FF20 Posted August 6, 2021 Report Share Posted August 6, 2021 Hello Guys, I am very interested in rural medicine and I have been living and working in Chilliwack for 7 years, but I am not sure if I could include my experience in Chilliwack as a rural experience, I looked it up on the internet and noticed UBC offers one of its ICCs at Chilliwack location, does that mean it's considered rural in UBC's eyes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchpress Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 2 hours ago, FF20 said: Hello Guys, I am very interested in rural medicine and I have been living and working in Chilliwack for 7 years, but I am not sure if I could include my experience in Chilliwack as a rural experience, I looked it up on the internet and noticed UBC offers one of its ICCs at Chilliwack location, does that mean it's considered rural in UBC's eyes? No, I would say it’s not. Although it is potentially a bit contentious depending on who you talk to. Chilliwack has 80k people, many people consider it a city. It’s certainly rural-adjacent, and you may still have experiences related to your time there that would help qualify you. And the UBC Chilliwack ICC has been known to say it’s a rural community. But the Chilliwack UBC family medicine residency site is considered a mid-sized program, not rural. And the RCCbc does not consider it a rural community (whereas Hope, Agassiz, Boston Bar, etc are considered rural). So I don’t think just saying you lived there is really enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccermed123 Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 Does UBC list exactly what qualifies as rural? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FF20 Posted August 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, soccermed123 said: Does UBC list exactly what qualifies as rural? No, it does not list the rural criteria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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