SITE* | POPULATION† | DISTANCE FROM MAIN CAMPUS, km‡ | SPECIALTY SERVICES§ | NO. OF ACUTE BEDS | AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY PROGRAM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regional sites | |||||
| 61 374 | 446 | AU, ED, GS, IC, IR, LB, MH, OB, ON, NU, OT, PD, PL, PT, RM | > 100 | University of Alberta |
| 55 032 | 457 | CA, GE, GS, MH, NN, OB, PD, UR | 140 | University of Alberta |
| 90 564 | 155 | CA, EN, ED, GS, IR, MH, OB, ON, OR, OT, PD, PL, PS, UR | 326 | University of Alberta |
| 31 188 | 241 | AM, AN, CA, DN, ED, GS, LB, OB, ON, OR, PD, PS, UR | 95 | University of British Columbia |
| 18 609 | 1204 | AM, ED, GS, OB, OC, OP, OR, OT, PA, PS, UR | 55 | University of British Columbia |
| 179 839 | 398 | AU, CA, DE, DN, EN, ED, GA, GE, GR, GS, IC, IH, IR, LB, MH, NR, NU, OB, OC, ON, OP, OR, OT, PL, PS, RM, UR, WH | 351 | University of British Columbia |
| 71 973 | 795 | Detailed information not available | 219 | University of British Columbia |
| 18 581 | 1363 | AM, EN, ED, LB, MH, OB | 39 | University of British Columbia |
| 89 074 | 223 | AM, AU, CA, GR, GS, IC, IH, IR, LB, MH, NE, NM, NN, OB, OC, ON, OT, PD, PT, RM, WH | 270 | University of Calgary |
| 63 018 | 295 | AU, CA, ED, GR, GS, IC, IR, LB, MH, NE, NM, NU, OB, OR, ON, OT, PD, PT, RM | 325 | University of Calgary |
Rural sites | |||||
| 6216 | 247 | ED, GE, GS, IR, ON | 63 | University of Alberta |
| 3641 | 738 | GE | 32 | University of Alberta |
| 3463 | 3213 | VS | 51 | University of Alberta |
| 1753 | 69 | AU, ED, GR, GS, OB, OP, OT, PL, PO | 120 | University of Alberta |
| 8856 | 105 | GE | 57 | University of Alberta |
| 3198 | 245 | GE, OB | 45 | University of Alberta |
| 32 276 | 2409 | ED, IH, IR, LB, OC, VS | 55 | University of Alberta |
| 4182 | 55 | GS, IM, MH, OB, OP | 38 | University of British Columbia |
| 3985 | 530 | ED, GS, MH, OT | 12 | University of British Columbia |
| 4761 | 1711 | Detailed information not available | 8 | University of British Columbia |
| 2025 | 306 | GE | 30 | University of Calgary |
| 3580 | 238 | GE | 31 | University of Calgary |
| 12 920 | 70 | GE | 77 | University of Calgary |
| 6729 | 740 | GE | 71 | University of Calgary |
| 3685 | 217 | GE | 19 | University of Calgary |
| 12 327 | 157 | FPs with specialty interest; no hospital | 0 | University of Calgary |
| 8104 | 266 | GE | 29 | University of Calgary |
AM—ambulatory, AN—anesthesiology, AU—audiology-speech, CA—cardiology, DE—dermatology, DN—dental, ED—emergency, EN—endocrinology, FP—family physician, GA—gastroenterology, GE—general medicine, GR—geriatric medicine, GS—general surgery, IC—intensive care, IH—Indigenous health, IM—internal medicine, IR—imaging-radiology, LB—laboratory services, MH—mental health-psychiatry, NE—nephrology, NM—nuclear medicine, NN—neonatology, NR—neurology, NU—nutrition, OB—obstetrics-gynecology, OC—occupational therapy, ON—oncology, OP—ophthalmology, OR—orthopedics, OT—otolaryngology, PA—pathology, PD—pediatrics, PL—palliative, PO—podiatry, PS—plastic surgery, PT—physical therapy, RM—respiratory medicine, UR—urology, VS—visiting specialist clinics, WH—women’s health.
↵* These are not all of the regional and rural sites used by the 3 schools in the study; these are the sites where participants had been placed.
↵† Population data from Statistics Canada.14
↵‡ Distance (km) from main campus based on information from Google Maps.15
↵§ On-site specialty services were identified from the Canadian Institution for Health Information,16 the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority17, and Yukon Hospitals.18
↵|| Although Terrace and Fort St John (British Columbia) are smaller than the other regional sites and do not function as regional medical hubs in the same way as the others, residents are still matched to these 2 sites as their training base.
↵¶ Electives only.