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Bow Island & Area Healthcare Recruitment Committee
Medical Skills Weekend October 25 & 26, 2014
Populations Bow Island – 2100 Foremost – 530 County - 3350
Bow Island & Area Healthcare Recruitment Committee Medical - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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
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- 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%
- ver 65
- Immigration of Low German speaking Mennonites
- Young families on the farms and in town
- Medicine Hat (half hour) & Lethbridge (1 Hour)
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10 Acute Beds & 20 Long Term 31 Beds for persons with developmental disabilities 6 Emergency & Trauma beds
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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
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Our Situation
- 2 Doctors For Over 30 Years
- 3rd 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.
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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.
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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
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Travelled to a Hutterite Colony For a Tour
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Travelled to a Hutterite Colony For a Tour
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Travelled to a Hutterite Colony For a Tour
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- Back to Bow Island for Lunch
- Hospital for the rest of the afternoon for Medical Skills
- 3 Hours Saturday & 2 Hours Sunday
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- 38 Medical, 15 Nursing & 2 Physiotherapy Students
- 11 Local Instructors (staff & volunteers)
- 1. Spinal Immobilization
- 2. STARS Van
- 3. Suturing
- 4. X-Ray
- 5. Hospital Tour
- 6. Physio
- 7. IV Starts
- 8. Airway
8 Groups 8 Stations 45 Minutes Each
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S uturing
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IV S tarts
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Airway
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“ Feed Them!”
Coffee & Lunch Health Foundation Steak Supper The Elks Games Health Foundation Prizes Donated
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“Feed Them!”
Pancake Breakfast
Cooked by the
Councils
Food Donated
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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!
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