South Okanagan Family Medicine Residency South Okanagan ● Penticton Population: 37,035 ● Catchment area (South Okanagan Similkameen): 83,022 ○ Majority within 45 minutes from Penticton ● Semi-arid desert ● Wa rm / dry clim a te ● Hot summers ● Powder in the winter! What to do? (& ridiculous commute time to get there) ● Small town feel with plenty of resources ○ Winners, Walmart, Staples, Canadian tire, Sport Chek, Superstore, Petsmart 5- 10mins ● Cycling on the KVR 5m ins ● Hikes 10-30mins ● Wine tours 5m ins ● Kayak/sail/ski in 2 lakes! 6m ins ● Nickelpla te (s ka te & cla s s ic) 45mins ● Ap e x 40mins ● Skaha bluffs 12mins ● Brand new rec centre & huge pool 5m ins ● Farmer’s market 2m ins ● Aeropuertos: ○ Penticton Regiona l Airport 8m ins ○ Kelowna Interna tiona l Airport 1hr South Okanagan Penticton Regional Hospital ● Mid size hospital ○ 160 acute care ○ 100 extended care beds ● Family medicine inpatient coverage ○ “Doctor of the day” ○ Hospitalist for unattached patients ● Brand New Tower Opened April 2019 ○ 84 new rooms ○ New ambi care, surgical ○ UBC s p a c e - s uper s lick ○ Followed by renovation of existing hospital ■ Includes ER reno Our Program ● 4 CMG residents per year ● Rural focus ○ 5+ months rural ○ Rural funding, including NRP, ALARM, ATLS, a c c e s s to REAP funding for CARE-RR ○ Priority choice for nearby rura l loca tions & priority 2 for everything else ● Sm a ll/ m id s ize centre tra ining R2’s Our ResidentsR1's Our Amazing Faculty Resident Wellness ● Resident retreat at Apex Ski Resort 2019 ● Summertime floating down the Penticton Channel ● Christmas party! ● Loca l winery dinners ● Dedicated academic half day time to resident wellness - e g) yo ga , m e dita tio n, escape room, paddleboarding! ● No traffic! (qua lity of life +++) R1 Schedule ● 2 blocks Family Medicine ○ Includes hos pita lis t ca ll da ys ○ 1 ER shift per week ● Fa m ily Medicine ½ da ys throughout a ll blocks for continuity ● 1 Rura l Fa m ily Medicine/ ER block in Princeton (70m in drive from Penticton) R1 Schedule ● 2.5 blocks Internal Medicine ○ Some ICU and lots of acute care expos ure ● 1.5 blocks OBGYN: m a ternity clinic/ ca ll ○ 2 weeks in Vernon ● 1.5 blocks General Surgery ○ s urgica l s pecia lty (ortho/ urology) R1 Schedule ● 1.5 blocks Pediatrics ○ 2 weeks Pediatric Emergency a t BC Children's Hos pita l ● 1 block Ps ychia try/ ER ○ Integrated ER days ○ Includes addictions medicine training at Martin Street Outreach Centre (excellent!) R1 Schedule ● Care of the Underserved: 2 weeks ○ Martin Street, Keremeos, Oliver ER (great rural exposure!) ● Com m unity Inpa tient Service (CIS): 2 weeks ○ Hos pita lis t s ervice for unattached inpatients R1 Schedule ● Hospital Call ○ Mostly in house call until 11pm, one evening per week ○ 1 in 4 weekends ○ Overnight is a lwa ys hom e ca ll* ○ DOD ca ll on fa m ily m edicine R2 Schedule ● 3 blocks of electives ● 2 blocks of pa llia tive ca re a nd procedura l m edicine ○ Anaesthesia ○ MSK clinic ○ Am bula tory ca re clinic ● 1/ 2 block OB/ Interna l Medicine s plit R2 Schedule ● 1 block ER in Penticton ● 1 block Care of Underserved ○ Pris on m edicine ○ Addictions medicine (Martin Street) ■ Option to get methadone/suboxone pres cription licens e ○ Osoyoos Indian Band ○ Oliver ER R2 Schedule ● 4 months rural family medicine elective ○ First priority to go to Oliver, which is 45 minutes away ○ Second round priority overa ll Our Challenges ● Newer site (since 2016) ● Evolving curriculum ○ That means relatively flexible, too! ● Rura l cha llenges ○ Travel to Vancouver and Kelowna for courses etc. ● Lim ited volum e OB & Pedia trics ○ Similar challenge in many sites, but Oka na ga n is es pecia lly a ged ○ Rotations at BCCH Peds ER and Vernon OB have been added to help with this Our Best Assets ● First in line with ample learning opportunities ● One-on-one tea ching a ll yea r long ● Super nice doctors ! Collegia l com m unity ● Learning-based, not service-based ○ Flexibility if high yield opportunities com e up ● Longitudina l hos pita lis t expos ure ● A blend of block a nd longitudina l experience ● Lots of hands-on & procedures if you want it Our Best Assets ● Lots of emergency! ● Sm a ll town welcom e in a bea utiful pla ce ● Fancy CME dinners ● Flexible progra m ● Amazing preceptors! ● Fa nta s tic wine... Looking forward to me Program Director: Dr. Margie [email protected] R2 Chiefs: Dr. Nolan [email protected] Dr. Kirk [email protected] R1 Rep:Dr. Andie [email protected] .