Toronto, On — “The Doctors We Need” is available for pre-sale. Release date is November 26th. Dr. Anthony Sanfilippo is a highly respected cardiologist, educational leader, and former Associate Dean of Medical Education at Queen’s University, where he holds a teaching position as a professor of Medicine and Cardiology. Dr. Sanfilippo has been practicing and teaching medicine for five decades. His research skills are praised throughout the country. After receiving his Royal fellowship, Dr. Sanfilippo did a post-graduate fellowship at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital before returning to Queen’s. For the past sixteen years Dr. Sanfilippo guided the prestigious medical school as it adapted to dramatically expanding changes, ballooning medical knowledge and societal needs, new student expectations, and intense financial constraints in healthcare—plus a pandemic. All the while an alarming trend was brewing, one that Dr. Sanfilippo knew was only going to get worse. The medical scholar put his focus, dedication, and expertise to work, and a new journey began. “The Doctors We Need” lays out a plan that defines opportunities to better align medical education with the needs of contemporary society. Dr. Sanfilippo’s mandate was to find a practical path to accessible healthcare for all Canadians.
“The Doctors We Need” is a call to action. It’s an exposé on the harsh realities Canadians face every day. Dr. Sanfilippo writes with elegance, wit, and empathy, while bringing home the seriousness of the healthcare pressures facing Canada. He illuminates how our legacy for recruiting, educating, and promoting hyper-specialization in medicine has failed to adapt to the basic healthcare needs Canadians should expect. Dr. Sanfilippo takes readers through compelling, hard-lived, real-life accounts, illustrating the impact of outdated selection and training methods on doctor shortages and why current approaches fail to produce doctors with the diverse skills needed today, again…. failing Canadians. “The Doctors We Need” is a groundbreaking book that doesn’t just diagnose the problem, it prescribes solutions that alter incentives for decision-makers and embraces a new path for aspiring family physicians. Dr. Sanfilippo proposes innovative reforms in three critical areas that should be looked at as a warning sign of what’s to come if changes to our healthcare system are not made. Dr. Sanfilippo proposes innovative reforms in doctor selection, medical training, and education in the healthcare workplace. In a nation proud of its pledge to universal healthcare—despite massive investments in medical education and institutions—the startling reality is … over six million Canadians lack a family doctor. This is completely unacceptable but it is our reality. “The Doctors We Need” challenges Canadians, medical schools, and our political leaders to endorse urgent, disruptive change in the face of clear and present needs. …. “We need to think differently.”
The Doctors We Need offers a practical roadmap for ensuring every Canadian has access to quality primary care. Essential reading for anyone concerned about the future of healthcare in Canada, this book provides the blueprint for transforming our medical system to truly serve all Canadians.
“The Doctors We Need” by Dr. Tony Sanfilippo (published by Sutherland House Experts) is available now for pre-sale. Release date November 26, 2024.
