Rural - Petrolia Program Curriculum

Rural - Petrolia Program Curriculum

Features of our Rural - Petrolia Program

The curriculum in Petrolia is designed to prepare residents for comprehensive family practice in a rural setting. It takes advantage of the available comprehensive family practices, resources of the local Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital Of Bluewater Health and the two sites of Bluewater Health in Sarnia (http://www.bluewaterhealth.ca/home.aspx).

The first year aims to develop solid foundations in various areas of medicine and surgery while providing a solid experience in family medicine. The second year builds on this by placing the resident in the family practice the majority of the time to facilitate continuity of care and experience being a family physician for a group of patients. It is then complimented to elective blocks to allow the resident to further refine his/her training.

Residents in this program are expected to live in the Sarnia/Petrolia region for the entire duration of the training program.

PGY1 Year

*=community hospitals

†For palliative care rotation requirements, please see: http://www.familymedicineuwo.ca/residents/rh_end_of_life.html. 

*=community hospitals

†For palliative care rotation requirements, please see: http://www.familymedicineuwo.ca/residents/rh_end_of_life.html. Residents in Petrolia do not have to do a mandatory clinical rotation in palliative care as palliative care is integrated into their family medicine training. However, they are still required to attend the academic sessions on palliative care topics.

Other mandatory requirements for completion of residency

1) 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

2) 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

3) Procedures and obstetrics delivery log

• Allows residents to track their own learning
• Helps accomplish delivery targets