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PEI to benefit from Atlantic Registry physician licensing partnership

May 1, 2023 Starting today, physicians primarily practicing in Atlantic Canada can now more seamlessly obtain licenses to practice in all four provinces via the Atlantic Registry, creating greater ease of mobility for physicians within the region when opportunities arise. Announced in February 2023 by the Council of Atlantic Premiers in partnership with Registrars from…

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PEI doctors call for urgent action to stop healthcare system collapse

PEI doctors, through the Medical Society of Prince Edward Island (MSPEI), are calling on all political parties to prioritize stabilizing and strengthening the healthcare system. As political leaders share their election platforms, MSPEI is urging all parties to focus on three healthcare priorities: reducing inequities in health and healthcare across PEI; making healthcare a healthy…

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National, provincial, territorial medical organizations urge governments to collaborate to fix health system crisis

  Health care is in crisis in every province and territory in Canada. Patients cannot access the care they need in a timely fashion and providers are rapidly burning out. This week, organizations representing physicians across Canada are calling on the federal and provincial/territorial governments to collaborate immediately to begin solving the country’s health systems…

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Physician couple among 40 doctors to find opportunity, and a home, on PEI

For Dr. Michael Girsberger and Dr. Sandra Jadin, a site visit to Prince Edward Island was one of the most important determining factors for their decision to move to the Island.

Despite the pandemic, this physician couple is among 40 physicians recruited to PEI in 2021. Dr. Girsberger is a Nephrologist who began working in PEI in September 2021, while Dr. Jadin is an Anesthetist who began work in November 2021.

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Creative recruitment project gives doctors a 3D experience of Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island – Doctors considering a career in PEI can walk the simulated halls of Island healthcare facilities and experience community landmarks thanks to a virtual reality project to help recruit doctors to the province. The physician recruitment virtual reality (VR) project gives doctors three-dimensional exposure to what it is like to live…

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Now Hiring – Chief Physician Recruiter

MSPEI is seeking a Chief Physician Recruiter to help transform how PEI recruits physicians. The individual will join a new, first-of-its-kind in Canada, Physicians Recruiting Physicians model.   LEARN MORE

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Physician Election Advocacy Toolkit

  The Medical Society of PEI (MSPEI) asked the Island’s doctors what they think needs to be done to improve our health-care system. Their response was clear. It is time to change how we DESIGN, PLAN AND MANAGE our health-care system. More of the same will not work. PEI doctors want to work shoulder-to-shoulder with…

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Physician Leadership Courses

Individual Master’s Courses Now Open for Registration! New this year, MSPEI will be offering 15 seats to PEI physicians to participate in select individual leadership courses that are offered as part of MSPEI-Schulich School of Business Master’s Certificate in Physician Leadership. PEI physicians have told MSPEI that they want more say in how the health-care…

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Strategic Plan 2018-2023

MSPEI leads, represents and supports PEI physicians. We are the united voice of PEI physicians, striving to help create a high-quality and sustainable health-care system of which physicians and patients are proud. Our current priorities are to: Support physicians in growing their leadership abilities so they can have an even greater impact in improving how…

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