A FRESH batch of student doctors have gone bush to build skills and wrap their heads around the challenges of regional health.
More than 30 third-year Sydney University medical students have arrived at the School of Rural Health ready to commence a new year of studies.
Sixteen of them will be based at the Orange campus, and another 16 at Dubbo.
The school’s deputy headmaster, associate professor Gabriel Shannon, Orange, said it was an exciting time of year.
“The new batch of third year students are commencing their first clinical placement,” Dr Shannon said.
“The highly experienced clinicians providing medical services in Orange and surrounding districts provide an excellent teaching and mentoring resources for our students and make the students time in Orange so valuable and sought after.”
Rural medical training is a new SRH initiative to help students gain important skills and hands-on experience, while also acquiring a true appreciation of healthcare delivery in the bush.
Dr Shannon said teaching in a rural location such as Orange and Dubbo was SRH’s way of creating a learning environment they could train and experience front-line health care management in regional areas.
