title: Medical recruitment in rural Canada: marathon breaks the cycle.
abstract: Two years ago, the 5500 residents of marathon, ont., had 1 overworked physician to look after their medical needs. Today, they have 7 physicians to share the load. In this article Michael OReilly looks at the steps the town took to attract new doctors. It offered a financial incentive and also worked to revitalize its hospital. As Marathon worked to attract new doctors, it also found that a new generation of physicians has much different career aspirations than past generations.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: OReilly
mesh_terms: D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D009864:Ontario; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods*; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution; D012424:Rural Population