Rural Family Medicine in Red Deer Come Join Us

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Rural Family Medicine in Red DeerCome Join Us!

• Academics

• The Region

• Specifically for residents
• Weekly resident rounds
• Monthly academic day videoconference with Grande
  Prairie
• ER rounds twice a month
• Monthly radiology rounds
• Retreats and workshops every 1-2 months.

• Advantages

• 1st call
• Procedures galore
• Treated as a colleague (no scut!)
• Work one-on-one with staff doctor
• Flexible call and vacation schedule
• Mold your rotations to your interests
• We work hard, but play hard too

Family Friendly

• Located in the heart of Central Alberta
• Serving a population of close to 300,000
• 17 acute care hospitals, 18 community health
  centres, and 23 continuing care facilities

Dig our dinghy?

• The City

• Population 82,971
• Primary Industries include agriculture, oil and
  gas
• Strong Public (English French) Catholic
  Schools
• College offering many degree and transfer
  programs
• Diverse recreation both inside city limits and
  within driving distance, including skiing,
  hiking, camping, climbing, boating, golf and much
  more
• Impressive park system biking paths
• Within 1 - 1.5 hrs of Edmonton and Calgary
• One of the fastest growing communities in Western
  Canada

Orientation- Canmore

• Also available through hospital
• Weekly family medicine rounds
• Weekly subspecialty rounds
• Videoconference CME rounds twice a week.

Rural Medicine Update- Jasper

• Red Deer Regional Hospital

• The regions largest hospital
• Serves as a referral centre
• 384 acute care beds
• Extensive renovations nearly complete (new ICU,
  ED, Cancer Centre, residents lounge)
• Full complement of specialty services
• CT, MRI
• High volume ER
• High inpatient turnover

• R1 year
• 4wks Regional family
• 8wks Rural family (you run the show)
• 8wks MSK (including 2wk anesthesia)
• 8wks Pediatrics (including 1wk dermatology )
• 8wks Internal medicine/ ICU (including 1 wk. GI)
• 8wks Obstetrics/Gynecology
• 8wks Surgery (including 1wk. ENT, 1wk Urology)

CaRMS File Review in GP
View from the top of the Red Deer Hospital?
Retreat at Black Cat Ranch -Hinton

• R2 year
• 20wks Rural family (can commute)
• 8wks Rural family (can be remote or anywhere in
  Canada)
• 4wks Psychiatry
• 8wks ER
• 12wk. Electives (international included)

Enough horsin around
Retreat at Black Cat Ranch -Hinton