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Www.usask.ca/medicine College of Medicine Curriculum Committee Retreat December 17, 2008 William L. Albritton, MD, PhD, FRCP(C) Dean, College of Medicine.

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1 www.usask.ca/medicine College of Medicine Curriculum Committee Retreat December 17, 2008 William L. Albritton, MD, PhD, FRCP(C) Dean, College of Medicine

2 www.usask.ca/medicine Issues Arising from the AFMC FUTURE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION IN CANADA Project 1. Social Responsibility and Accountability 2. Access to Medical Education and Admissions Processes 3. Integration and Timing of Basic and Clinical Sciences Education 4. Prevention and Population Health 5. Culture of Medicine and the Hidden Curriculum 6. Community-based education 7. Generalism, with a Particular Focus on Family Medicine 8. Inter-professionalism, Team-based Care and the Role of the Physician 9. Life-long learning and the Continuum of Medical Education 10. Change Management, Leadership, and Innovation

3 www.usask.ca/medicine

4 MEDICAL EDUCATION IN SASKATCHEWAN Saskatoon –Assoc Dean –Graduate programs –Facilities (academic/clinical) Regina –Assoc Dean –Undergraduate/graduate programs –Facilities (academic/clinical) Rural programs –Assoc Dean –Undergraduate/graduate programs –Facilities (academic/clinical)

5 www.usask.ca/medicine RURAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS Medical Education (Current) – Undergraduate electives – Rural Family Medicine Residency Medical Education (Future) – Rural track or stream Undergraduate Admissions Undergraduate Curriculum Postgraduate training (FM/Specialties)

6 www.usask.ca/medicine RURAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS Rural Curriculum East Tennessee State Northern Ontario School of Medicine

7 www.usask.ca/medicine ETSU – Community Partnerships RPCT - a piece of the Pipeline 1° and 2° Schools College Medical School Residency Community ETSU Rural Primary Care Track

8 www.usask.ca/medicine ETSU Rural Programs – Community Partnerships PIPELINE Community Schools –High School Summer Camp –School Based Projects –Career Fairs College –PreMed-Med Program (PMMD) –Summer health related jobs with rural communities for Premed students Medical School –Rural Primary Care Track –Community Preceptorships –International Experiences –Rural Health Fairs -Burdick Grant Activities –Rural 4th year Electives –Service Requirements in communities –Extra curricular experiences – FMIG, RAM, etc. –SEARCH (NHSC – TPCA experiences) -Summer research opportunities -Appalachian Preceptorship -Rural Preceptors Dinner Residency –Block and longitudinal rotations -Rural Experiences -Supervision of Medical Students at Rural Health Fairs –Tennessee Rural Health Recruitment and Retention Center Activities (TRHRRC) –Placement activities – NHSC, HPSA/ MUA -Rural Recruitment Dinner Fellowship -Rural Primary Care Fellowship Rural Preceptor Faculty Development -HRSA Faculty Development Grant Activities -Preceptor Advisory Group CME -Rural location -Primary Care Research Day -RHAT Regional, National and International Experiences -Electives, Selectives -Volunteer experiences

9 www.usask.ca/medicine The RPCT Curriculum

10 www.usask.ca/medicine Of the first 25 graduates who have completed residencies Years 1-7 Twenty (80%) are now in practice in towns of less than 25,000 persons Thirteen practice in Tennessee Five others in rural counties in Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and West Virginia Two are members of the ETSU faculty

11 www.usask.ca/medicine  A Look at Primary Care/Not an Obligation  Lots of Flexibility to Suit Individual Interests Urban, Subspecialty, Public Health, Anything Else!  Quillen Is Famous For Rural Community Partnerships “ ETSU’s Quillen College of Medicine is ranked third in the nation for excellence in rural medicine education by U.S. News & World Report in its "America's Best Graduate Schools" 2007 edition”  Close Knit Community  Lots of Fun Some Considerations…

12 www.usask.ca/medicine You Can’t Fall in Love with Something You Never Experience! If you want a Rural Health Workforce you need to provide Medical Students and other Health Professional Students with Rural Experiences…….

13 www.usask.ca/medicine RURAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS College of Medicine Integrated Plan 2008-2012 –Distributed Medical Education (Initiative 1.15) Smaller urban and rural sites All trainees in core disciplines would have learning experiences away from the tertiary centres Some trainees would have a significant subset of program delivered in rural sites

14 www.usask.ca/medicine RURAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS REFERENCES QUESTIONS


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