Five-year outcomes of rural medical

workforce pipeline partnerships in rural

training hubs in Queensland

Prof. Scott Kitchener, Ms. Renee Day, Prof. Simon Broadley

Rural pipeline

Rural School students

Rural med

training

Rural prevoc terms

Rural Registrar

s

Rural practitioner

s

Rural pipeline

Rural School students

Rural med

training

Rural prevoc terms

Rural Registrar

s

Rural practitioner

s

Service delivery to rural communities Supervisory/

teaching capacity

Rural pipeline at QRME

Rural School students

Rural med

training

Rural prevoc terms

Rural Registrar

s

Rural practitioner

s

Queensland Rural Medical Longlook

program

QRME Rural Medicine term

Rural and Regional co-operative GP/RM

trainingSchool progra

m

OR = 11.9Teachin

g

RRR =

82%

Translation rate 48%

Supervision

Advising

NOT

Any questions?

Unmet services?

Crows Nest

Clifton

Turning the curriculum on it’s side

Year 3

Medicine Stream Medicine Aged/Cancer Care Mental Health Break

 (Stream 1) 7 weeks 7 weeks 7 weeks 1 week

Surgery Stream Surgery Women’s Health Children’s Health SWOT VAC Written

(Stream 2) 7 weeks 7 weeks 7 weeks 1 week Exam

Semester 1

Written Exam

Break 1 week 

Semester 2

Written Exam

 Year 3

Medicine Surgery

Aged/Cancer Care Women’s Health

Mental Health Children’s Health

Griffith University School of Medicine, Rural Program

Final year – longitudinal program

Year 4

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Ex.Specialist

termsEmergency medicine

General Practice Elective Selective

Elective Rural Longlook including Advance rural skill

Griffith University School of Medicine, Rural Program, 2015