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Originally Posted by shogged
One of the biggest roadblocks isn’t the number of qualified applicants, it’s the job shadowing after the fact. Not enough spots for residency as it is and no easy way to create more because the people that want to teach are already doing so.
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Two things that the government could do to alleviate the issue "quickly" are:
1. Create a system for job shadowing/residency that exist outside of private practice. Most law societies have done something similar by allowing lawyers to train at public institutions and free clinics. The experience from these clinics and institutions is often better than what they'd get with an unsupervised lawyer who has no training experience themselves.
2. Expand the role of and funding for RNs and Nurse Practitioners. We don't need to let in a bunch of questionable doctors, when we have experienced health care professionals already practicing. A nurse, no matter how qualified, shouldn't be taking over many roles of doctors, but they certainly have the ability to handle a lot of first line matters.