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General Description

Location

Wemindji (釔愥挜釗傖拰/W卯minic卯)听is a small听Cree听community on the east coast of听James Bay听at the mouth of the听Maquatua River. The community has a population of approximately 1,800 people and is accessible by air at Wemindji Airport听and by road.听

Capacity

• one resident

Length of Rotation

• 1-2 week selective

Language

• Spoken: English, French
• Charting: French and English
• Population spoken language: Cree, English, and French

Clinical Exposure and Learning Experience

Rotation primarily done in Clinic (Dispensary)

Trainees can be exposed to:

• Emergency
• Mental health services
• Prenatal care
• General family medicine clinic
• Home care
• Social Pediatrics
• Procedural skills: Point-of-care ultrasound, incision & drainage, splinting & casting, peritonsillar abscess drainage, IUD/implant insertion, endometrial biopsy, minor surgery
• Addiction
• Teaching activities
• Cultural activities
• Exposure to local allied health professionals
• On-Call
• Preparing patients for transfer by air (Medivac)

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鈻� The trainees assigned supervisor may change during the course of their rotation.

Other Interesting Information

The clinic provides primary healthcare services.

• 6 permanent doctors at the clinic, 2-3 doctors at a time
• doctors involved:
  • Dr Kim Lan St-Pierre
  • Dr Sandrine Filiatrault听
  • Dr Eve Forcier-Doddridge
  • Dr Frantz Lafortune听

Lodging

Type of Lodging

Lodging is provided by the establishment and is located at a short walking distance from the clinic.

Trainees are lodged in a "transit". A transit is a house shared by other medical professionals. Trainees have a private room and share common gender-neutral areas (bathroom, kitchen, living room).

鈻� It is important that everyone does their share to keep all common areas clean and safe at any time.

Accommodation Commodities

All accommodations are non-smoking environments.

Transportation

Trainees will fly to airport and then the clinic driver will pick-up and bring the trainee听to their transit. As the flight and ground transportation is reserved and paid for by the site, trainees will not receive any stipend for transportation.听

Note: Driving to Wemindji is not recommended due to risk of accidents and part of the road is unpaved and has no cell phone reception.

Traveling by Plane

The flight arrangements are made in advance by the site coordinator. An email confirming transportation is usually sent 2 weeks prior to the departure date. If you haven鈥檛 received it, contact the site coordinator.

• For trainees from Montreal area or Gatineau, departure is from Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport or from the Air Creebec鈥檚 FBO terminal located at 9475 Ryan Avenue, Dorval (H9P 1A2).听 For residents from Val-d'Or teaching unit, the departures are from the Val-d'Or airport.听听Exact location is provided to you on your flight confirmation.
• You pick up your ticket on the day of travel from the Air Creebec counter.
• You should confirm your flight 24 hours prior to the departure with Air Creebec as flights can be delayed due to weather constraints.
• The flight leaves early in the morning on the first Monday of your rotation. It is recommended that you arrive at the airport at least 2 hours in advance (Montreal Trudeau), 90 minutes in advance (Montreal FBO Terminal) and 1 hour in advance (Val d'Or).
• The return flight is the last Friday afternoon of your rotation.
• Checked luggage is ususally restricted to 44 lbs, 2 luggage.
• When your trip is longer than 2 weeks, you are allowed to bring the following, but you MUST inform听18TCR.Noc_Reservation [at] ssss.gouv.qc.ca听in advance:
  • Check-in a maximum of 3 pieces of luggage per person
  • Total weight for the 3 pieces together cannot exceed 100 lbs
  • Maximum weight for one piece is 50 lbs.
• It is recommended that you bring snacks on board, usually a light meal is served.
• The plane makes multiple stops before reaching Wemindji. Passengers may be requested to disembark the plane at some of the stops.
• Once at the destination, make sure that the luggage is unloaded.
• There will be a car awaiting to bring you to the hospital. Although the driver has your name, we recommend having a proactive approach and asking questions at the counter.听
• It is a 5-minute drive from the Wemindji airport to the clinic.
• For questions about the flight, you may contact听听(phone 1-800-567-6567) or Air Creebec鈥檚 FBO terminal (514-636-8501).

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Use of Personal Vehicle

Important:
Read the online information before using your personal vehicle for university related activities.

Important Information

Please review the following rotation guidelines before the start of your rotation:听

Important:
At least 4 weeks prior to rural rotation/elective, email the site contact to confirm your arrival.

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