Travel costs to and from the NOMP setting and accommodation for the student are provided by the Programme for Ontario students. Out of province students can be worked in but will only be provided accommodation. Duration of electives is normally four to six weeks, but special arrangements for longer periods can be made provided objectives are suitable and sufficient advance notice is given. ROMPs main objective is to provide early exposure to rural medicine and the lifestyle that goes with it. Students are guaranteed a busy and productive rotation.
Accommodation is provided.
Once a year ROMP also organizes a Rural Health Week with one of the medical schools in which the community and the hospital hosts ten students for an intensive week of rural medical training. The 1999 event will be in association with Queens University. In 1999 ROMP has grown to involve a number of communities, many with catchments of 30,000 or more and thus not rural at all, but rather small cities. Students would be well advised to check out the nature of the setting, to obtain maximumun training benefit. While co-ordination is not offered, please note that there are bursaries available through the Ontario Medical Association for electives done in Underserviced Areas.