McMaster Rural Stream Rural Medicine Training

Rural Stream Sites Owen Sound Collingwood Mount Forest Fergus Grimsby

SUNMONTUESWEDTHURSFRISAT Hosp Rounds Clinic Hosp Rounds 2 hr QA Hosp R AHD/EBM Hosp R Clinic Hosp R Clinic On Call ER ClinicERBSClinic ER ER* Typical Week in Rural Stream

SUNMONTUESWEDTHURSFRISAT CAI FM ClinicCAICAI to 10 CAI BSCAI Typical Week in Rural Stream

Common to all of the Rural Stream Rural from day one, all practices EMR Comprehensive training (office/hospital/ER integrated) Twice annual Rural Stream retreats Depth in our Rural Stream Faculty – new/seasoned PGY3 opportunities Rural ATLS Rural Resident-led rounds weekly Block with opportunities to integrate *

Collingwood Home of Rural Ontario Medical Program Strong inpatient care focus; ER & OB in community Practice location for Director of our FP- Anaesthesia PGY3 Emerg volumes high, plentiful msk experience Recreation opportunities both winter and summer

Our Collingwood Preceptors

Owen Sound Our newest site Regional referral centre in town of 20,000 New FHT building on the ‘sound’ All specialty rotations * in Owen Sound Gateway to ‘The Bruce’ – 2 national parks, outback camping and The Bruce Trail, Canada’s dive capital

Why Mount Forest? Close involvement and continuity with patients A focus on clinical skills-building in all aspects of rural family medicine Opportunities to integrate experiences with family medicine in pgy2 More hands-on & more 1:1 learning Less traffic, all services are close for you Planning rural or remote practice Great couples’ match option Spend quality time in the city but live rurally Supportive nursing staff & administration

Mount Forest Preceptors

Fergus ½ hour south of Mount Forest, 1 ¼ hr from Hamilton Strong teaching base, relationship with KW Campus Clerkship & other learners FP-A opportunities, strong OB/PN clinic experience, ER all rural FM

Some of our Fergus Preceptors

Closest site to Hamilton, but practices are very rural Strong teaching base, relationship with Niagara Campus Peds EM FP-A preceptor: emerg and OB in both practices Integrated OB with FM PGY1 working alongside both FP and OB to build skills Grimsby

Our Grimsby Preceptors

Rural Stream Retreats

What have we got for you? (Culture & Rec!)  Bruce Peninsula with 2 National Parks, Dive Capital of Canada, Bruce Trail, sailing Lake Huron’s North Channel…  Wasaga Beach the largest freshwater beach in the world 14 km or Sauble Beach if you prefer sunsets  Niagara Falls  Wine region  fruit growing regions in the north and south of Rural  2 of Canada’s largest art galleries – AGO and AGH, +Group of 7 – McMichael Gallery all within 1-2 hours’ drive  Winter – plenty of snow but not cold– alpine/nordic ski+  Summers are long May through October Living in our Rural Stream Communities

The Rural Stream at McMaster Live where you learn!