Environmental Scan - Government of Nova Scotia

19.1.2 GenderPhysician Resource PlanningAn Environmental ScanPrior Sections (8.0 and 10.0) discussed the importance of factoring gender into PRP. The following figureanalyzes the provincial workforce by specialty by gender for counts and FTEs and makes a comparison to thenational 2009/10 first year PGME trainees. The shaded values represent specialties with the largest cohorts.Figure 145 Physician FTE and Count by Specialty by Gender (F-Female, M-Male) (Source: DHA and DFM)42.1% of Family Practice FTEs are female however 63% of PGME 1 st year trainees are female. The adult medicalspecialties are 30% female now and this ratio will continue to change towards 53% in time. Interestingly theratio of female to male Family Practice FTE is 0.85 FTE female per 1.0 FTE male and 0.94 for medical specialties.This is a higher ratio than expected based upon earlier conceptual model review in this report. The actualexperience in Nova Scotia will be applied in the Forecast Model. The Forecast Model will assess andincorporate the rate and impact of gender change to 2022.177 | Page Social Sector Metrics Inc. & Health Intelligence Inc. | 12/31/2011