Rural Roadmap Implementation Committee
Welcome
The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) formed the Rural Road Map Implementation Committee (RRMIC) in February 2018 to support the implementation of the Rural Road Map for Action (RRM). The RRMIC provides a forum for members to report and deliberate on how to advance the RRM in ways that can be scaled and shared locally, provincially, and at a pan-Canadian level.
The RRMIC will support the dissemination of success stories and discuss strategic opportunities to influence the broader uptake of the RRM.
Access supports, tools, and news updates for the Rural Road Map
Who we are
The Rural Road Map Implementation Committee (RRMIC) was formed by the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) and the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) to support the implementation of the Rural Road Map for Action (RRM). Membership includes representatives from the CFPC, the SRPC, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada, the Canadian Medical Association, the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, HealthCareCAN, the Canadian Association for Rural and Remote Nursing, the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement, and the Canadian Association of Staff Physician Recruiters, as well as experts in rural and Indigenous health research.
Rural Road Map Implementation Committee
Executive (2018 to 2021)
Dr. Ruth Wilson (CFPC Co-chair)
Dr. James Rourke (SRPC Co-chair)
Dr. Margaret Tromp (SRPC past-president)
Dr. Cathy Cervin (CFPC president)
Dr. Francine Lemire (CFPC Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer)
Dr. Gabe Woollam (SRPC president)
Member (Organizations)
Mr. Jean Bartkowiak (HealthCareCAN)
Mr. Neil Drimer (Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement)
Dr. Rick Fleet (Rural Emergency Medicine, Laval University)
Dr. Alexandra King (CAMECO, Chair, Indigenous Health, University of Saskatchewan)
Dr. Roy Kirkpatrick (Rural Specialist, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Ms. Jennifer Kitts (Canadian Medical Association)
Dr. Darlene Kitty (Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada)
Ms. Patricia Latendresse (Federation of Canadian Municipalities)
Mr. Bryan MacLean (Canadian Association of Staff Physician Recruiters)
Dr. Preston Smith (Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada)
Dr. David Snadden (Chair, Rural Health, University of British Columbia)
Dr. Brian Geller (Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians)
Dr. Ken Harris (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada)
Ms. Aden Hamza (Canadian Nurses Association & Canadian Association for Rural and Remote Nursing)
Dr. Nicole Jedrzejko (Resident Doctors of Canada)
Dr. Henri Li (Canadian Federation of Medical Students)
CFPC staff
Director, Education
Education Projects Coordinator
SRPC Staff
Ms. Jennifer Barr, Chief Operating Officer
Advancing Rural Family Medicine: The Canadian Collaborative Taskforce (2014-2017)
Executive
Dr. Ruth Wilson (Co-chair)
Dr. Trina Larsen-Soles (Co-chair)
Dr. Braam de Klerk (SRPC past president)
Dr. Kathy Lawrence (CFPC past president)
Dr. Francine Lemire (CFPC Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer)
Dr. Tom Smith-Windsor (SRPC President)
Dr. John Soles (SRPC Past President)
Members
Dr. Stefan Grzybowski
Dr. Ken Harris (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada)
Dr. Darlene Kitty
Dr. Jill Konkin
Ms. Rachel Munday (public member)
Dr. Colin Newman
Dr. Alain Papineau
Dr. Jim Rourke
Dr. Karl Stobbe
Dr. Roger Strasser
Dr. David White (CFPC Past President)/Dr Jennifer Hall (CFPC Past President)
Dr. Granger Avery (Canadian Medical Association observer)
Mr. Paul Clarke (Federal/Provincial/Territorial Committee on Health Workforce, Health Canada observer)
CFPC Staff
Dr. Ivy Oandasan, Education
Ms. Carmela Bosco, Consultant
What we do
As part of a work plan to be completed by 2020, the Rural Road Map Implementation Committee plans to pursue these key activities:
- Practice-based activity: Develop a strategy to advance accreditation standards for the timely transfer of patients in rural communities to improve quality of care
- Education-based activity: Provide a summary of work being done across Canada to advance rural and Indigenous health competencies in health professions education
- Research-based activity: Develop a pan-Canadian rural health care research strategy
- Community-based activity: Advance community engagement in rural health care delivery planning
- Government/policy-based activities:
- Federal level: Develop a strategy to advance the Rural Road Map (RRM) with rural and Indigenous caucus groups and create an approach for a pre-budget submission for the 2019 federal budget to support a rural health care and workforce strategy
- Provincial/territorial level: Continue to establish an effective liaison relationship with the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Committee on Health Workforce to support RRM advancement
- Capitalize on opportunities for partnerships and funding
Backgrounders & Reports
2021
- Rural Road Map Implementation Committee: Final Update
- Call to Action: An Approach to Patient Transfers for Those Living in Rural and Remote Communities in Canada
- Rural Road Map: Report Card on Access to Health Care in Rural Canada
- Rural Road Map Implementation Committee: Stakeholder Communique 2020 Summer Update
- CFP Article: Progress made on access to rural health care in Canada
- Care close to home
- Indigenous health in Canada requires stronger commitment by the federal government
- Calling for Improved Access to Rural Health Care
- Election 2019: Notice to all Canadian Members of Parliament
- Article: Quietly courageous
- Article: Joys and challenges of rural family medicine
- Rural Road Map Implementation Committee: Progress on the Rural Road Map Implementation Committee
- Rural Spark Podcast: A Conversation with RRMIC Co-Chair Ruth Wilson – Dispatching doctors: Is it time for a rural medical service in Canada? April 11, 2019
- Article: Recruiting physicians to practise in rural communities
- Submission to Federal Standing Committee on Finance: Investing in Rural Health Care: An Economic Stimulus for Canada. August 2018
- Rural Road Map Implementation Committee: Progress on the Rural Road Map Implementation Committee
- Final report of the Summit to Improve Health Care Access and Equity for Rural Communities in Canada
- Rural Road Map for Action
- Backgrounder about the formation of the Taskforce
- Key Messages from the Taskforce
- Frequently Asked Questions about the Rural Road Map
- Selected Literature Listing
- Review of Family Medicine Within Rural and Remote Canada: Education, Practice, and Policy
- Working Group on the Assessment of Competence for Rural and Remote Family Medicine
News Releases, Publications and Videos
2017
- Rural Road Map introductory video
- Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine: Factors influencing choice to practice in rural and remote communities throughout a physician's career cycle
- Canadian Medical Association Journal News: Taskforce tackles rural health care inequity
- News Release: Steps to improving rural health care in Canada
- Information Release: National Summit focuses on improving rural health care access and equity
- Canadian Family Physician: Family medicine education in rural communities as a health service intervention supporting recruitment and retention of physicians
