Brantford-Indigenous Health Hub Clinical Education Campus
The Brantford-Indigenous Health Hub (BIHH), previously known as Grand Erie Six Nations (GE6N), offers several strengths that cater to diverse learning interests in a dynamic environment. Residents gain experience working in an urban hospital setting, the Brantford General Hospital, managing needs of patients with complex medical and social issues. We also have placements in rural clinics where residents gain perspective on the unique needs of patients in rural communities. With these opportunities and diverse learning environments, residents who train at BIHH graduate with the skills and confidence to practice in any setting in Canada.
BIHH residents participate in a longitudinal Indigenous Health Curriculum that emphasizes a two-eyed seeing approach to patient care. This curriculum helps residents to develop the skills to provide safe and equitable health services and deepen their understanding of Indigenous people from a non-deficit perspective.
The Clinical Education Campus is located within the Brantford General Hospital, with many placements at the Willett Urgent Care Centre, both of these locations are part of the Brantford Community Healthcare System, which is located within the Six Nations Territory and the traditional lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit and serves both of these First Nations Communities as well as the urban Indigenous population. There are also clinical opportunities located within Delhi and Simcoe. Residents indicate their location preference via an internal match following the CaRMS match. The internal match is designed to assist in matching residents with supervisors who share similar interests.
The Brantford-Indigenous Health Hub curriculum adheres to a traditional block rotation format while offering horizontal elective time during Family Medicine rotations in the first and second years of residency.
Program Highlights
- A two-year longitudinal curriculum on Indigenous Health is delivered by local faculty and community members. Sessions are incorporated into core elements of the residency program and supplemented with site visits to local Indigenous communities.
- Unique elective opportunity in palliative care incorporating hospital, hospice and home visits with a team of family physicians who have a special interest in palliative medicine.
- Individualized learning and ongoing simulation curriculum developed by local Emergency Medicine physicians, focusing on developing skills and addressing complex scenarios relevant to all Family physicians.
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound course delivered by internationally renowned bedside ultrasound educators, available for all BIHH residents to complete at a reduced resident rate.
- One-to-one preceptor to resident ratio in a community-based learning environment.
Key info
CaRMS Positions
CMG CaRMS Positions: 3
IMG CaRMS Positions: 1
Address
200 Terrace Hill Street
Brantford, ON, N3R 1G9
Directions
Practice info
Preceptors: 11
Practice Sites: 10 (three family health teams)
Approximately 21,000 patients.
Contacts
Rebecca Dallman
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
Brantford-Indigenous Health Hub Site Director