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Richmond WELCOME HANDBOOK For locums and new physician colleagues Summer 2015
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WELCOME TO RICHMOND!
As a recent venue for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Richmond has been experiencing growth and change developing into a highly livable, cosmopolitan city, with many restaurants, shopping centres and entertainment facilities. The City is known for its charming seaside village of Steveston (where you can buy fresh fish or have it cooked for you), Asian summer night markets, and Richmond Olympic Oval, a world class fitness facility for elite sport training and competition and also community services. The Canada Line offers convenient access to Richmond and Metro Vancouver attractions, while the 80 km of biking and walking trails connecting beaches, parks and neighoburhods makes it easy to enjoy the recreational opportunities and natural beauty Source: City of Richmond, 2015 Richmond has to offer.
Richmond is a dynamic and ethnically diverse Housing in Richmond – Richmond is community of around 200,000 and is the fourth comprised of diverse neighbourhoods with a largest city in British Columbia. Richmond enjoys a variety of housing options that include single temperate west coast climate and does not family homes, town homes, condominiums, experience extreme temperatures and weather coach houses, apartments and suites. One can conditions like other parts of Canada. Because of choose to live in a suburban neighbourhood or Richmond's distance from the mountains, our in the City Centre, which has experienced a average rainfall is 30% less than Vancouver's. rapid development of high-rise condominiums With the coastal mountain range as a backdrop, and apartments near transit, amenities and Richmond is only 20 minutes from Downtown services. Vancouver, 25 minutes from the US border and is the home to Vancouver’s International airport and Hotels and places to stay – Richmond has lots of is a major transportation hub for Metro Vancouver. accommodation to choose from if you are 2 ⱡ LIVE ⱡ WORK
visiting or until you find a permanent home. To and development in all areas for preschool- find accommodation that best suits your needs, aged children. Parents/caregivers attend visit www.tourismrichmond.com or these programs with their children and are www.richmond.ca/discover/guide/accommoda linked to community agencies and services if tion.htm needed.
Rental accommodation - is advertised online Post-Secondary - Richmond is home to and in the classified sections of the Metro Kwantlen Polytechninc University College Vancouver newspapers: campus and British Columbia Institute of Richmond News: Technology (BCIT) Aerospace Technology http://classifieds.richmond-news.com/ Campus. It lies close to the University of British Richmond Review: Columbia and is a short ferry-ride to the http://www.richmondreview.com/ University of Victoria. The Vancouver Sun and The Province: http://classifieds.vancouversun.com/ Parks and recreation – Richmond’s extensive recreation programs and services and bounty To find a home to buy – Visit www.realtor.ca of outdoor recreational opportunities all for current real estate listings. Almost all contribute to a healthy active community and houses are sold through a real estate agent help to enhance the quality of life. who can assist you in finding a home. Recreation and Community Centres – Richmond Schools has an abundance of modern recreation facilities, including: 8 community centres, 2 ice Public - Richmond is served by an excellent arenas, 2 aquatic centres, and 2 outdoor public school system, with 39 elementary pools. Richmond is home to the Richmond schools and11 secondary schools. For more Country Club and the Richmond Olympic Oval information, visit www.sd38.bc.ca or call 604- – a multi-use facility and international centre 668-6000. of excellence for sports, health and wellness, culture and entertainment. Private – Richmond is home to a variety of Christian, Roman Catholic, Muslim and Jewish Parks, Trails and Cycling – Richmond has an private schools reflecting the multicultural and extensive system of City, neighbourhood and multi-faith diversity of Richmond residents. For waterfront parks, scenic trails, cycling routes more information, contact the Federation of and walking paths. For more information, Independent Schools Associations (FISA) by please visit: calling 604-684-6023, emailing http://www.richmond.ca/parks/overview.htm [email protected] or visiting www.fisabc.ca . The City of Richmond offers a French Immersion Programs - Designed for Newcomer’s Guide in English, students whose first language is not French, this Chinese, Tagalog, Punjabi and bilingual education program is open to all Russian. This Guide is a central Richmond students. Between Kindergarten and resource for new residents of Grade 12, students follow the regular BC Richmond, providing further curriculum. information on the community and services available. Strong Start Programs – are free drop-in early learning programs that promote growth 3 ⱡ LIVE ⱡ WORK
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ABOUT THE RICHMOND DIVISION OF FAMILY PRACTICE
The Division of Family Practice is your gateway to expands the role of family physicians in caring for meeting colleagues in the City of Richmond. For their patients. family doctors first arriving in Richmond you will find a collegial and diverse group in age, gender Values and ethnic background, who take practical steps Through our work we will promote and practice to support each other and who are highly the following values: committed to the quality of patient-care. Our 1. Beneficial - Striving to be beneficial to our membership numbers just under 140 GPs, with the membership and/or our patients, outcomes majority working in community-based office based. practices, 5 as locums dedicated to working in 2. Efficiency - Delivering efficient services to our Richmond, 20 hospitalists and 15 emergency membership, practicing efficiency as a board physicians at Richmond Hospital. We are proud of and promoting workflow efficiency in our the diversity of our membership and the fact that medical practices. we represent approximately 92% of all GPs that 3. Influential - Shaping how health care is qualify for membership. designed, delivered and evaluated; having a voice with stakeholders, acting with vision Formed in 2010, the Division is a non-profit organization that gives family physicians a Board Members collective voice to influence health care delivery 1. Dr. Wendy Amirault and policy with the aim of improving patient 2. Dr. Peter Chee access to local primary care, and to work on 3. Dr. Ki-Sun Kim member-driven projects that enhances both patient 4. Dr. Robert Mckenzie care and physician support. 5. Dr. Michael Myckatyn 6. Dr. Rachila Sharma Aucone Vision 7. Dr. Patricia Wong To provide a collective and influential voice for Richmond family physicians. To learn more about the Division and its activities, please visit our website at Mission https://www.divisionsbc.ca/richmond/home or A medical community that protects, promotes and email the Division at [email protected] 4 ⱡ LIVE ⱡ WORK
Benefits of Membership Opportunities to participate in activities/events at your discretion with free membership Access to shared efforts and projects aimed to provide full-spectrum primary care Greater impact on the organization of local and regional health services Enhanced professional collegiality and access to physician health and wellness programs A collaborative environment for shared efforts with recruitment, retention and locums Opportunities to seek support from colleagues in caring for complex or unattached patients Strong financial and practice support for information technology programs and pilot projects Access to free UpToDate subscription ($499 savings) Collaborative purchase options (for biomedical waste and sharps disposal; medical and office supplies and equipment; paper shredding, document storage and destruction) with member discounts Opportunities for Richmond family physicians, for the first time, to work together as a group
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