The Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance will see an increase of practicing physicians this week.
It is Discovery week at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. Discovery Week is one opportunity for medical students to work alongside health care practitioners and physicians in rural and remote areas to better understand what it means to practice there.
28 first year medical students from Schulich Medicine & Dentistry will shadow physicians and visit patients.
6 million Canadians live in Rural and remote communities, making up almost 18 per cent of the population.
The Canadian Institute for Health Information reports that less than ten per cent of physicians practice in those areas.
