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PMH participates in Family Medicine Residents’ Retreat

Prairie Mountain Health (PMH) continues collaborative efforts to recruit physicians to the region.  One of the signature events the region attends on an annual basis is the University of Manitoba Family Medicine Residents’ Retreat. First and second-year residents gather each year to participate in what serves as continuing medical education, networking, and, essentially, a job/career fair, which is held to promote potential employment opportunities once their education is complete. This year, the Interlake Health Region hosted the event in Gimli from September 20-22. Approximately 110 Family Medicine Physician Residents attended the retreat, along with their families. 

Prairie Mountain Health Table display

PMH Physician and Recruitment Coordinators Darlene Gray and Tamara Kemp-Boulet represented the region and enjoyed extoling the virtues of living and working within rural settings.

“Besides the many medical practice opportunities available in our region, we heavily promote lifestyle choices. There are many lakes, golf courses, community recreation centres, provincial parks and the Riding Mountain National Park within our large geographical area.  Each community celebrates uniquely with arts and other special events, festivals, spiritual and cultural activities and many other volunteer-driven, family-friendly initiatives.

So, any chance we get to promote our region’s ‘good nature,’ we take it.”

Gray added, “We are also very proud to have provincial Residency Programs collaborating and educating students within our Region: Brandon’s Satellite Residency Unit, the Parkland Family Practice Residency Unit, and most recently, a Residency Program operating in Neepawa, which are tremendous mentoring opportunities. We have had much success keeping students here after graduation and hope to achieve even more success in the coming years.”

Some other highlights of the weekend retreat included:

  • Educational breakout sessions on Pharmacy Basics, EKGs for Family Physicians, Family Medicine Plus and Billing, Financial Literacy, Musculoskeletal Injections, Ultrasound, Casting, and Women’s Health.  The luncheon guest speaker was a physician from Nunavut.
  • Over 30 tables, including PMH, participated in the job fair on Friday night.

The resident retreat rotates among rural, regional health authorities as hosts. PMH is set to host the next event in September 2025. The region last hosted the event in 2022.

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