Southern Regional Health Authority is proud to host the 2012 Family Medicine Resident Retreat to be held on September 28, 29 in Steinbach, Manitoba.
Each year, the Office of Rural and Northern Health in partnership with the University of Manitoba Family Medicine Program facilitates a weekend retreat to provide residents with the opportunity to experience rural Manitoba and explore practice opportunities. The event has never before been held in Steinbach and Southern RHA is thrilled to have it selected as this
year’s host.
The weekend will see up to 80 first and second-year residents participate in educational sessions and social activities which will familiarize them with the Southern RHA as well as the local communities. The students come from all four of the family medicine training streams of northern remote, urban, rural and bilingual.
“We are thrilled to have this opportunity to host this event. We do recognize there are many options for practice that today’s residents are able to select from and we want to situate Southern RHA as their selected point of destination as we strive towards 2015 and our commitment provincially to a physician/provider for all.” said Kathy McPhail CEO Southern RHA.
“We are delighted to host the Family Medicine Resident Retreat” shares VP Medical Dr. Myron Thiessen. The Residents will be bringing their family members to enjoy the weekend and this, in addition to the presence of Recruiters from across the Province, will result in a significant number of visitors to our community”. said Thiessen.
These Doctors can virtually choose from dozens of practice sites in dozens of communities in Manitoba and throughout Canada as they make their decisions on where they will practice, live and raise their families. The Southern RHA has worked hard over the last year in planning for this event and has had the support of many local businesses and community members. The goal is to overwhelm these new Physicians and their families with hospitality in the hope that they will put Steinbach, the surrounding communities and Southern RHA at the very top of their list of potential practice sites.
