Student Leadership Groups
Rural Medicine Outreach Club
The aim of our group is to increase awareness and experience of rural medicine for both medical students and students earlier on in their education. As medical students complete most of their training in tertiary care centres, we strive to highlight community health care practices throughout Southwestern Ontario to provide a broader perspective of health care settings. Working with the Distributed Education Office at Schulich, we organize talks that discuss all the unique ways one can practice rurally, and host group trips to local rural hospitals.
We also work closely with the Distributed Education Office and stakeholders in local rural communities to increase the reach of the existing health care career exploration programs (ie. Discovery Healthcare Summer Camp) so that its benefits may be more accessible to secondary students in rural communities. Our goal is to create novel learning opportunities for secondary students, such as interactive guest speaker workshops or virtual career fairs about different healthcare professions. With this, we hope to also provide longitudinal opportunities through mentorship and academic support from medical students. We expect that different communities/schools may have different student populations, and we aim for flexibility with our outreach initiatives to best suit their needs and interests.
Contact Philip Skorzewski (pskorzewski2027@meds.uwo.ca) or Aja Hogan-Cann (ahogancann2027@meds.uwo.ca) for more information.
Coming Events
Saturday Scrubs
The Rural Medicine Outreach Club (RMOC) at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry is hosting “Saturday Scrubs” information sessions for students in Grades 9-12. “Saturday Scrubs” takes a multidisciplinary approach to health care and includes presentations from professionals involved in various aspects of patient care. Our presenters take students through a case relating to the theme of the session and discuss their roles and responsibilities in relation to the case. A brief question and answer period will follow each presentation, and students are encouraged to participate and engage with our presenters.
Next Event: April 12, 2025, 9-11 am
Registration Deadline: April 7, 2025
Topic: Ready, Set, Respond - Emergency Medicine
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://westernuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZIS6OdS1R3GdIK5jWKgR1g
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
