🩺 Meet our 2025 Resident of the Year! // Reducing Admin Burdens // Doctor Recruitment is Picking Up

February 13, 2025

This week’s Vitals: 1045 words / 4 min read

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Resident of the Year

It’s Resident Appreciation Week and what better time to announce our Doctors Manitoba Resident of the Year!

Meet Dr. Alexander Sharp, a fourth-year subspecialty resident in General Internal Medicine. He’s recognized for his clinical ability, patient advocacy, and innovative research contributions. His dedication to addressing barriers faced by individuals with addictions and complex social challenges is reflected in both his medical practice and scholarly work.

🗓️ Save the date for the Doctors Manitoba Awards Gala on May 10, 2025!

Thank a Resident

Resident Appreciation Week continues. Take a moment to say thank you to the residents you work with by sending them an e-card here.

Reducing Admin Burdens

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We're making real progress on reducing excessive paperwork and administrative tasks for physicians. Today, we’re sharing a key update on one of our signature projects: eliminating sick notes and streamlining third-party requests from employers, schools, and insurers.

In addition to meeting with key groups, we’ve launched a new web page making the case for eliminating sick notes in Manitoba.

Doctor Recruitment is Picking Up

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The government provided an update on its plan to add 100 doctors in 2024/25. The report was quite encouraging.

📈 THE NUMBERS: Since April, the government reported a net increase of 1,255 healthcare workers:

138 more doctors, exceeding the 100-doctor goal
481 nurses
386 health care aides
176 allied health workers

WHY IT MATTERS: This could be a record-breaking year for physician growth. Our independent review of the numbers is very close to the government’s report.

Read our analysis and what’s next for recruitment and retention.

Getting Healthy Winter Challenge Continues

Our Getting Healthy Winter Challenge is for everyone — including physicians and medical learners! Make your pledge to do one thing this winter to improve your health by entering at GettingHealthy.ca. You could win a prize for taking just one step towards getting healthy, including this year’s grand prize of a Churchill Adventure Trip for Two!

See our collab blog post A Cozy and Crisp Guide to Winter with Doctors Manitoba with Travel Manitoba and our President Dr. Randy Guzman.

🔗Make your Getting Healthy pledge and enter here!

Share the word! Download and print this poster for your practice.

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Read this week’s updates including an expansion at Park Manor Personal Care Home, the opening of Misericordia’s Minor Injury and Illness Clinic, new funding for youth eating disorders, a Heart Month summary and the latest from the Access Improvement Model (AIM).

Go to Health System Updates.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Here are the most read and important recent stories, in case you missed them:

At Doctors Manitoba, we are taking a multi-pronged approach to assessing the impact of a trade war and potential supports for members. Read more and our response plans here.
The federal government is deferring the date on which the capital gains inclusion rate would increase. Catch up on the details and background here.
Health Canada released a sobering report on doctor shortages. Read more, including our advocacy to date and our continued push for solutions.
Doctors Manitoba has entered into a new agreement with the Workers Compensation Board (WCB) Read more about the 5-year agreement.
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EVENTS & CPD

We feature events planned by Doctors Manitoba, as well as other events submitted by the medical community to share and connect with their peers.

EVENT: Webinar: Changes in HPV Testing at Colposcopy

DATE: March 26, 2025, 8 to 9 a.m.

OVERVIEW: Join Dr. Sarah Kean, Medical Lead, CervixCheck CancerCare Manitoba, in this interactive presentation on the assessment and treatment of abnormal cytology.

DETAILS: Registration is required.

To view/download the event poster, click here (pdf).

HOSTED BY: CancerCare Manitoba

EVENT: CMA Health Summit, Ottawa and Virtual

DATE: March 27-28, 2025

OVERVIEW: Sessions will cover where political parties stand on the future of healthcare,

Indigenous self-determination, and Navigating the AI revolution in healthcare

DETAILS: Access more program details and register now.

EVENT: DRMB Book Club

DATE: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 from 7 to 8 p.m.

OVERVIEW: We will be reading"Sunshine Nails" by Mai Nguyen. The author will be joining us for our meeting.

DETAILS: Register here.