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Rural Health SeminarsRural Skills weekendsLonglook Year
3Longlook Year 4- Darling Downs- Sunshine CoastRural GP termsRural
Selectives
Griffith Rural Stream
These are all the opportunities to participate in the Rural
Stream as a medical student at Griffith.1
Rural Placements
Longlook Year 3 Certificate in Rural Health
Clifton
Longlook Year 4 Certificate in Rural HealthDarling Downs,
Sunshine Coast Hinterland
You are hereRural Indigenous Selectives Cert. Rural Indigenous
Health
Palm IslandNew Sunshine Coast Longlook
Quilpie
The main programs are Longlook in third or fourth years. In
2017, students will be able to choose fourth year Longlook in the
Hinterland of the Sunshine Coast, based around Emergency Medicine
and Crit Care placements at Nambour Hospital.In 2017, Longlook
students will also be awarded a Certificate in Rural Health.
Students undertaking Rural Indigenous Selectives (or Rural and
Remote Medicine Selectives) will be awarded Certificates in Rural
Indigenous Health.2
Rural Selectives (and Electives)Indigenous Health Rural and
Remote MedicineSpecialties in Regional CentresAcademic medicine
Rural Selectives (and Electives)Indigenous Health LocationsPalm
IslandNorth StradbrokeGoolburri (Toowoomba)Certificate in Rural
Indigenous Health
The Clinic at Palm Island.6
Palm Is. sits in the Coral Sea off Tropical North
Queensland.7
Dr. Ray Blackman is the senior GP in the clinic, showing some
Griffith First year students around here.8
We are also placing students into the Aboriginal Medical Service
on North Stradbroke Island. It is possible to also live here or
there is a daily ferry service from the mainland.10
Rural Selectives (and Electives)Indigenous Health Rural and
Remote MedicineJandowae, Millmerran, OakeyQuilpie,
DirranbandiCertificate in Rural Indigenous Health
Students attending Rural and Remote Medicine Selectives will
also have the opportunity to attend the academic program in
Indigenous Health and be eligible for the Certificate in Rural
Indigenous Health.Accommodation is provided for all of these rural
and remote medicine locations. Assistance is available for
travel.
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This is a montage of Dirranbandi, notably the town at the end of
the train line.13
Rural Selectives (and Electives)Indigenous Health Rural and
Remote MedicineSpecialties in Regional CentresEar Nose and Throat
SurgeryGeneral SurgeryRadiologyRadio-oncology and
HaematologyCardiology (Heart of Australia)
For the first time we are offering specialty placements in a
regional town (Toowoomba). Students will be provided with
subsidised accommodation in Toowoomba (except for the Heart of
Australia truck travelling around).14
Selectives (and Electives) available through the Rural
StreamIndigenous HealthWith Griffith First Peoples Health Unit
Remote MedicineSpecialties in Regional CentresPathology, Radiology,
Mental health, ICU, PaedsAcademic medicine from Toowoomba
Students wishing to undertake or complete some research are
welcome to join research projects in the Rural Stream and with the
Agricultural Health and Medicine Research Group based in Toowoomba.
Accommodation is subsidised in Toowoomba.15
Any questions?Expressions of interest in Rural
Selective/Electives:[email protected]@qrme.org.au
or visit www.qrme.org.au
If you have any questions about this topic or further training
in Rural Medicine, I can be contacted via my Griffith or QRME email
addresses: [email protected]
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