCanadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2024
The anesthesia human resources crisis in Canada.
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- Association between model of anesthesiology care and outcomes after cataract surgery: a population-based cohort study.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026Article
- Anesthesia for cataract surgery in Canada: deploying a limited workforce where it matters most.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026Article
- Expanding healthcare capacity in Canada: the potential of internationally trained physicians.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- Strategies to increase access to physician-led anesthesia care in Canada.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2024Article
- Safeguarding surgical access through modernized anesthesia care teams: what surgeons should know.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgieArticle
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Abstract
Human resources are essential to the safe and effective functioning of any health care system. Pressure on the health care workforce is of active global concern. There appears to be an anesthesia service delivery crisis in Canada. Recent media headlines have featured vacant physician anesthesiologist positions, closure of maternity units, and postponement of elective surgeries because of a shortage of anesthesiologists. This shortage is most serious in rural and remote communities. This has prompted the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society to publish a position statement on "Strategies to Address the Surgical Backlog and Health Human Resource Issues in Anesthesia."In this article, we discuss the composition and organization of the anesthesia workforce in Canada. We compare the Canadian anesthesia workforce to other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. We contend that the current anesthesia provision model in Canada is not meeting population needs and outline potential solutions to the anesthesia human resources crisis. These include increasing the numbers of anesthesiologists in training, encouraging international medical graduates to migrate to Canada, and various different approaches to task shifting and task sharing.
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