Rural medicine offers a chance to combine family medicine with emergency, obstetrics, surgery, anesthesia and internal medicine. Working in environments with few or no specialists, rural general practitioners are involved in the whole range of care. Rural electives are chance to get lots of hands-on experience with little competition from other learners.
Rural communities offer a change from the pollution and traffic jams of the city.
Opportunities for outdoor recreation like hiking, biking, kayaking, and skiing abound. Emphasis is placed on clinical assessment and appropriate use of investigations in settings with limited or distant specialists and high tech resources. Rural Electives in Southwestern Ontario Electives are available in a variety of communities throughout Southwestern Ontario. Most of these will be with rural general practitioners in communities of less than 10,000 people with an active hospital. A small number of electives may be available with rural general specialists.