MD8004 - Personal and Professional Challenges in Rural Practice

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
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Available to students enrolled in Master of Rural and Remote Medicine program medical practitioners ideally currently in rural practice.

Rural and remote medical practice poses several challenging and interesting challenges that influence the enjoyment of the professional lifestyle. These have been demonstrated to exert a powerful influence on the decisions of individual rural doctors either to leave rural practice or remain there. This subject presents and discusses a range of personal and professional challenges that may arise and helps rural practitioners to avoid, prepare for and manage potential problems. Students will apply these in a critical incident analysis of personal and professional challenges they have encountered or observed within their own practice and community.Assessment by literature review (33%); two incident analyses (67%) (33% each).

Learning Outcomes

• to improve the likelihood that rural practitioners will be able to stay longer in rural or remote practice;
• to improve understanding of the personal and professional implications of a career in rural or remote medical practice;
• to increase the capacity of rural practitioners to avoid, prepare for and manage personal and professional challenges.

Prerequisites:

MD8001 and MD8002

Availabilities
, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2006
Coord/Lect:	Professor Richard Hays.
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	.
, Study Period 2
Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coord/Lect:	Professor Richard Hays.
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.