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Dr. Colin Evans, Chief PGY-5
“The opportunity to train with Western EM is one for which I am immensely grateful. The strong community that is fostered ancross all three sites amongst the medical and interprofessional staff, the learners, and the consulting services, is what makes London feel like home. ”
Workplace
The London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) has 854 beds and 130,000 emergency visits, spread over 2 sites. LHSC provides the broadest range of services of any health care system in Ontario. We are also home to The Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Centre, Lawson Research Institute and the Children’s Health Research Institute, and Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics (CSTAR), where our simulation programs are run. St. Joseph’s Health Care London (SJHC) has 21 geographic sites with 1397 beds. The SJHC Urgent Care Centre has 42,000 visits per year. LHSC and SJHC non-emergency physicians offer excellent rapid inpatient and outpatient consultation services for all of our patients. Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology are truly available 24/7.Clinical Work and Remuneration
All members have an equitable distribution of shifts. We enjoy competitive remuneration in an AFA workload model. The schedule incorporates the casino shift model to provide overnight coverage of the EDs. Each ED site ranges from two to four physician coverage throughout the 24 hour period. St. Joseph's Urgent Care Centre provides care 0800-1800 weekdays and 0800-1600 on Saturday, Sunday and holidays. A coverage system is in place for unforeseen illness.Living in London
London and its surrounding communities offer an excellent affordable place to live regardless of your age, lifestyle or family situation. Current team members live in a variety of settings including Downtown London, established neighbourhoods (ex. “Old south” or “Old North”), new communities (ex. Sunningdale or Riverbend), small towns (ex. Komoka or Ilderton) and along the shores of Lake Erie (Port Stanley). All of these communities are less than a 30-minute drive to work. Check out all the great things about living in London!Our Members
The Division members are a talented and diverse group with broad academic, professional and leisure interests. Members have the opportunity to teach in a variety of settings, contribute to research in a variety of ways and to contribute to leadership whether within Schulich or the hospitals. Areas of interest for current members include:
Critical Care
Trauma Team Leadership
Ultrasound Instruction
Medical Education & Research
Pre-Hospital Care (Home to the Southwest Ontario Regional Base Hospital)
Orng Transport Medicine Physicians
Professional Regulation (CPSO)
Sports Medicine (with a Team Physician for the National Women’s Hockey team)
Evidence Based Medicine
Post-Graduate Education (both FRCP & CCFP-EM)
International and refugee health
Health Administration
Clinical Pharmacology, with an interest in optimal drug treament in the ED
UWO Human Ethics Review Board Member
Website Development & Medical Informatics
Education
Teaching at all levels is available and is encouraged. This includes teaching opportunities within the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Education curriculum such as core sessions for the FRCPC and CCFP(EM) training programs, teaching within the simulation program, and teaching within the Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) program.
Research
The Division of Emergency Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry is lead by Dr. Alix Carter, Medical Research Director and the research team of research coordinators and research assistants. The faculty within the Division of Emergency Medicine has varied research interests including:
Pre-hospital Care
POCUS
Simulation
Sports Medicine
Medical Education
Sepsis
Toxicology
Clinical Decision Rules
Administrative Research
Trauma
A list of faculty members involved in research, their areas of interest, as well as current projects, publications and grants can be found on our research page.
