An experienced and active rural teaching unit, with low preceptor to trainee ratios and the opportunity to work with medical students in a clinical teaching unit model of hospital practice. Large clinical volumes with excellent variety of patients. Frequent opportunities to perfect your procedural skills through clinical encounters and procedural labs. Continuity of care within your preceptors practice is an educational priority, which we achieve through 6 months of family medicine block time. An integrated curriculum providing training in psychiatry, obstetrics, geriatrics, community medicine, psychosocial counselling, and nutrition. Monthly academic days in small group learning environments, rural Continuing Medical Education (CME), and an active resident-led journal club. Steinbach is a thriving community of over 15,000 located 45 minutes southeast of Winnipeg. Learning opportunities include general family practice, emergency room coverage, in-hospital patient care, obstetrics, surgical assists, chemotherapy, palliative care and personal care home visits. Bethesda Hospital located in Steinbach has 76 acute care beds and 20 private rehab beds. A clinical teaching unit (CTU) was established at Bethesda in October 2010. Patients who are admitted to the CTU are looked after by the team of medical students, family medicine residents and the attending physician. An important part of the Steinbach CTU is the opportunity for residents to teach the medical students. Steinbach Family Medical (SFM) is the home base for all learners. SFM is a fully computerized, private, fee-for-service clinic and home to 20 family physicians and 4 general surgeons. Preceptors will generally only have one student at a time to ensure plenty of one on one teaching. Steinbach Family Medical was named the first “MyHealth Team” clinic in Manitoba. As part of the “MyHealth Team” we have dietitians, 2 shared care mental health workers, chronic disease nurses, a wound care nurse and a clinical pharmacist. We were very excited to move into the new Bethesda Primary Health Center in August 2017!

The clinical teaching unit (CTU) consists of 2 medical students in their core clerkship family medicine rotation and 2-4 family medicine residents. Residents supervise the students in many different settings. Patients are admitted to the Bethesda CTU and are managed by the students and attending physician. Residents also have the opportunity to supervise the students during a same day care clinic at Steinbach Family Medical. Each student, however, spends the majority of their time with a single preceptor to ensure plenty of one-on-one teaching. This combination of group learning and individualized instruction has been very popular. We are very excited to be part of the expanded rural family medicine program and welcome you to consider Steinbach as your home base! Many “rotations” are done horizontally during Family Medicine Block Time in Steinbach, thereby enhancing continuity of care and allowing more time in a Family Medicine centred environment.