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Rural Health

From facilitating rural health discussions to coordinating rural health initiatives, we help British Columbia's rural doctors deliver timely, safe and effective team-based care.

Our Projects & Initiatives

Real-Time Virtual Support (RTVS)

Real-Time Virtual Support (RTVS) sees rural providers (nurses, midwives, residents, nurse practitioners and physicians) connect with on-call Virtual Physicians to collaborate on health provision.

Physician Wellness
Recruitment and Retention
Technology

Rural Global Health Partnership Initiative

RGHPI offers grants for projects spearheaded by rural physicians or medical trainees in British Columbia (BC) and their partners based in underserved rural communities in BC, other parts of Canada, or internationally.

Global Health
Partnership
Research

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.

Physician Wellness

BC Rural Health Research Exchange

BCRHRx is a virtual half-day event filled with brief rapid-style presentations designed to inform, engage and share current rural research in BC.

Innovation
Research
More projects & initiatives

Our Research

Rural Physician-Community Engagement: Building, Supporting, and Maintaining Resilient Healthcare Strategies in Three Rural Canadian Communities 

This article explores the physician-community relationship through three case studies from rural communities in Canada, each highlighting strategies employed by physicians to establish and foster relationships within their communities during challenging circumstances.

Physician Wellness
Recruitment and Retention
Research

Rural patients’ experiences with anesthesia and surgical consultations in BC

This study is part of a larger evaluation of RSON outcomes, specifically considering patient satisfaction with the mode of pre- and post-surgical consultations in order to make inferences about health service planning.

Research
RSON

Rural family physician use of point-of-care ultrasonography: experiences of primary care providers in British Columbia, Canada

This study evaluates rural Family Physicians’ experience and use of point-of-care ultrasonography in their clinical practice.

PoCUS
Research

Real-time virtual supports improving health equity and access in British Columbia

This study found that RTVS successfully provided virtual care to rural, remote, and Indigenous communities with growth rate in the number of patients and peer to peer support and high satisfaction care experience rates in both patients in providers.

RTVS
Technology
More research

Our Stories

RCCbc at Ubuntu 2024: Strengthening Global Partnerships for Rural Health

Rural hospitals get lifeline with VERRa virtual emergency support 

Research sheds light on how health coaching and mindfulness integrate into rural primary care

Notes on Thriving: The kids are not alright

Indigenous Communities

Of the 300,000 Indigenous People who live in British Columbia, about half live in rural or small communities throughout the province. Learn more about their holistic approach to health, from which we can all learn, and explore other resources to build your knowledge about Indigenous Peoples’ languages, traditional territories and more.

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Map of Rural Communities

The work of the RCCbc network spans the 200+ communities in British Columbia covered by the Rural Practice Subsidiary Agreement.

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