HALIFAX – Twenty-five medical graduates or doctors from outside Nova Scotia who agree to work in underserved communities for five years could get up to $120,000 of their tuition paid by the provincial government.
The government’s tuition relief program is available to new graduates or some out-of-province doctors over the next four years and is aimed at keeping new family doctors and specialists in the communities where they are needed.
The program was recommended by an expert panel set up to help recruit and retain doctors.
Health Minister Leo Glavine says the program gives an incentive for doctors to set up practices in Nova Scotia.
The program will be available to medical students in residency or doctors who are in the first seven years of practice outside the province.
An additional $30,000 payment is available to family doctors who are willing to practise in a community without a regional hospital and specialists who are willing to work outside the current boundaries of the Capital District Health Authority.
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