The Huron Expositor, 1998-06-17, Page 7Hospital has surprises for students
BY SCOTT HILGENDORFF
Expositor Editor
A week at Seaforth
Community Hospital has
shown two medical students
a career option they hadn't
considered when they
graduate; practicing
medicine in a rural area.
"It's an option that I never
would have thought of
before," said Gary Kay.
And that's what the
program was all about that
brought Kay of Oshawa and
Shafie Fazel of Toronto to
town last week.
The two spent the last
week of their first year of
medical school observing
,and assisting in most'areas
of the ' local medical
community.
They are from the
University of Western
, Ontario in London and are
part of 97 students who
travelled to 33 hospitals
across the region.
The program marked the
first major initiative of the
Southwestern Ontario Rural
Medicine Unit (SWORM)
developed by Dr. James
Rourke of Goderich. He is
working in conjunction with
the Rural Medicine Unit of
Western's Faculty ,of
Medicine.
Many communities,
including several in the
immediate area, face doctor
shortages. •
This is the first stage of a
series of initiatives being
developed at the medical
school to encourage students
to consider practicing in the
underserviced 'areas of rural
Ontario.
Kay is considering
specializing in radiology
while Fazel is thinking about
becoming a surgeon. •
Fazel's specialization may_
notmean he will ever choose
to work in a small town
because of the limitations it
would place on him
becoming part of a surgical
team.
However, for someone
interested in having, a
practice with some surgery,
balanced by clinical work,
he said, "you can have a
good life in a small town."
He was surprised to learn
Seaforth's population was
less than 3,000 people.
"You get the best of both
worlds, it seems," said Kay.
His expectations of the
hospital changed within an
hour of arriving last Monday.
He was originally
expecting a much smaller
facility with only basic
equipment.
What he found was a
facility similar to what he
was used to in Oshawa and
London, just on a smaller
scale.
"I was impressed by the
size and number of doctors
working here," he said. "It
seems like the population is
well taken care of."
The week let him see the
'support doctors have with
specialists that visit during
the week and good
interaction between Seaforth
and hospitals id London and
Stratford.
"They're not as isolated as
Ludwig gets
scholarship
Seaforth' • District
Secondary School student,
Sean Ludwig has won the
1998-99 Deans' Entrance
Scholarship for Excellence
at Laurentian University.
Ludwig is one of four,
students from across Ontario
to receive the scholarship.
He graduates with the
highest OAC average in the
school.
During his time at SDHS,
Ludwig has shown
leadership in student and
athletic activities and is the
current deputy prime
minister at the school.
He has also been involved
with the athletic association
and has won countless
awards in basketball, soccer,
volleyball, track and field
and golf.
He has coached the
basketball and volleyball
teams and organized sports
tournaments for young
children in the Seaforth area.
He has enrolled in
Laurentian's Sports
Administration program and
hopes to play basketball for
the Voyaguers.
I thought," he said.
An unexpected but good
point Fazel and Kay
discovered was the
relationships between the
doctors and patients and the
staff.
Kay said the friendliness
and knowledge people have
of each other seemed to let
them work more closely
together.
While here, they worked
with different doctors,
observed in many of the
departments, took part in
home visits and worked
evenings in the emergency
room.
For Fazel, that presented
an opportunity to go out on a
call with the ambulance
crew.
Fazel said the first night in
the emergency room was one
of the best experiences
during the week since it was
a busy night and gave them a
chance to both observe the
hospital in action and to
perform, helping assess
patients with triage nurse
Flori Craig.
Kay said that night, the
doctor on call quizzed them
as situations arose, giving
them a chance to consolidate
what they had learned so far.
The two were impressed
by how well they were
welcomed into the facility by
the staff and how much time
was given to them.
"There was rarely a time
they didn't have something
for us.to do or at least
watch," said Kay.
"We got to see 'almost
every part of this hospital.
We got to see exactly how
this team interacts; how this
team holds together," said
Fazel.
Executive Assistant
Dorothy Medd helped
coordinate the visit and said,
"I think it went really well.
We're really pleased with the
students."
She said staff found the
experience positive and they
all had ,a chance to learn
from the visit.
"They fit into our
atmosphere quite well," she
said.
Gary Kay and Shafie Fazel spent their last week of the
first year of medical school at Seaforth Community
Hospital.
"Everyone was very happy
to have them around," said
Dr. Shawn Edward.
"It also keeps us on our
toes because we are setting
an example for them," he
said.
Edward himself chose to
come to Seaforth two years
ago after being inspired by
the group of doctors at the
Seaforth Medical Clinic and
its link to the hospital, being
located right next door.
As Fazel had discovered
from the program, Edward
found practicing in a small
town meant being able to
work in obstetrics and
emergency. medicine.
Also something the two'
students discovered, Edward
said, "The group of doctors
working here provide a lot of
support ' to a knew
physician."
To Edward, the job is
much more fulfilling in a
small town.
He sees the new, rural
aspects to Western's
curriculum as a good way to
bring new doctors here.
He points to success
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through doctors doing their
residency here, experiencing
rural medicine first hand.
Mike Rondilla was one of
those people who Edward
said is coming back for a
month in the summer at a
time when one doctor at the
clinic will be on maternity
leave and others on holidays.
And in July. Dr. Jane
Martin is coming back after
doing a residency here.
She will he staying
indefinitely.
The doctors who come for
their residency are only one
or two years away from
graduating and Edward said
if they choose a small town
during that time, the
impression is more
immediate when they
graduate.
Fazel and Kay are about
six years away from
graduating and Edward said
it can only help by exposing
them to rural medicine right
from the beginning.
"Definitely keep this
program," said Fazel.
"It's a great way to end off
the year," said Kay.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JUNE 17, 1998-7
Damage is estimated
Cars at $2,000 after two
older model vehicles
damaged (pre -1958) had their
windows smashed
behind the Seaforth Fire
Hall sometime between
May 28 and June 2.
Ontario Provincial
Police say the damage
was repotted to them at
about 9 am. on June 2.
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