Brooks (SSMC-BR / South Shore Medical Clinic)

Clinic Address: 620 Cassils Road E., Brooks, AB

Telephone: (403) 793-8111

Clinic Email: ssmcmger@gmail.com

Clerks:  No

UCLIC:  No

Obstetrics:  Yes

EM: Yes

Indigenous Health: Yes

Distance from Calgary: 189 km

Distance from Lethbridge: 155 km

Distance from Medicine Hat: 106 km

Overview

Brooks is located approximately 190km east of Calgary and is a community of 14000 people.  The community is served by a general hospital with a very busy emergency department.  The community has been significant growth and changes over the past few year.  There is a large immigrant population attracted to Brooks due to the jobs in the meat packing industry.  The community has three main medical clinics, two of which take residents and one is a UCLIC site.   The South Shore Medical Clinic has been recognized for excellence in resident teaching. The clinic has a team based multidisciplinary clinic that emphasizes the patient medical home and values mentorship. The rotation will include office, ER, obstetrics, hospitalist and inpatients.