Bow Island & Area Healthcare Recruitment Committee Medical - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Bow Island & Area Healthcare Recruitment Committee Medical Skills Weekend October 25 & 26, 2014

Populations Bow Island – 2100 Foremost – 530 County - 3350

• Agricultural Community with some diversity in our industries. • 120,000 acres of irrigation in the north end of the County. • Climate: most annual sunshine hours in Canada • Varied agriculture with 40 different crops grown in the area. • Aging population? • 15% over 65 • Immigration of Low German speaking Mennonites • Young families on the farms and in town • Medicine Hat (half hour) & Lethbridge (1 Hour)

10 Acute Beds & 20 Long Term 31 Beds for persons with developmental disabilities 6 Emergency & Trauma beds

Original Building 1959 Long Term Care 1972 Alfred Egan Home 1985 Emergency & Trauma 2013 Lodge 71 Units 15 Independent Living 20 Level 3 Care Manor - 15 Units

Our Situation • 2 Doctors For Over 30 Years • 3 rd Doctor For Much of that time – • BUT leaving now • Another Doctor planning to leave in the fall • Doctors own a clinic in Bow Island • Second part-time clinic in Foremost • Their own recruiting efforts for now • Second Doctor likely to retire in the next few years.

Bow Island & Area Healthcare Recruitment Committee • Committee Formed 2013 • County, Village and Town – initial funding • Support recruitment of all Health Professionals • Budgeting for Web & S.M. presence.

SKILLS DAY • Great idea! • Showcase our community • Recruiting tool for the future • Staff & Doctors on board immediately! • So we applied back in February…..then waited • Kim & Rosemary gave us ideas of what others did • We decided to keep things simple • Students arrived around 11 on the Saturday morning • Coffee and snacks then back on the bus

Travelled to a Hutterite Colony For a Tour

Travelled to a Hutterite Colony For a Tour

Travelled to a Hutterite Colony For a Tour

• Back to Bow Island for Lunch • Hospital for the rest of the afternoon for Medical Skills • 3 Hours Saturday & 2 Hours Sunday

• 38 Medical, 15 Nursing & 2 Physiotherapy Students • 11 Local Instructors (staff & volunteers) 1. Spinal Immobilization 2. STARS Van 3. Suturing 8 Groups 4. X-Ray 8 Stations 5. Hospital Tour 6. Physio 45 Minutes Each 7. IV Starts 8. Airway

S uturing

IV S tarts

Airway

“ Feed Them !” Coffee & Lunch  Health Foundation Steak Supper  The Elks Games  Health Foundation Prizes Donated

“Feed Them!” Pancake Breakfast  Cooked by the Councils  Food Donated

Takeaways 1. Medical Staff have to be on board 2. Great to show off the community but focus on the skills 3. Get younger community members involved. 4. Engage the students as much as possible. 5. Be aware of and respect dietary issues. 6. RPAP advice is so valuable. 7. Keep it Simple!

Survey Results Received Very Quickly From RPAP Great Feedback From Students & RPAP We Have a Good Idea of What to Improve IT WAS WORTH THE EFFORT!