Rural Site Comparison

Grimsby Owen Sound Fergus Collingwood Mount Forest Simcoe
Teaching site Niagara Owen Sound Guelph Collingwood Owen Sound Brantford-Indigenous Health Hub
Type of Practice Community Practices / Family Health Teams
MRP In-hospital care (1-5 patients per day on avg during FM), rural emergency care Yes
Curriculum partially integrated block with opportunity for
integration		 Block
Number of Positions 3 CMG 2 CMG
1 IMG		 2 CMG 4 CMG 1 CMG
1 IMG		 1 CMG
1 IMG
Population 25,000 21,000 20,000 25,000 5,000 15,000
Preceptors 8 23 21 35 5 24
Patients 52 bed hospital with catchment area of 50,000

650 births per year and 25,000 ER visits per year

 160 bed hospital with catchment area
of 160,000700 births per year and 36,000 ER
visits per year		 55 bed hospital with catchment area
of 35,000600 births per year and 25,000 ER
visits per year		 72 bed hospital with catchment area
of 45,000325 births per year and 30,000 ER
visits per year w/ orthopaedics w/
proximity to Blue Mountain Resort		 28 bed hospital with catchment area
of 15,00080 births per year and 12,000 ER
visits per year		 106 bed hospital with catchment area
of 60,000350 births per year and 30,000 ER
visits per year
Practice Profile Full comprehensive family practices, hospital-based inpatient care; provide prenatal care, complete house calls, and palliative care at home and hospice Family Practice MRP Collegial medical staff group working
out of multiple sites for family practice, ER, OB, Inpatient, surgical assists,
nursing home experiences		 Family Practice MRP Office, ER, inpatient care, OB, procedures, surgical assist, house calls, nursing home visits, coroner work, GP oncology Family Practice MRP
Special Interests Obstetrical environment that supports midwives and family doctors, rural emergency medicine, GP anesthesia Family Comprehensive act as MRP to inpatients ER has catchment from several nearby
urban areas, strong OB group practice with
excellent teaching		 Family Comprehensive act as MRP to inpatients Rural family medicine with full scope practice including MRP to inpatients Long term and palliative care
Practice Sites Individual offices FHT FHT Individual offices FHT FHT
Education Experience Longitudinal OB rotation, specialty rotations are done in St. Catharines including inpatient paediatrics, internal medicine, and emergency medicine Comprehensive medicine Comprehensive medicine

Live academic sessions in Guelph.

 Comprehensive medicine Comprehensive medicine Comprehensive medicine
Program Highlight Learner-centered environment that provides many opportunities to become competent as a full spectrum practice family physician in a rural community Committed to providing residents with a well-balanced lifestyle — access to quality health care, education, making the most of fantastic
waterways and trails		 Able to recruit / retain a good percentage of
residents over the past decade		 Beautiful geographic region, busy small town
based hospital		 Broad scope rural practice with OB and ER, in a
Family Medicine run hospital		 Learner centered environment at both the Norfolk
General and Brantford General hospitals, located on Southern Ontario’s “gold” coast