Rural Locums Initiative

The Rural Locums Initiative centralizes and shares information and resources among locums. It also enhances supports to ensure more physicians are comfortably incorporated into the locum pool.  The availability of this pool supports recruitment, retention and resilience in rural British Columbia.

Achievements

Launched a new study

During 2022-23, the initiative started a mid-sized rural communities locum study. The study will explore the access of family physicians in rural communities not covered by Locums for Rural BC to practice coverage, especially with respect to time away for parental leave. The pilot study in Comox and Campbell River is underway, with a province-wide study currently in ethics application.

Found success in networking

A luncheon held during the 2022 Rural Health Conference for people interested in rural locuming attracted 17 participants. Registration for the 2023 event has already opened and sold out.

Facilitated learning partnerships

The Rural Locums initiative provided opportunities to learners to partner with rural locums for educational opportunities. Information was distributed to medical students and residents over the course of the 2022/23 fiscal year.

Explore the Numbers

17 Luncheon participants

gathered at the 2022 Rural Heath Conference to express an interest in rural locuming.

66 Members

in the Rural Locums Initiative forum.

Plans for the Future

During the upcoming year, the Rural Locums Initiative is planning to continue their work on a province-wide study into locum coverage for mid-sized communities is currently in ethics application.

Team Members

Click on a team member to explore which other projects they have contributed to in the past year.

Ezekial Steve

Lead, Rural Locums Initiative

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