Saint John / Sussex program

This innovative program is designed to prepare family physicians for comprehensive patient care while fulfilling valuable community leadership roles in emergency care. Family physicians in smaller communities, who frequently staff emergency rooms, are required to be highly trained and equipped to deal with situations that their colleagues in larger centres often don't encounter. Residents will train in the Saint John and Sussex areas of New Brunswick.

• Residents provide care in a community-based office and at the Sussex Health Centre, an acute care hospital serving about 30,000 people.

• They also have access to the services of the Saint John Regional Hospital, a large tertiary care facility located 45 minutes away.

• A significant portion of their training takes place in a rural setting, where they collaborate with a family doctor in the Sussex community and work in the Sussex Health Centre emergency department.

• During their core family medicine rotations, residents regularly work in the emergency department and gain comprehensive family medicine experience throughout the three years.