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21 June, 2024
Training stream to improve women’s services
A RURAL integrated training program in obstetrics and gynaecology will see better care for women of the south west.
In conjunction with Deakin University’s Western Victorian Regional Training Hub, South West Healthcare has been successful in its application for a training program through Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
South West Healthcare’s director of obstetrics and gynaecology Dr Rosy Buchanan said the organisation was able to complete its successful application by using the experience of surgeons and physicians “before us.”
“Deakin’s Regional Training Hub provided administration assistance for the application to ensure the inclusion of this additional stream to the regional and rural training programs already on offer,” Dr Buchanan said.
“While we potentially won’t see applicants from the Warrnambool campus’ new Doctor of Medicine’s Rural Training Stream for a few years, we are hopeful current medical students who complete their final two years here apply to specialise through end-to-end rural training and stay regional.”
Published research shows the optimal way to build a rural and regional medical workforce is for future clinicians to transition from secondary schooling through to university and vocational training, all within a rural and regional area.
