Francophone Montfort Stream

Montfort Building — Faculty of Medicine

Department of Family Medicine - DFM

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Francophone Montfort Stream

L'Hôpital Montfort is the only francophone community teaching hospital in Ontario. It provides a well-rounded experience in an environment where family physicians are respected and have excellent working relationships with specialists. Minimal hierarchy and high quality preparation for your future hospital role.

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Montfort Unit

About Us

A growing 273-bed hospital with 100 beds in family medicine, Montfort has a new family medicine unit and family health team as well as expanded out-patient care. The hospital also offers:

A community teaching programme in the heart of the national capital
A programme that caters to Eastern Ontario’s minority francophone community
A flexible programme (based on residents’ needs to the extent possible)
A real practice environment
Hospital and community practice
A decentralised family medicine unit
Varied and interesting diseases
A warm and caring francophone experience

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Teaching and Learning Opportunities

We offer strong training:

Based on the 4 principles of family medicine / CanMEDS / Triple C Curriculum
Personalized one-on-one supervision
Balanced, with varied practice, teaching and research
Based on a series of residency programmes including specialties

Patient Population

We specifically meet the needs of a minority Franco-Ontarian population by providing health care in the language of the patients and in a culture-sensitive fashion. Very diverse urban (Ottawa) and rural (Embrun, Hawkesbury, Plantagenet, Rockland and St-Isidore) patient population.

Rotation Outline

Note: 1 block = 4 weeks, 13 blocks per year
PGY1	PGY2
Family medicine (4 blocks of internships)	Integrated internships: Family medicine/Emergency/Geriatrics (6 blocks of internships)
Rural Medicine	Rural Medicine
Pediatrics (2 blocks of internships)	Perinatal
Internal medicine (2 blocks of internships)	Palliative care
Obstetrics	Community pediatrics
Emergency	Elective
Mental Health	N/A
Rheumatology	N/A

Sample Family Medicine Rotation

Note: Residents will have a maximum of 5 NA (non-assigned) shifts per 28-day block, including 2 weekends (Friday + Sunday, Saturday). The other 2 shifts will be on weekdays.
Week	Hour	SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT
1	AM	OFF	FM Clinic	FM Clinic	Post Call	FM Clinic	Academic day	On Call
1	PM	OFF	FM Clinic	FM Clinic	Post Call	FM Clinic	Academic day	On Call
2	AM	Post Call	FM Clinic	FM Clinic	FM Clinic	FM Clinic	FM Clinic	Post Call
2	PM	Post Call	FM Clinic	FM Clinic	FM Clinic	Procedure Clinic	FM Clinic	Post Call
3	AM	On Call	Post Call	FM Clinic	FM Clinic	FM Clinic	Academic day	OFF
3	PM	On Call	Post Call	FM Clinic	UMF direct supervision	FM Clinic	Academic day	OFF
4	AM	OFF	Hospitalist	Hospitalist	Hospitalist	Hospitalist	Post Call	OFF
4	PM	OFF	Half day return	Hospitalist	Hospitalist	Hospitalist	Post Call	OFF