Madhur Kuckreja says he had been on the brink of moving to Seattle after frustrating attempts to be licensed in B.C.
A Canadian doctor practising near Boston who sounded alarm bells this summer over roadblocks he encountered trying to return to practice in Victoria says he’s excited about the province’s plans to smooth the path for international medical graduates and physicians.
Kuckreja, reached by phone, called the changes announced by B.C. Premier David Eby on Sunday “great news.”For medical graduates and doctors working outside Canada, the new suite of incentives includes the tripling of Practice Ready Assessment seats — the path for internationally educated graduates to be licensed to work in B.C. — to 96 by March 2024.
And the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. is drawing up new bylaws in coming weeks to allow physicians who trained for three years in the U.S. to practise in community clinics and family practices.Kuckreja believes he falls under the opening for U.S.-trained physicians, as he did his residency in the U.S. and is board-certified there. “I will definitely apply for a B.C. medical license and see what the process is like,” he said.
Reading news of the physician shortage here, Kuckreja thought it was time to return home to be closer to his family. “I trained in the U.S. I’m board-certified in internal medicine in the U.S. I have no blemishes on my record,” said Kuckreja. “It should be a lot easier for us to come back without jumping through all these hoops.”
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