Ilderton

TRAINING SITE/PRACTICE DESCRIPTION

Middlesex Centre Regional Medical Clinic (MCRMC) is situated 17 km north from the centre of London in Ilderton, Ontario.  Ilderton is a rapidly growing rural community of 2000 people.  The medical clinic opened in June 2010 and is staffed by 7 physicians, 2 of which are a team lead for residents in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Western Ontario.  As MCRMC is part of the Thames Valley Family Health team, there is a strong interdisciplinary approach where nurses and other health professionals are very much a part of family practice.

PATIENT PROFILE

The clinic serves the village of Ilderton and surrounding areas  as well as patients from North London.  The population of the area provides a representative mixture typical of rural areas in Ontario.  As the medical clinic was built with a great deal of input from the townspeople, they are very proud of their facility and the people that work in it.

INTERESTS OF FACULTY

• Dermatology
• Primary care procedures
• Palliative Care
• ER

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

• Faculty to resident ratio: 1:2
• Lunchtime teaching rounds
• Emergency medicine: Exeter Hospital
• Hospital care: London Health Sciences Centre, South Huron Hospital
• Skin Clinic: South Huron Hospital
• Palliative care: Patients’ homes
• Obstetrics: Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital
• Elderly care: Office, nearby long-term care facilities (TBA)
• Procedural room on-site
• House calls are part of regular patient care
• Academic activities:
• Teaching session every Wednesday morning

RESOURCES ON-SITE

• Electronic Medical Records – Healthscreen
• Brand new state-of-the-art facility
• Pharmacist and pharmacy
• Fully-equipped procedural room for office-based minor surgical procedures
• Large educational facility with complete AV setup

  TYPICAL WEEK FOR RESIDENT