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which occurs in PGY-4, spend their training. In response, residents curriculum design, a survey was sent
time at East Coast Forensic Hospital now spend one full day a week with to all residents requesting their input
(ECFH) or Simpson Landing. To add Esther MacInnis (mental health on academic day processes and
an outpatient experience, residents nurse) at the North End Clinic, and content. The results of this survey
training at Simpson Landing have a day a week with Dr. Brian Burke will be used by the curriculum sub-
been able to attend clinic at one of at the Bayers Road outpatient site, committee of the RPC when planning
the Connections sites since 2016. where they participate in delivery of the 2018/2019 academic day
Residents at ECFH started attending mental health service to Cape Breton curriculum in spring 2018. A survey
Connections in January 2018, via telepsychiatry. Special thanks was also sent to residents about
allowing them to have exposure must be given to Drs. Sonia Chehil, their on call experience. As delivery
to a different model of patient care Bill Bradley, and Kulli Poder for of call has not been evaluated for
and recovery. The Shared Care their dedication to the Shared Care some time, a working group of RPC
rotation has also experienced experience over the past year. members will be organized to review
significant changes. Residents were the current on-call process, using the
concerned that the experience was As we head towards the 2018/2019 survey results to guide the process.
too fragmented, with limited flexibility academic year, many other tasks are
to attend to other longitudinal at various stages of completion. To
requirements, such as psychotherapy engage residents in the process of

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