Practice Site Information

Practice Site Clinic Information:

Port McNeill Clinic
Box 14, 2161 McNeill Road
Port McNeill, BC, V0N 2R0
P: 250 956-3377

Physician Site Coordinator(s) :

Dr Granger Avery

Office Administrator :

Debbi Ryan

Names of GPs in practice :

Dr Prean Armogam, Dr Granger Avery, Dr Jane Clelland, Dr Rick Scragg

Specialists in Practice :

N/A

Practice Profile :

Clinic starts at 10:30 until 13:00 and afternoon at 14:00 until 17:00. You will usually be quite busy and work independently. You write your own prescriptions, no co-signing needed except for Narcotic triplicates. Booking is at every 30 minutes initially but will eventually be in every 15 minutes.

The logging industry is mostly Caucasian, while the surrounding communities are mainly First Nations. You will be participating with the Clinic's visits to the surrounding communities by helicopter to Rivers Inlet, Zeballos, Sointula and Woss.

We run a full service rural family practice including office, 8 outreach clinics reached by air or sea, and a fairly busy emergency department. We practice on a collaborative basis with an extended role nurse in the clinic, close liaison with mental health and community care nurses, as well as an outreach team to remote communities.

Port McNeill has a generally young popluation with about 10% of people over the age of 65. About 20% of work is First Nations care, mostly through the remote outreach community clinics.

We run a low risk, low volume obstetrical service for the North Island and we are the regional center for intermediate psychiatric care. We have a full complement of specialists and ready telephone back up. Teleradiography allows for on-demand x-ray interpretation from Campbell River. Surgical interventions are limited to those requiring local or regional anesthesia or procedural sedation.

We run the North Island Methadone program and have interests in counseling, CBT, hyperbaric and aviation medicine. Community Services include Diabetic Nurse Educator, Community Care Nurses and Support Workers, Dietitic Consultants. Mental Health Counsellors, Physiotherapists and 24/365 Primary Care Paramedic (Level II) BC Ambulance Service.

On-Call Schedule :

1 day in 5; 1 weekend in 5

Training Site Information

Medical Student Training:

Yes

Medical Student:

UBC

Out of Province

Family Practice Resident Site:

Yes

Medical Resident:

UBC

Other Professionals:

IRPbc Students

Is this an IRPbc site?:

Yes

IRPbc Year:

2003-2010

Students & Residents Perspectives

On The Community :

"Great community with incredibly friendly people". "The town itself is quite quiet, but has an interesting dynamic because of recent forestry operations closure and nearby First Nations communities".

On The Experience :

"Lots of time in the ER as well as numerous visits to medical outposts, some of which require a helicopter flight to access". "Port McNeill provides a genuine rural experience. The doctors are friendly, enthusiastic and knowledgeable." "Very wide range of activities and opportunities to work with many different preceptors. A lot of opportunities to do hands-on activity."

Challenges :

"No surgical exposure."

Patient Load

Practice per day :

120

Resident per day :

15 - 20

Personnel in Office/Clinic

Personnel in Office:

Nurses

Mental Health Workers

Office Set-up

Does your office have a surgical suite?:

Payment Modality :

Fee-for-service

Do you use consistent charting system in your practice? :

Yes

Is their a problem list on each chart? :

Yes

Is there space for the resident to have an office and examing room? :

Yes

Technology:

Billing

Internet

Medline

Educational Opportunities

Hospital Rounds :

Yes

9:00 to 9:15am daily rounds with all Doctors, Duty Hospital Nurses, Mental Health, Community Care, Physiotherapists, Diabetic Nurse, as required.

CME Teleconferences :

Yes

Rural FP Teleconferences

Video conferences:

Yes, There are Opportunities for Video Conferences.

VIHA Videoconference sessions

Conferences :

Yes, there are opportunities for conferences.

Journal Clubs/Reading :

Yes, there are opportunities for journal clubs/reading.

Monthly

Small Group Learning :

Yes, there are opportunities for Small Group Learning.

Twice weekly seminars

Resident Interview Audit :

Yes, there are opportunities for a Resident Interview/Audit.

Video Audit, In-room Audit, Chart Reviews

Credits:

Information was provided by Health Match BC and from local community websites. Other information has come from a variety of sources including the BCMA and health professionals within the communities. Pictures have been provided by www.picturebc.ca or community members. Please contact us at info@rccbc.ca with any information updates for your community.

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