Objective: To explore rural physician perspectives on how remuneration impacted their experiences of contributing to community resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Design: Exploratory, qualitative subanalysis.
Setting: Twenty-two rural communities in 4 Canadian provinces.
Objective: To explore rural physician-community engagement through three case studies in order to understand the role that these relationships can play in increasing community-level resilience to climate change and ecosystem disruption.
Design: Qualitative secondary case study analysis.
Setting: Three Canadian rural communities (BC n = 2, Ontario n = 1).
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic presented an unprecedented challenge for rural family physicians. The lessons learned over the course of 2 years have potential to help guide responses to future ecosystem disruption. This qualitative study aims to explore the leadership experiences of rural Canadian family physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic as both local care providers and community health leaders and to identify potential supports and barriers to physician leadership.
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