What does it mean to be an IRPbc community? IRPbc communities provide leadership in interprofessional rural learning for health sciences students. As an IRPbc community you will host a student team representing 4+ health programs (e.g. medicine, nursing, physical therapy, pharmacy, social work or others) for the summer (approximately June to August). You will participate in provincial and regional planning activities to strengthen the role of rural BC communities in educating students. And you will work with your communities in engaging students in learning about and improving rural health.
Why would you want to be involved? IRPbc supports your recruitment and retention of health professionals by exposing students to your community! Additional benefits include greater partnership with academic programs, contributions of students to your community and the opportunity to provide leadership at a regional and provincial level (and beyond!).
What supports are provided to IRPbc communities? Funding is provided for housing students, some administrative coordination, travel (e.g. for provincial planning workshops, student orientation, student travel while on placement), student activities and preceptor development and support.
For Consideration by Interested Communities| 1 | Community Lead | | | Who will lead this at a local level and be involved with provincial and regional planning processes? | | 2 | Commitment to the education of health professionals | | | How is your health facility/community currently involved in the education of health professionals? How does the IRPbc support your community’s health care priorities and activities? | | 3 | Focus for student team for the summer | | | Is there a particular project, theme, community health issue that you would like the students to engage in? You have an opportunity to entice students with a particular interest! | | 4 | Disciplines to include on your student team | | | What disciplines in your facility and /or community are willing to preceptor students? The sooner you let us know what disciplines you can host, the more likely we are to lure those students to IRPbc. We know from experience that the greater the mix, the more rewarding the learning for all.
Be creative in terms of thinking about alternative models of supervision for students (for example, shared between communities, shared between preceptors, shared between public/private, facility/community, etc.) | | 5 | Student housing | | | How can your community develop year round housing to support students, which could also be used for other HHR needs such as locums, agency staff or new hires. Ideally, students would share kitchen and some living space which fosters interaction and informal interaction/learning. Accommodation should include furnishings, kitchen utensils and linens. Think about creative options for your community (e.g. cost-sharing with community organizations, using decommissioned buildings, involving high school students in renovations or other) and provide us with the details, so we know how we can help. | | 6 | Administrative coordination | | | Would you be able to appoint someone in your health facility whowill help deal with the logistical details (e.g. scheduling, communicating, organizing) of hosting a student team? [Note: IRPbc will provide funds to support this role] | | 7 | Preceptor development and support | | | What supports would be needed for your preceptors? What resources are already available through your health authority, or could be provided by IRPbc/related provincial initiatives? | | 8 | Opportunities that your community offers | | | What are some of the activities that students can look forward to in your community? Think about not only healthcare specific, but also learning about the culture, economy, outdoors, recreational activities, festivals and other. | | 9 | Questions that you would like to ask us! | | | What are some of your questions and issues that would be helpful to discuss? |
A student orientation session(s) will take place at the end of April likely at UBC. It will be really important that your community have a representative attend this to meet your student team and begin to get students excited about the opportunities your community provides. Community Profiles
The following 8 communities will be hosting IRPbc students. Please visit the Rural Coordination Centre website: www.rccbc.ca for additional community profiles. For more information about becoming an IRPbc community, please contact Kathy Copeman-Stewart at
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