Program: Family Medicine
Location: North Okanagan (Vernon and Lumby)
Year in Program: 1
What does the Faculty’s vision Transforming Health for Everyone mean to you as a resident doctor?
I am part of the first class of residents in the new North Okanagan Family Medicine program site. As residents, we spend our time in both hospital and community clinics in Vernon and the surrounding communities of Armstrong, Enderby, Lumby and Salmon Arm. Our site’s curriculum focuses on making meaningful connections, seeing family medicine from multiple lenses and promoting health care equity in our community. To me, this is what is means to “Transform Health for Everyone,” and I am so proud to be training, learning and living in the North Okanagan.
What’s your favourite part about training in the community you’re in?
There are a multitude of reasons why I love the North Okanagan, but ultimately my favourite part of training here has been the people I work with. Since the start of my residency, the medical community in Vernon has been so welcoming, and I have grown and learned so much this year thanks to the guidance and support of my preceptors. I am fortunate to have an incredible group of co-residents who make working fun and help make the hard days easier. I am constantly learning from them, and I am proud to be their friend and colleague.