Program Description

The SRPC mentorship program is a pilot program that aims to connect medical students to rural physicians and residents from across the country to allow career exploration, guidance and increased understanding of the scope of rural practice.

Goals:

• Connecting students to rural physicians across Canada
• Career exploration and guidance
• Increase understanding of the scope of rural practice
• Provide learning opportunities outside of the formal academic environment
• Contribute to the current and growing need of rural physicians in Canada

Your Role As a Mentor

As a mentor with SRPC, medical students will connect with you through the SRPC office manager. Once you are connected, there will be flexibility in how you set up your mentor-mentee relationships, which can be tailored on an individual basis. This may include answering a few quick questions, setting up a longitudinal mentorship plan, or organizing shadowing experiences (public health guidelines permitting).

Expectations in your role as a mentor may include:

• Sharing experiences of rural practice with mentees for the purpose of career exploration and guidance
• Being honest and open regarding the rewards/challenges to rural medicine
• Forming a plan and setting expectations with your mentee regarding frequency of meetings and meeting platform to be used
• Sharing appropriate resources
• Recognizing that advice given, while extremely valuable, does not substitute for MD program-specific mentorship and supports

If you are looking for a Rural Mentor. Please ensure your SRPC membership is up to date. Send your email request to Louise for a list of mentors and instructions. (louisea@srpc.ca)

Mentees Must be SRPC members to participate in this program. (Join here)

SRPC’s Rural Research Peer Support Group

Struggling with writer’s block? Trying to meet a deadline? Questioning your methods? Getting stymied by bias? Does frantic typing lead to nostalgia for your days as an undergraduate?

If so, join us for a sociable discussion in a supportive environment to share strategies for success in conducting rural health research and academic writing.

The SRPC Rural Research Committee is hosting a monthly Zoom meet up to support members who are conducting and writing up research. 

Join the conversation the First Wednesday of the month
08:00 PM Eastern Time via Zoom .

Click Here to Register Now / RSVP

Dates:

Print the Poster

For more info, email Jenna at jennak@srpc.ca

Call for Abstracts - Rural & Remote 2023

The 30th Annual Rural & Remote Medicine Course Planning Committee is currently accepting abstracts for presentations. 

Rural & Remote 2023 will take place April 20 - 22 in beautiful Niagara Falls, Ontario.

The committee is accepting abstracts for two types of presentations related to any aspect of health and healthcare in a rural and remote setting.

• Session Lectures (Breakout Sessions)
  
• Hands-on Workshop
  

All abstract submissions will undergo peer review by the R&R Planning Committee.

Deadline:   

September 30^th, 2022

REGISTER YOUR ABSTRACT ONLINE HERE

Additional Information

Session / Workshop: These sessions should focus on clinical skills and knowledge development related to rural practice. Sessions / Workshops will be 60 minutes in duration and should be interactive and engaging.

Prefer to Email Your Submission?

Abstracts may be submitted via email to rrsubmissions@srpc.ca using the following guidelines.

Session / Workshop Presentation (300 words maximum)

Call for Research Abstracts - Rural & Remote 2023

Save the date: April 20 - 22, 2023 in beautiful Niagara Falls, Ontario.

The 30th Annual Rural & Remote Medicine Course Planning Committee is currently accepting two types of research abstracts related to any aspect of health and healthcare in a rural and remote setting.

• Research Oral Presentation
• Research Poster Presentation

All research abstract submissions will undergo peer review by the Planning Committee and/or SRPC Research Committee.

Deadlines:   

Research Oral Presentation – September 30th, 2022
Research Poster Presentation – December 31st, 2022

Submissions must include a clear research purpose, objective, methodology, summary of the research results, and conclusion.

REGISTER YOUR ABSTRACT ONLINE HERE

Additional Information

Research Oral Presentation: Share information or results from a proposed, ongoing, or completed research project. Oral presentations will include 10 minutes to present and 5 minutes for Q&A.

Research Poster Presentation: Share information or results from a proposed, ongoing, or completed research project. Posters will be on display for two day and there will be a dedicated time for attendees to view the posters.

Prefer to Email Your Submission?

Research abstracts may be submitted via email to rrsubmissions@srpc.ca using the following guidelines.

• Abstracts are limited to one page (maximum 300 words) not including title, author names and affiliations, or key words and the required information is listed below.

• Must include introduction, methods, results and discussion.
  

• The name of the presenting author should be asterisked (*).

• All co-authors and primary affiliations should be listed.

• The SRPC encourages speakers to consider a student or resident to co-present.

• Abstracts must be submitted in a Word document.

• Abstracts must disclose any conflicts of interest.

SAVE THE DATE

April 20th - 22nd 2023
Niagara Falls, Ontario

Are you interested in presenting at R&R 2023?
Register your abstract, suggest a topic, refer a colleague or friend.

The 30th Annual Rural and Remote Medicine Course Planning Committee is currently accepting abstracts.

Submit a Research Abstract

Submit a Presentation/Workshop Abstract