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Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

McGill Accredited Training Site for Family Medicine, Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Psychatry. Electives are also available in other specialties. Please contact the site for more information.

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General Description

View of hospital and parking lot.


Location

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is located 80 km southeast of Montreal. The teaching site is part of the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de la Montérégie Ouest.

Location on Google Maps (exact distance is calculated between the trainee's base unit and the site using Québec 511)


Capacity

  • 2 trainees per period (Family Medicine) 
  • 1 trainee per period (Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Psychiatry)
  • 1 to 4 trainees per period (Psychiatry)

Length of Rotation

  • 1 to 2 months (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine)
  • 1 to 2 months (Anesthesiology)
  • 1 to 3 months (Psychiatry)

Language

  • Spoken: French, English is useful
  • Charting: French

Clinical Exposure and Learning Experiences

Family Medicine

Rotation primarily done in Hospital and clinic.

Trainees can be exposed to:

  • CLSC
  • ER
  • Home care/visits
  • Long Term Care Facility
  • Minor Procedures
  • On-Call
  • Ward and Patient Service
  • Palliative Care
  • Periodic pediatric follow-ups
  • Obstetrics
  • Women's health clinic
  • Walk-in clinic

Anesthesiology

Teaching Doctors: 
  • Dr. Andrew Wei (Supervisor)
  • Dr. Jean Bissonnette
  • Dr. Lynne Dumais
  • Dr. Ghyslain Fotier
  • Dr. Brent Martel

Internal Medicine

Trainees can be exposed to:

  • Internal Medicine consultations: in and outpatient
  • Intensive care unit consultations
  • Exercise stress testing
  • Pacemaker clinics (occasionally)
  • Gastroscopy, colonoscopy and bronchoscopy
Teaching Doctors:
  • Dr. Majd Tahan (Supervisor)
  • Dr. Daniel Baggio
  • Dr. Élise Gilbert
  • Dr. Richard Kennedy
  • Dr. Thuc Bao Lam
  • Dr. Pierre Plourde
  • Dr. Paul Tran

Psychiatry

Trainees can be exposed to:
  • Shared care
  • Intensive follow-up (SIM)
  • Hospital internship for severe and persistent disorders with exposure to patients under legal constraints
  • Emergency (on call)

Other Interesting Information

Hospital provides primary and secondary healthcare services.

  • 7 942 Admissions/year
  • 42 463 outpatient visits/year
  • 226 beds

Lodging

Interior view of a kitchen with wooden cabinets, a breakfast nook with chairs, a stove and fridge


Type of Lodging

Lodging is provided by the establishment and is located at a short driving distance from the hospital and clinic. Trainees are lodged in a shared apartment. They each have a private room and share common gender-neutral areas (bathroom, kitchen, living room).

Should all four rooms in the shared apartment be filled, trainees will be housed elsewhere.

Lodging can be available as of the evening before the rotation. Trainees are expected at the hospital at 8:30am on the first day of their rotation.

► It is important that everyone does their share to keep all common areas clean and safe at any time.


Accommodation Commodities

All accommodations are non-smoking environments.

Commodity Details
Kitchen Fully equipped
TV Available
Washer-Dryer Available onsite
Wireless Internet Available (Wi-Fi)
Bedding Available
Visitors Allowed until 8:00pm
Pets Not allowed
Parking Available

Transportation

 

Canada geese by a river with buildings in the background.


Trainees can travel to the site by bus or car. It is recommended to have a car as this will allow more mobility.

Depending on the location of their base teaching site, each trainee receives a stipend to help pay for transportation costs. For more information, see the allocation table.

Trainees must make their own travel arrangements.

NOTE: For all students making their own arrangements. All students will be required to attend a mandatory Progress Test at the end of each block. Please do not make any travel arrangements before confirming the exact date of your test.


Traveling by car

• The Centre hospitalier du Suroît is a 1-hour drive from Montreal.


Traveling by bus

• The bus company that serves Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is CITSO (Conseil intermunicipal de tranport du Sud-Ouest). The departure point is the bus terminus located at the Angrignon metro station. The bus stop for Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is located right next to the hospital.

Important Information

Important:
At least 3 weeks prior to rural rotation/elective, email the site contact to confirm your arrival.

Contact

 

Specialty Site Address Coordinator Supervisor
Anesthesiology Centre Hospitalier Regional du Suroît (CHRS)
150 St-Thomas
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC J6T 6C1
stages_md.cisssmo16 [at] ssss.gouv.qc.ca (Coordination Team) Dr. Andrew Wei (Supervisor)
Dr. Jean Bissonnette
Dr. Lynne Dumais
Dr. Ghyslain Fotier
Dr. Brent Martel
Family Medicine Centre Hospitalier Regional du Suroît (CHRS)
150 St-Thomas
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC J6T 6C1

Clinique médicale des Batisseurs, GMF du Suroît
616 chemin Larocque
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC J6T 6C5
stages_md.cisssmo16 [at] ssss.gouv.qc.ca (Coordination Team)

Dr. Mireille Morin

Internal Medicine Centre Hospitalier Regional du Suroît (CHRS)
150 St-Thomas
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC J6T 6C1
stages_md.cisssmo16 [at] ssss.gouv.qc.ca (Coordination Team)

Dr. Majd Tahan (Supervisor)
Dr. Daniel Baggio
Dr. Élise Gilbert
Dr. Richard Kennedy
Dr. Thuc Bao Lam
Dr. Pierre Plourde
Dr. Paul Tran

Dr. Laurence Bellemare

Psychiatry Centre Hospitalier Regional du Suroît (CHRS)
150 St-Thomas
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC J6T 6C1
stages_md.cisssmo16 [at] ssss.gouv.qc.ca (Coordination Team) Dr. Henriette Kotue
Dr. Kemgni Paule
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