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Chatham-Kent Training Sites

TRAINING SITE/PRACTICE DESCRIPTION

Chatham-Kent (http://www.chatham-kent.ca/default.htm) is a municipality of over 100,000 with over half of this population living in the City of Chatham. It is blessed with the beautiful shores of Lake St. Clair to the west and Lake Erie to the east. Recreational areas are plentiful and employment is primarily farming and manufacturing based.

Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (http://www.ckha.on.ca/Site_Published/internet/home.aspx) is a partnership of three hospital corporations (Public General, St. Joseph's and Sydenham District Hospitals) located on campuses in Chatham and Wallaceburg.

There are 4 training sites available:

Two training sites are available with The Kent County Family Health Organization:

The Thamesview Center for Family Medicine (Drs Bailey, Roszell, Huffman, Watterud, Gamble & Munro)
20 Emma St Site (Drs Milkovic & Sullivan)

Chatham Family Health Team (Drs Denys, Sultan in Chatham and Dr. Atoe in Wallaceburg)
Blenheim Family Health Network (Drs Clendenning & Wheeler)

PATIENT PROFILE

Typical semi-urban/rural population consisting of patients of all ages

INTERESTS OF FACULTY

Intrapartum obstetrics
Emergency medicine
Hospital Care as MRP and/or Hospitalist
OR Assists and Minor Surgical Procedures
Long-term Care & Rest Homes

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

http://www.ckha.on.ca/Site_Published/internet/Program-Services.aspx

RESOURCES ON-SITE

Electronic Medical Records
Internet Access / Hospital Library available 24/7
Beautiful, fully-furnished apartment available for short term opportunities

TYPICAL WEEK FOR RESIDENT

In PGY1, a typical day will consist of inpatient work in the morning, followed by am & pm office practice. Emergency room shifts & Ambulatory Care procedures depend on the schedule of the preceptors – usually 1-2 per week. Intrapartum obstetrics is integrated into the family practice experience. On call for Obstetrics is with the 6 FM Obstetrical Preceptors. OR assists & Hospitalist work are also integrated.

In PGY2, the typical week is described above in the curriculum section with immense flexibility.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
08:00 - 09:00	Hospital Rounds	Hospital Rounds	Hospital Rounds *** (07:00)	Hospital Rounds	07:45-08:45 Mandatory Grand Rounds Hosted weekly by different departments	Hospital Rounds (for resident on-call)	Hospital Rounds (for resident on-call)
09:00 - 12:30	Office or ER	Office or ER	Resident Teaching 0800 to 10 am Clinic 10 -12 :30	Office or OR (Airway or OR assists or Minor Surgical Procedures in ambulatory care	Office / nursing home / rest homes / longitutional elective	Intrapartum Obstetrics (for resident on call	Intrapartum Obstetrics (for resident on call)
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch	Lunch		Lunch	Lunch
13:30 - 17:00	Office / ER / longitudinal elective	Office / ER / longitudinal elective	Academic half day	13:30 -14:00 Team Meetings / Problem-based learning program 14:00-17:00: Office	Office / ER / longitudinal elective