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Byron Family Medical Centre, London

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Southwest Middlesex Health Centre, Mount Brydges

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Tavistock Family Health Network, Tavistock

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Windsor Family Health Centre

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Maitland Valley Family Medical Centre, Goderich

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Rural - Goderich Program Curriculum

Features of our Rural – Goderich Program

The curriculum in Goderich is a hybrid curriculum that combines a rotation-based curriculum in PGY1 and a horizontal curriculum in PGY2. This design is to allow residents to optimally experience being a family physician in their PGY2 year where he/she will comprehensively care for his/her own practice while allowing for continued enrichment experiences via longitudinal electives. Residents are required to live in Goderich in their PGY2 year.

PGY1 Year

Rotation	Duration	Location / Notes
Family Medicine	16 weeks	Maitland Valley Medical Centre, Goderich
Family Medicine - elective	8 weeks	Family practice with special interest or elective choice
Pediatrics	4 weeks	Other choices (depending on availability): -Pediatric Emergency at London Health Sciences Centre -Pediatric Clinical Teaching Unit in Windsor* -Community Pediatrics in St. Thomas* -Community Pediatrics in Chatham* -Community Pediatrics in Stratford* -Community Pediatrics in Owen Sound
Obstetrics/Gynecology	4 weeks	Default rotation: -Owen Sound Hospital* Other choices (depending on availability): -London Health Sciences Centre -Grand River Hospital in Kitchener* -Chatham-Kent Health Alliance* -Windsor* -Bluewater Health in Sarnia*
General Surgery	4 weeks	Default rotation: -Owen Sound Hospital* Other choices (depending on availability): -London Health Sciences Centre -St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital* -Stratford General Hospital* -Chatham-Kent Health Alliance* -Windsor*
Medicine	4 weeks	Default rotation: -Owen Sound Hospital* Other choices (depending on availability): -Hospital General Internal Medicine Clinical Teaching Unit at London Health Sciences Centre -Hospital general internal medicine clinical teaching unit and ambulatory experience in Windsor* -Chatham-Kent Health Alliance*
Medicine - Geriatrics	4 weeks	Choices: -London Health Sciences Centre (NorthEnd Consults or Acute Care of the Elderly unit) -Parkwood Hospital -London Long-term Care Rotation -Leamington*
Medicine - selective	4 weeks	Choices: -Hospital General Internal Medicine Clinical Teaching Unit at London Health Sciences Centre -Ambulatory G.I.M. at London Health Sciences Centre -Ward Cardiology at London Health Sciences Centre -Hospital general internal medicine clinical teaching unit OR ambulatory (office and clinic) experience in Windsor* -Chatham-Kent Health Alliance* -St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital* -Stratford General Hospital* -Owen Sound Hospital*
Palliative Care	4 weeks	Choices: -In-patient palliative care experience (with consult component) at London Health Sciences Centre – Victoria Hospital -Palliative Care Consult Service at London Health Sciences Centre – University Hospital -Windsor: -priority goes to Windsor residents -hospice/residential home care (60%) and home visits (40%); occasional hospital consults -Owen Sound Hospital*

*=community hospitals

PGY2 Year

Rotation	Duration	Location / Notes
Family Medicine	11 or 12 months (depending if family medicine elective is taken)	Maitland Valley Medical Centre, Goderich -minimum of 6 half-days per week spent in practice-based activities (including protected academic time of 1 half-day) -Practice-based activities include: -office care -inpatient care: acute, chronic, surgical, palliative, ICU, pediatrics -nursing home -emergency room shifts -house calls -intrapartum obstetrics (30-60 deliveries per year)
FM – elective	4 weeks (optional)	-Resident’s choice
Longitudinal electives	11 or 12 months (depending if family medicine elective is taken)	-Maximum of 4 half-days per week may be spent with allied health professionals, family physicians with special interests or focused practices, or specialists -Choices of longitudinal electives will need to be approved by family medicine preceptor Potential choices in Goderich include: -Cardiac rehabilitation program -psychologist -pharmacist -dietician -nurse practitioner -diabetic nurse educator -OR assisting -GP anesthesia -Visiting pediatrician, pediatric and adult respirology, ENT, endocrinology, orthopedic, dermatology -Local general surgeon, internal medicine with cardiology focus, OB/GYN, radiologist -Dialysis unit All other experiences available in the rest of the residency program will be available: London, Windsor, St. Thomas, Stratford, Chatham, Owen Sound

*=community hospitals

Other mandatory requirements for completion of residency

Residency project

Choices: clinical audit, case report, clinical research project, comprehensive literature review, major essay, other (requires approval from family medicine preceptor)
Resident will present project either as a poster or presentation

Academic program

Every Wednesday afternoon (on or off-service) will be protected for completion of the academic program
Must complete a minimum number of credits; minimum credit requirements exist for certain topics to ensure full coverage of topics to be learned
Credits can be accumulated via self-directed learning or attending pre-scheduled teaching sessions on Wednesday afternoons
Activities are logged online in order to receive credits
Participation in Behavioural Medicine and Ethics Curriculum