The Rural Clinical School of Western Australia (RCSWA) is a Commonwealth-funded program intended to increase the number of medical graduates interested in rural careers. The school is part of the network of rural clinical schools across Australia funded by the same federal Department of Health and Ageing workforce program. It places medical students in their penultimate clinical year for an entire academic year in rural towns throughout Western Australia.
The students' clinical placements occur in general practices, local hospitals, community and remote clinics, Aboriginal medical services and other health facilities.[1]
Achievementsedit
In 2007 the RCSWA programme was awarded a Carrick Award predominantly for curriculum innovation. The content of the curriculum is identical to the urban curriculum but is delivered in a significantly different way. The students are taught and assessed (examined) to the same standard as the urban students and the results are entirely comparable to the urban programme.
The number of students at each RCSWA site by year.
Year
Kalgoorlie
Albany
Broome
Bunbury
Derby
Esperance
Geraldton
Karratha
Narrogin
Port Hedland
Total
2006
10
6
7
-
-
3
4
3
-
3
36
2007
10 (6 UWA, 4 ND)
9 (3 UWA, 5 ND)
8 (6 UWA, 2 ND)
10 (6 UWA, 4 ND)
3 (3 UWA)
3 (3 UWA)
9 (6 UWA, 3 ND)
3 (3 UWA)
4 (1 UWA, 3 ND)
3 (3 UWA)
62
2008
10
10
8
10
3
4
10
3
4
5
67
Referencesedit
^Playford, Denese E.; Evans, Sharon F.; Atkinson, David N.; Auret, Kirsten A.; Riley, Geoffrey J. (1 January 2014). "Impact of the Rural Clinical School of Western Australia on work location of medical graduates". Medical Journal of Australia. 200 (2): 104–107. doi:10.5694/mja13.11082. ISSN 0025-729X. PMID 24484114. S2CID 22063374.
"Rural Clinical School of WA". Retrieved 12 April 2007.
External linksedit
University of Western Australia
University of Notre Dame Australia (Fremantle)
Department of Health | Rural Clinical Training and Support
January 01, 1970
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