Evaluation of Northern Medical Program
Community Services Provision, Community and Economic Development and Transformation
Preliminary Impacts on the Physician Community, Recruitment, and Retention in Prince George
2007-2009
A group of researchers at both ÂÜÀòÉäÇø and UBC, led by Dr. Neil Hanlon in ÂÜÀòÉäÇø’s Geography Program, received a research grant from the BC Medical Services Foundation to evaluate the impact of the Northern Medical Program on physician recruitment and retention in its host community. A specific focus was to be on the role of social capital and social cohesion. The CDI will design a questionnaire and use it to interview local physicians and NMP organizers. The CDI will also provide analysis of the social capital building aspects of the NMP.