Tactics
Community support of new Owen Sound Family Physician Recruitment Committee activities which include:
- Promote public awareness of physician shortage issues
- Market natural beauty and financial benefits of the Owen Sound area and family practice opportunities to potential family physicians
- Communicate with all medical schools, medical resident programs and professional medical organizations regarding practice opportunities in Owen Sound
- Create a bursary program for local students away at medical school or in family physician resident programs
- Organize system to track and recruit medical students, residents and locums who may temporarily reside in Owen Sound
- Tour prospective family physicians throughout our community
- Investigate the development of a rural family physician training facility in Owen Sound