Quebec family doctors will resume teaching students

Encouraged by the mediation process with the government, the Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ) announced that it is postponing the suspension of teaching medical students until further notice.

The FMOQ already announced on Monday that it was postponing this pressure tactic a first time.

Initially, family doctors were supposed to stop teaching students as of Oct. 1.

Medical students will be able to benefit from preclinical and externship teaching. However, general practitioners will still boycott medical-administrative activities.

“The Federation has decided, together with the mediator, not to add any new pressure tactics for the time being, in order to leave room for dialogue and give mediation a real chance. In this spirit, the suspension of teaching to medical students is postponed until further notice,” the FMOQ explained in a written statement on Thursday.

However, it added that it would “keep in mind” that 91 per cent of its members supported the suspension of teaching.

On Thursday morning, the FMOQ launched a large-scale advertising campaign with the slogan: “We want change too.”

It argues that healthcare reform “must be done with family doctors, not against them.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French Oct. 2, 2025.