title: Obstetric training for rural general practice.
abstract: In the current debate on the problems faced by rural doctors, lack of training in procedural disciplines such as obstetrics has emerged as a priority issue. With specialist obstetric services concentrated in metropolitan and major provincial cities, general practitioners will continue to provide rural communities with obstetric care. Postgraduate obstetric training programmes for general practitioners must provide procedural skills training for intending rural practitioners or risk being regarded as irrelevant to the needs of rural communities.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hays
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000592:standards; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012424:Rural Population