HealthForceOntario Postgraduate Return of Service (ROS) Program
The ROS Program will enable all communities in Ontario (except the Toronto area and Ottawa) to recruit Canadian graduates and international medical graduates (who received medical training outside Canada) who have to fulfill return of service (ROS) commitments. Under ROS commitments, physicians agree to work for a designated period of time in a particular location in exchange for a postgraduate training opportunity in Ontario.
The Toronto area is defined as the City of Toronto as well as Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Markham and Pickering. With the previous policy, medical graduates were required to fulfill their ROS in communities designated as underserviced under the Ministry’s Underserviced Area Program.
The medical graduates commit to five years of service in a community. After graduating, the new graduates will be able to choose among eligible communities, and the terms of the working arrangements are then negotiated between the community and the physician. |
