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Memorial University of Newfoundland – Family Medicine – Central Stream

Family Medicine

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Dr. Russell Dawe

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Val Hunt

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Streams and Training Templates

Central

Stream Lead: Dr. David Bradbury-Squires

The Central Stream will provide excellent training experiences in Rural Family Medicine. In this stream, all  training will occur in rural sites in Central Newfoundland and Labrador. Residents will be assigned a home community where they will spend the majority of their second year and a portion of their first year. Experiences such as rural emergency, family medicine obstetrics, inpatient and long-term care are available. Residents also have the opportunity for customized electives within the stream in various specialty services.

The Central training sites include Gander, Grand Falls-Windsor, Botwood, and Twillingate.

The residency training program in Family Medicine at Memorial is an accredited residency training program through the College of Family Physicians of Canada. It leads to eligibility to sit the certification exam of the CFPC. This program uses the unique medical, geographic and cultural characteristics of Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Nunavut to train family physicians for rural/remote practice. 

 

Why Memorial?

There are many reasons to come to Memorial for Family Medicine training! To name a few:

  • Urban, rural and remote training opportunities;
  • Often you are the only resident on service;
  • Tailored teaching given low learner to preceptor numbers;
  • Excellent learning opportunities;
  • Travel to and from training sites for core training is covered;
  • Dedicated preceptors;
  • 4 weeks of vacation per year;
  • $1000 per year towards conference leave or ATLS course completion.

 

What Are Our Unique Learning Opportunities?
  • Training is offered in urban, rural and remote communities
  • Remote opportunities in Goose Bay, NL or Iqaluit, NU
  • Flight medicine in Goose Bay or Iqaluit
  • Transfer medicine across many training sites
  • Point of Care Ultrasound Training (PoCUS) when available.
  • Certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Advances in Labour and Risk Management (ALARM), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) training is offered, when possible. ACLS is offered through Eastern Health at a reduced rate. The Family Medicine Residency Training Program covers the cost of ALARM & NRP. Residents are provided with $1000 per year towards conference leave or ATLS course completion.
  • Stunning landscape
    Outdoor activities across all training sites
  • Vibrant arts scene — culture, music, dance, film
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General Information

Please review the CaRMS program description (linked above) for additional program information.

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Salary Information

Post graduate salaries and benefits differ by province and are determined by two things: your training year, and the province you work in. See below the salaries and benefits for Memorial University of Newfoundland - Family Medicine - Central Stream.
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Quaint small homes on harbour front
Central Stream
Sites in Central Stream consist of: Gander, Grand Falls-Windsor, Botwood, Twillingate

Frequently Asked Questions

While we don’t have an ‘urban’ stream, our Eastern training stream provides the vast majority of training in our urban center — St. John’s, NL. Please see the Eastern Stream information.

  • Once matched into a training stream, residents receive a list of two year template choices that are centered around that stream. Residents will travel outside of their training stream when necessary, such as if a learning experience is not available locally.  All residents rank their template preferences indicating any special considerations that should be taken into account.  Should residents all rank a template(s) low on their lists, residents will be given the opportunity to re-rank their template choices. Should a template(s) remain low on the rank lists, a lottery will be completed to fill the template.

We have three Enhanced Skills training programs – (1) Family Medicine – Emergency Medicine.   Each year, the FM-EM program accepts 4-6 residents into their program. (2) Family Medicine – Enhanced Skills in Care of the Elderly. There are usually two 12-month positions available and two 6-month return from practice positions available.  (3) Care of Underserved Populations Enhanced Skills Program. There is usually one 12-month position available.