title: Joint position paper on rural surgery and operative delivery.
abstract: Our professional organizations have prepared this paper as part of an integrated, multidisciplinary plan to ensure the availability of well-trained practitioner teams to sustain safe, effective and high-quality rural surgical and operative delivery services. Without these robust local (or nearby) surgical services, sustaining rural maternity care is much more difficult. This paper describes the "network model" as a health human resources solution to meet the surgical needs, including operative delivery, of rural residents; outlines necessary policy directions for achieving this solution; and poses a series of enabling recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Bella Bella, BC.
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iglesias
authors.affiliation: Salt Spring Island, BC.
authors.forename: Jude
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kornelsen
authors.affiliation: Vancouver, BC.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Woollard
authors.affiliation: Prince George, BC.
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Caron
authors.affiliation: Vancouver, BC.
authors.forename: Garth
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Warnock
authors.affiliation: Prince Albert, Sask.
authors.forename: Randall
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Friesen
authors.affiliation: Grande Prairie, Alta.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Miles
authors.affiliation: Revelstoke, BC.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vogt Haines
authors.affiliation: Vanderhoof, BC.
authors.forename: Bret
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Batchelor
authors.affiliation: Ottawa, Ont.
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.affiliation: Vancouver, BC.
authors.forename: Garey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mazowita
authors.affiliation: Toronto, Ont.
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wyman
authors.affiliation: Meadow Lake, Sask.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geller
authors.affiliation: Inuvik, NWT.
authors.forename: Braam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Klerk
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000592:standards*; D019058:Community Networks; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000592:standards; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D006285:Health Planning; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000592:standards; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D061214:Patient Safety; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012423:Rural Health; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000592:standards; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000592:standards*; D000078329:Workforce