Medical schools can cooperate: a new joint venture to provide medical education in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales.
The medical schools at the University of Western Sydney, University of Wollongong and University of Sydney have developed a joint program for training medical students through placements of up to 40 weeks on the New South Wales North Coast. The new partnership agency - the North Coast Medical Education Collaboration - builds on the experience of regional doctors and their academic partners. A steering committee has identified the availability and support requirements of local practitioners to provide training, and has undertaken a comparative mapping of learning objectives and assessments from the courses of the three universities. The goals of the program include preparing doctors who can perform effectively in rural settings and multidisciplinary health care teams, and to advance research in medical education.
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Sue L
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North Coast Medical Education Collaboration, Lismore, NSW, Australia.
Birden
Hudson H
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Hudson
J Nicky
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Thistlethwaite
Jill E
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Roberts
Chris
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Wilson
Ian
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Bushnell
John
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Hogg
John
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Freedman
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Yeomans
Neville
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D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D009517:New South Wales; D019035:Rural Health Services