This opinion piece is by Lauren Eastman and Samantha Horvey, family physicians and assistant professors in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ.
For those one-in-four Albertans who do not have a family doctor, the recent news that the province will create 120 new medical school seats in the next three years sounds like a welcome solution to a struggling health-care system.
While the increase is much needed, the realities of solving the family medicine crisis are more complex.
To understand why increasing medical student spots may not lead to all Albertans having a family
