Kelowna General Hospital’s Emergency Medicine Residency Program receives media spotlight

Meeting healthcare needs in the Interior

Dr. Roger Wong, associate dean of postgraduate medical education, sees the launch of these new residency sites in the Interior as a step in the right direction.

“We know that community needs in these areas are yet to be met,” says Wong, “We are here to step up to the plate to meet their needs.”

Kelowna emergency medicine residents, Drs. Jared Baylis and Daniel Ting will embark on a range of rotations in emergency medicine during their five-year residency.

But it’s not just the administration stepping up to the plate, site directors, preceptors and residents, including Kelowna’s emergency medicine resident, Dr. Daniel Ting, are too.

“I have very high expectations for my residency here in Kelowna,” says Calgary-born and raised emergency medicine resident Dr. Daniel Ting. “I think it’s really exciting to be a pioneer in a program and I think that affords the opportunity to mold the program over the next few years.”

“Kelowna has the opportunity to become one of the premier emergency medicine training sites in the country — all the ground work is there: we have amazing facilities, great teachers, who are really excited about the program, and, being a part of the UBC umbrella, we have access to cutting-edge research,” he adds.

As the site director for the new emergency medicine residency program in Kelowna, Dr. Kevin Clark has witnessed, first-hand, the need for new emergency physicians in the Interior. It’s his hope that that these local residency opportunities will encourage more physicians to stay and practice in the Okanagan in the years to come – a sentiment strongly echoed by Lawrie, the Kamloops’ family residency program site director.

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