Interview: Interesting MD Podcast (hosted by Rod Beck) — Key Differences in Health Law for Physicians Moving from the U.S. to Canada

In this in-depth conversation on the Interesting MD Podcast, Brooke Shekter breaks down what physicians need to know about practising medicine in Canada’s publicly funded and highly regulated environment. She explains how college complaints work, how hospital privileges are governed, why documentation and procedural fairness matter, and what U.S.-trained physicians often find most surprising about the Canadian system. It’s a practical, candid discussion for anyone navigating (or considering) a medical career in Canada.

Watch the full interview.

Concerned Physicians at Regina General Hospital:

  • Health minister appoints external review, CBC, December 9, 2024
  • Foreign-trained doctors accuse department leads at Regina General Hospital of racism, CBC , November 7, 2023.
  • health minister says alleged racism at Regina hospital under third party review, CTV News, November 6, 2023.
  • The most toxic place’: Foreign-trained doctors file human rights complaint, alleging discrimination, CTV News, November 3, 2023.

Concerned Physicians at Regina General Hospital, CTV News, November 3, 2023.

A London, Ont. ER doctor was under the microscope for murder. The hospital didn’t tell him, CTV News, September 27, 2023.

Ontario’s new health law raises issues for physician recourse, says health lawyer Brooke Shekter, Law Times, August 4, 2023.

Cuts in Virtual Visit Fees for Ont. Doctors Could Violate Provincial, Federal Laws: Health Law Lawyer, Law Times, April 10, 2023.

Ottawa Hospital’s operating-room deal with private corporation worries union, experts, The Toronto Star, March 2, 2023.

Concerned Physicians at Trillium Health Partners:

Lawyer calls dismissal of Dr. Brooks Fallis an ‘egregious abuse of power’, Medical Post, Canadian Healthcare Network, February 10, 2021.

William Osler Discipline of Doctor an Egregious Abuse of Power, The Toronto Star, February 9, 2021.

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