The Rural Continuing Professional Development Program (RCPD), with the support of the Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc), is working with and on behalf of rural physicians to help support the continuing medical education and professional development needs of rural health care professionals in BC.
The RCPD program is based on the findings of the UBC Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Needs Assessment of rural physicians sponsored by the Rural Education Action Plan (REAP). The Needs Assessment helped to identify urgent and emergent topics of special learning interest to rural physicians as follows:
- Emergency Medicine
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Psychiatry
These were the top three preferred learning areas for both GPs and specialists. The RCPD will integrate with rural physician education programs already working on these topics, as well as create new rurally relevant educational programming, preferably in a small group-learning format.
The RCPD hopes to educate physicians “Closer to Home” and follow the tenet of the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC), “Education for Rural Physicians, by Rural Physicians”. The program will help rural physicians to build relationships between themselves and other health care professionals based on the “Closer to Home” philosophy, using local GPs, local or regional specialists, and other health care professionals with advanced expertise within their region of practice for teaching purposes in their usual context of healthcare delivery. Technology-enabled solutions or opportunities for CPD at a distance will need to be supported.
For more information, please contact Dr. Tandi Wilkinson, Medical Director, Rural CPD program, 604 875-4111 ext. 69139.
Visit the CPD website to register for upcoming educational programs:
www.ubccpd.ca
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