Dr. Eva Grunfeld at Massey College in Toronto on Monday. Ms. Grunfeld, the founder of HELP, says the Canadian medical community is committed to ensuring the talents of newcomer physicians don’t go to waste.

Romel Castillo, a family physician originally from Cuba, learned much more than words when he joined a fledgling program to brush up on his medical English.

He learned the unspoken language of practising medicine in Canada, where concepts such as patient privacy, cultural competency and shared decision-making can be different than in an immigrant doctor’s homeland.


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