Petrolia Medical Clinic

SITE DIRECTOR BIO

Dr. Firas Al-Dhaher grew up in a rural community outside of London, Ontario, where his passion for rural medicine began. He graduated from Western University where he trained in rural family medicine. His clinical practice interests include emergency medicine and sports medicine. He is also very enthusiastic about medical leadership, management principles, and patient advocacy. Dr. Al-Dhaher lives with his wife and twin boys. When he’s not chasing after his sons, he can be found reading a good book or watching sports.

Petrolia (http://www.town.petrolia.on.ca/, http://www.city-data.com/canada/Petrolia-Town.html) is a picturesque town of about 6,000 situated in Lambton County, also nicknamed "Canada’s Victorian Oil Town” for its role in starting the oil industry in North America. It is about a 50-65 minute drive from London and a 20 minute drive from Sarnia.

TRAINING SITE/PRACTICE DESCRIPTION

The Petrolia Family Medical Centre, part of the Petrolia Family Health Team will be the training site. It is staffed by a group of enthusiastic teachers with a wide variety of clinical interests.

PATIENT PROFILE

Typical semi-urban/rural population consisting of patients of all ages

INTERESTS OF FACULTY

All faculty participate in:

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Inpatient hospital Care
  • Office Surgical Procedures
  • Nursing Home and Long Term Care
  • Medical Education

INTERESTS OF FACULTY

Dr. Butler : Business Management, Palliative Care, Geriatrics
Dr. Daniel: Patients with multiple Co-morbidities, Community COVID-19 response, Electronic Health Records
Dr. Al-Dhaher: Emergency Medicine, Sports Medicine, Management PRinciples
Dr. Wang: Women’s Health, Pediatrics
Dr. Taylor: General Rural Family Medicine
Dr. Mall: General Rural Family Medicine

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Aside from the comprehensive scope of our family medicine teachers, there are a variety of visiting specialists at Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital Of Bluewater Health (http://www.bluewaterhealth.ca/) to whom residents can spend time with, additional formal training in specialty areas are provided at the two hospital sites of Bluewater Health in Sarnia(http://www.bluewaterhealth.ca/). Interprofessional learning experiences are also available within the practice as there are nurse practitioners and mental health counselors integrated into the practices.

RESOURCES ON-SITE

  • Electronic Medical Records
  • Internet Access / Hospital Library available 24/7
  • Pharmacy
  • A brand new, state of the art clinic that houses all physicians and their allied health colleagues from the Family Health Team

TYPICAL WEEK FOR RESIDENT

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday / Sunday

08:00 - 09:00

Hospital Rounds

Hospital Rounds

Hospital Rounds

Hospital Rounds

Hospital Rounds

Hospital Rounds (for resident on-call)

09:00 - 12:00

Office/ER

Office/ER

Office/ER

Office/ER

Office/ER

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

Lunchtime weekly clinic teaching

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

13:00 – 16:30

Office / ER

Office / ER

Academic half day

Office / ER

Office / ER

16:30 and on

After-hours clinic and/or on-call for practice (for resident on-call)

After-hours clinic and/or on-call for practice (for resident on-call)

After-hours clinic and/or on-call for practice (for resident on-call)

After-hours clinic and/or on-call for practice (for resident on-call)

After-hours clinic and/or on-call for practice (for resident on-call)

OTHER INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS


On-call:

  • The resident will be expected to participate in the regular on-call activities of the preceptors which include: OR assisting, intra-partum obstetrics, nursing-home calls, after-hours clinics and after-hours on-call for practice patients
  • The Call schedule will be drafted based on the most up to date PARO guidelines