Extended Rural Cohort Program - School of Rural Health ...

General information about the
community-based year
Discipline/setting
Throughout the community
based year
Women’s Health
Children’s Health
Psychiatry
RAPP
Emergency
Rural Health Module
What ERC students will do
Y 4 days per fortnight in general practice
Y 4 days per fortnight timetabled hospital and clinic time
Y 2 days per fortnight at hub (PBLs, lectures, etc) ‘The Hub Day’
Y Regular case presentations and direct observations required
Y Cases and procedures logged and signed off via online platform, UPrime (training provided)
Y On-call emergency roster for several disciplines
Y Mentor meetings with academic and professional community members
Y Learning opportunities in GP practice environment, aged care facilities and small rural
hospitals
Y Semester 12 GP experience is included in the community based year. In semester 12 a
vocational selective will replace the GP block
Y Lectures delivered at orientation. Students will be provided with pre-recorded lectures on
an external hard drive
Y Students will be on-call on a rostered basis (including after hours and weekends)
Y PBLs on hub days
Y Skills experience at orientation, at hubs and in practices
Y Patient contact in hub hospitals and in general practice
Y Lectures delivered at orientation. Students will be provided with pre-recorded lectures on
an external hard drive
Y PBLs on hub days
Y Skills experience at orientation, at hubs and in practices
Y Patient contact in hub hospitals and in general practice
Y Lectures at orientation and during Specialty Week
Y In-patient and out-patient Psych ‘mini- block’ (at Shepparton and Wangaratta Hospitals)
Y PBLs
Y Lectures at orientation
Y Some lectures delivered by specialists in Wangaratta and Melbourne
Y Skills at orientation and on hub days
Y Students will be on-call on a rostered basis (including after hours and weekends)
Y ‘Real life’ experiences in general practice environment, and small rural hospitals
Y The rural experience is incorporated into the community based year (no 3 week RHM
placement required).
Y Rural Health Module and Cultural Safety orientation will be provided during the Specialty
week
Y The RHM project will be done during the year and presentation and assessment will be
completed during a hub day.
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