Job prospects Medical Doctor in British Columbia

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Job opportunities in British Columbia

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be very good for General practitioners and family physicians (NOC 31102) in British Columbia for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Continued growth and aging of British Columbia’s population will support demand for occupations in healthcare.
• The vacancy rate in health care remained higher than the average job vacancy rate across industries in early 2023. There were over 19,000 health care positions vacant across the province.

Here are some key facts about General practitioners and family physicians in British Columbia:

• Approximately 10,600 people work in this occupation.
• General practitioners and family physicians mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 59%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 36%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 90% compared to 78% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 10% compared to 22% for all occupations
• 52% of general practitioners and family physicians work all year, while 48% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 46 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 73% of general practitioners and family physicians are self-employed compared to an average of 17% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 55% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 45% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: more than 95% compared to 12% for all occupations

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