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. 1990 Nov;36:2011–2016.

Family Medicine in Rural Communities

The McGill experience

Michael Hirsh, JSC Wootton
PMCID: PMC2280223  PMID: 21233945

Abstract

Recruitment of physicians for rural communities is a continuing problem in Canada. Medical schools can be involved through preferential admission policies. Departments of family medicine across the country are including on-site training in rural communities and are seeking to improve their rural program curriculum. The McGill rural program is described from its origins to its present state. A rural coordinator oversees 12 sites at which both residents and students are trained. One site at Shawville, Que, is described from a rural physician's point of view.

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