Advocacy
Championing Rural Generalist Medical Care
Discover what the SRPC is doing to protect and promote rural generalist medical care through education, collaboration, advocacy, and research.
Separate policies are needed for rural healthcare, and the SRPC makes sure that voice is heard. We advocate for:
- Improved rural patient transfers.
- Development of a framework for medical education in Indigenous Health.
- National portable licensure.
- Rural educational competencies.
Rural Road Map
Advancing Rural Family Medicine: Canadian Collaborative Taskforce
The Advancing Rural Family Medicine: Canadian Collaborative Taskforce (Taskforce) is a joint initiative by the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) and the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). This initiative aims to enhance health care access and improve patient outcomes in rural and remote Canadian communities.
Rural Road Map Implementation Committee
In February 2018, the SRPC and CFPC formed the Rural Road Map Implementation Committee (RRMIC) to implement the Rural Road Map for Action (RRM). The RRMIC supports the implementation of the RRM by reporting and deliberating on advancements that can be scaled locally, provincially, and nationally.
It also disseminates success stories and discusses strategies to influence broader uptake of the RRM.
Rural Road Map Implementation Committee
On February 22, 2017, a national summit in Ottawa launched the Rural Road Map for Action, providing 20 recommendations to improve rural health care. These recommendations focus on:
- Reinforcing the social accountability of medical schools and residency programs to meet rural and Indigenous health care needs
- Implementing policy interventions that align medical education with workforce planning
- Establishing practice models that offer timely, quality health care to rural and Indigenous communities
- Instituting a national rural research agenda to improve rural workforce planning and patient-centered care
The summit aimed to translate these recommendations into coordinated, comprehensive, measurable, and sustainable actions. It engaged stakeholders in future policymaking and planning to address health care equity in rural Canada. National leaders in education, practice, and human resource planning, as well as physicians from rural and Indigenous communities, participated. We are pleased to share the final report of the Summit to Improve Health Care Access and Equity for Rural Communities in Canada.
