Spirited Conversations - What's new in rural medicine training? Mar 19, 7pm

The Southern Alberta Medical Program (SAMP) will train undergraduate medical students at the University of Lethbridge and in rural communities across southern Alberta. It is one of two Rural Medical Education Program Training Centres in Alberta. Learners will train alongside other health-care professionals, gaining practical medical experience. The program will enrol learners who are identified as being likely to practice in rural areas upon graduation. Training these future doctors in southern Alberta will improve the availability of physicians in rural Alberta in the future. 

Dr. Richard M. Buck, MD, as the inaugural associate dean of the Southern Alberta Medical Program (SAMP). Dr. Buck is an associate professor with the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary and a clinical assistant professor with the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta. He is also a clinician practicing in Lethbridge within the Emergency Department at Chinook Regional Hospital.

As associate dean, Dr. Buck leads SAMP program development and implementation as it supports medical education training in Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Indigenous and rural communities throughout Southern Alberta.