JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED

FOUR FAMILY MEDICAL RESIDENTS COMING TO BARRIE
In partnership with the University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital will be ‘growing’ its own doctors beginning in July, 2009. RVH will become the newest site of a “Family Medicine Teaching Unit” (FMTU), which is the final step for medical resident physicians on their way to becoming family doctors. As part of their training, the medical residents will each manage their own practice of patients, under the supervision of experienced Barrie family doctors, in the FMTU clinic, adjacent to RVH.

The four medical residents coming to Barrie will see patients in the clinic three half days per week. Applications for patients are now being accepted – however, care does not begin until July, 2009.

“This is a very exciting addition to our medical community and an even greater opportunity for people without access to a family physician,” says Dr. Stuart Murdoch, Chief of Family Medicine at RVH and Program Director, FMTU. “The learning opportunities this creates – for both the resident and the supervising physician - are tremendous and we are all anxious to welcome our first four residents.”

Resident physicians are assigned to the Barrie FMTU for a period of two years. Some of these physicians may choose to stay in Barrie and set up their own family practice once their training is complete. If, however, they decide to leave the area, patients of the FMTU will be transferred to a new incoming resident.
A medical resident physician is a doctor who has received a medical degree and practices medicine under the supervision of fully licensed physician in a hospital or clinic environment.

To view more detailed information or to download the application form, go to www.barriedoctors.ca or www.rvh.on.ca/familymedicine.aspx. Applications are also available from Barrie MP, Patrick Brown’s office at 299 Lakeshore Drive, Suite 302, Barrie.Tel: 705-726-5959. Once completed, applications can be mailed to Barrie family Teaching Unit, PO Box 130, Barrie, Ontario L4M 4S9. Due to the anticipated high volume of applicants, and the limited spaces available, applicants will be contacted by a representative of the FMTU if an intake interview is to be arranged.

For more information:
Jane Cocking, Corporate Communications
Royal Victoria Hospital
(705) 728-9090 ext. 41611