Facilitators, barriers, and priorities for enhancing primary care recruitment and retention in Saskatchewan, Canada
This World Café study identified valuable insights for enhancing primary care through recruitment and retention of family physicians in Saskatchewan, which included continuing primary care research, community engagement, and co-creating policy that facilitate equitable access to quality healthcare across the province. We believe these findings model effective strategies for optimizing primary care delivery across Canada as well.
Authors
- Sheila Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5088-3185)
- John Gordon
- Ginger Ruddy
- Akram Khayatzadeh‐Mahani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3297-7660)
- Andries Muller
- Jason Hosain
- Amy Zarzeczny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7570-3515)
- Brian K. MacPhee
- Matthew C. Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-2526)
- Vivian R. Ramsden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5845-8634)
- Jana Witt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8113-4956)
- Erin Brady (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8197-5197)
- Fiona Watson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4964-0477)
- Lindsay Balezantis
- Janet Tootoosis
- Olivia Reis
- Carla Holinaty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7282-3688)
- Kathy S. Lawrence (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5358-2011)
- Stuart R. Stone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3835-5096)
- Veronica McKinney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5706-4342)
- Julie Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6575-774X)
- Coralie Darcis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1682-4402)
- Jackie Hanson
- Jessica T. Campbell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3745-7149)
- Cathy MacLean (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7638-1071)
- Udoka Okpalauwaekwe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0973-1163)
- Kent Stobart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0638-6018)
- Bruce Maclean
- Angela Baerwald
- Fei Ge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4309-7992)
- Meric Osman
- Burton G. Andreas
- Diana Ermel
- Cassandra Opikokew-Wajuntah
- Selene Daniel-Whyte
- Max Karnitsky
- Matthew Kushneriuk
- Johann Roodt
- Melissa Kimens
Institutions
- University of Regina (CA)
- Saskatchewan Health Authority (CA)
- University of Saskatchewan (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Primary Care
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-03049-9
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 14.08
Funders
- Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation
- Ministry of Health, Saskatchewan