The Rural Continuing Medical Education (RCME) Community Program makes funds available to groups of physicians living and delivering care in Rural Subsidiary Agreement (RSA) communities, to address their collective learning needs. The program aims to improve the capacity of local health care systems to address the needs of community members by giving physicians more control over collective learning activities, reducing the challenges of accessing funds, and improving relationships among health system partners.
103
RSA communities integrated into RCME program
What is the RCME Community Program?
The RCME Community Program addresses the needs of local physicians and their teams for collective learning by enabling activities that strengthen the well-being and capacity of local health systems to address the health care service needs of the community. This frequently involves generalists, specialists and interprofessional learning.
Funds for the RCME Community Program are available to the community of physicians and may be applied to meet collective learning needs, unlike RCME for Individuals which is paid directly to the rural physician to facilitate individual learning needs.
Guidelines for Community Program
Who are Rural Programs Liaisons?
Rural Programs Liaisons are also available through the RCME Community Program. In addition to assisting groups of rural physicians with the RCME Community Program, they help them identify and plan other rural programs that could benefit their practice.
How can the RCME Community team help you?
The RCME Community Program’s skilled team members are embedded both within RCCbc and within regional health authorities. They support rural communities with the implementation of the program, so that your community can receive annual RCME Community Program funding, including help with:
- designing or describing your local RCME Community Program model, including an annual budget;
- developing agreements with other communities if you want to include several communities;
- building or adapting policies and processes and anything else you need to have a robust model.
Read our RCME newsletter
Stay up to date with our latest RCME community program updates, team news, and community involvement.
RCME Community Program Report
Related Content
Sustaining Pediatrics in Rural & Underserved Communities
The SPRUCe network connects community pediatric providers who are interested in supporting and sustaining excellence in rural pediatric care in British Columbia.
Quality Team Coaching for Rural BC
QTC4RBC workshops and leadership coaching empowers teams to regroup and reconnect with their purpose and take steps toward building their desired team culture and advancing their chosen goals.
