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Number of Canadian clinical specialists 2018 by therapeutic area
Number of Canadian clinical specialists 2018 by therapeutic area
Number of clinical specialists in Canada as of 2018, by therapeutic area
by John Elflein,
last edited
Aug 8, 2018
This graph shows the number of clinical specialists in Canada as of January 2018, by therapeutic area. As of that point, there were 3,321 clinical specialists in the therapeutic area of anesthesiology in Canada.
Number of clinical specialists in Canada as of 2018, by therapeutic area
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| Therapeutic area | Number of specialists |
|---|---|
| Internal Medicine Specialists | 9,970 |
| Psychiatry | 4,155 |
| Anesthesiology | 3,321 |
| Paediatrics | 2,613 |
| Diagnostic radiology | 2,556 |
| Neurology | 1,052 |
| Emergency Medicine | 962 |
| Dermatology | 623 |
| Radiation Oncology | 567 |
| Critical care medicine | 501 |
| Public Health & Preventive Medicine | 497 |
| Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation | 494 |
| Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 363 |
| Nuclear Medicine | 271 |
| Geriatric Psychiatry* | 204 |
| Forensic Psychiatry* | 142 |
| Medical Genetics | 109 |
| Paediatric Emergency Medicine* | 100 |
| Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine* | 82 |
| Occupational Medicine | 56 |
| Developmental Paediatrics* | 29 |
| Adolescent Medicine* | 22 |
| Neuroradiology* | 19 |
| Pain medicine* | 18 |
| Pediatric Radiology* | 7 |
| Therapeutic area | Number of specialists |
|---|---|
| Internal Medicine Specialists | 9,970 |
| Psychiatry | 4,155 |
| Anesthesiology | 3,321 |
| Paediatrics | 2,613 |
| Diagnostic radiology | 2,556 |
| Neurology | 1,052 |
| Emergency Medicine | 962 |
| Dermatology | 623 |
| Radiation Oncology | 567 |
| Critical care medicine | 501 |
| Public Health & Preventive Medicine | 497 |
| Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation | 494 |
| Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 363 |
| Nuclear Medicine | 271 |
| Geriatric Psychiatry* | 204 |
| Forensic Psychiatry* | 142 |
| Medical Genetics | 109 |
| Paediatric Emergency Medicine* | 100 |
| Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine* | 82 |
| Occupational Medicine | 56 |
| Developmental Paediatrics* | 29 |
| Adolescent Medicine* | 22 |
| Neuroradiology* | 19 |
| Pain medicine* | 18 |
| Pediatric Radiology* | 7 |
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by John Elflein,
last edited
Aug 8, 2018
This graph shows the number of clinical specialists in Canada as of January 2018, by therapeutic area. As of that point, there were 3,321 clinical specialists in the therapeutic area of anesthesiology in Canada.
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- as of January 2018
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- * Counts for these specialties had been included within the counts of other related specialties in earlier years.
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- Canadian Medical Association
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- As a Premium user you get access to the detailed source references and background information about this statistic.
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- 2018
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- Region
- Canada
- Survey time period
- as of January 2018
- Supplementary notes
- * Counts for these specialties had been included within the counts of other related specialties in earlier years.
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