title: Radiation Oncology Workforce Recruitment Survey of 2000-2010 Graduates: Is There a Need for Better Physician Resource Planning?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To survey employment and training characteristics of Canadian radiation oncology training program graduates and foreign medical graduates with Canadian radiation oncology post-graduate education or specialist certification.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 38-question, web-based survey was distributed to radiation oncologists who completed specialty training between 2000-2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 256 radiation oncologists contacted, 148 completed the survey (58% response rate). Thirty-two respondents (22%) were foreign MD graduates. One-hundred and fifteen respondents (78%) undertook fellowship training after residency. Many Canadian MD graduates (77%) and foreign MD graduates (34%) had staff positions in Canada, while 11% of all respondents had staff positions outside Canada, and 21% did not have a commitment for staff employment. Of the 31 respondents without a staff position, 22 graduated from Canadian residency training in 2009 or 2010, and 21 had completed medical school training in Canada.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of respondents were successful in securing staff positions in Canada. A sizeable proportion extended training with fellowships. New graduates may have more difficulty in finding Canadian staff positions in radiation oncology in the near future. Implications for specialty training programs and for an improved national strategy for physician resource planning are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Shaun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Loewen
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brundage
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tankel
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Alysa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fairchild
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Trotter
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Ericka
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wiebe
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Fraser Valley Cancer Centre, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Paris
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ann Ingledew
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
authors.forename: Teri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stuckless
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Don
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authors.lastname: Yee