The three new residents are seen with Dr. Sean Groves, right. (Image Credit: Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

By Derek Cornet

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Residency program welcomes three new student doctors

Jul 13, 2026 | 12:08 PM

The La Ronge Rural and Remote Residency Training Program has welcomed three new doctors-in-training to the tri-communities.

Dr. Duncan Davidson, Dr. Deryn Ramsey and Dr. Jake Reaser are the program’s newest recruits. They have already completed four years of medical school and will now specialize their skill sets in La Ronge and Northern Saskatchewan over the next two years.

Until January, the new residents will spend time at the La Ronge Health Centre, as well as participate in fly out clinics and resident-led clinics in close by satellite communities. Generally, they will spend time doing what broad spectrum rural family doctors do on a daily basis.

“It is a unique opportunity to learn how to be a real comprehensive rural generalist, so providing a huge spectrum of care with very limited resources,” said Davidson, who most recently studied in Ireland and has a degree in electrical engineering with a focus in biomedical applications.

“The program itself has been highlight regarded and so it’s a great pairing between the rural generalist training I was interested in pursing, as well as the right landscape for who I am as a person.”

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Ramsey is from Vancouver Island and she most recently studied in the Caribbean. She holds a degree in biology and master’s in infection biology.

“I grew up in what would be considered rural practice, obviously maybe not this rural, in British Columbia,” Ramsey explained.

“I think [the program] has shown to have a really big scope and a lot of skills sets you have to learn as a generalist, which is pretty great. I just heard good things about the community and the support systems here.”

The third resident is Reaser, who is from Saskatoon and previously studied at the University of Saskatchewan. He holds degrees in physiology and pharmacology.

“Growing up in Saskatchewan and getting more familiar the community and integrating within the community over time, there is such a kindness and warmth to the North that I don’t think you can get nowhere else, particularly from the patients and the attending physicians as well,” Reaser noted.

“It’s a community-minded place to be, it’s a fantastic place to be, and also just a fantastic place to be as somebody who finds a lot of necessary peace at looking at the water and such.”

The La Ronge Rural and Remote Residency Training Program is led by Dr. Sean Groves, alongside administrator Janice Skilliter. The program is currently in its 16th year.

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by Derek Cornet

Residency program welcomes three new student doctors

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