Rural Medical Skills/Student Tours

FANTASTIC SKILLS DAY HELD IN HINTON ON 21 MARCH 2009!!!

Please see your Rural Interest Group representative Kristen Rylance for more information about upcoming activities.

Skill Clinics are arranged by the RPAP Medical Students' Initiative Coordinator and rural medical student representatives, as part of a rural site visit. Local health care professionals are recruited to teach students specific procedural skills such as starting IVs, casting and suturing.

Attend these clinics to learn basic medical skills taught by rural physicians and other health care professionals.

1. Rural hospital tours (weekend and day) are scheduled throughout the year to rural communities.

2. The tours typically follow the format of guest speakers, a hospital tour, and a skills learning component. There may also be an EMS in-service and scenarios as well as fire/search and rescue. Typically, there may be a trip to a local attraction.

3. Participation occurs through the RPAP-supported Rural Medical Interest Groups at the Universities of Alberta and Calgary. Priority is given to medical students who have not participated in a previous tour.

4. Procedural skills days or evenings are planned throughout the year, often in conjunction with a rural medical student tour. Participants learn basic medical skills taught by rural physicians or Residents who teach students specific procedural skills such as starting IVs, casting and suturing.

5. Participation occurs through the RPAP-supported Rural Medical Interest Groups at the Universities of Alberta and Calgary.