Urban and Rural Medical Education
The shortage of doctors in rural areas is an on-going problem, and, to encourage medical doctors to remain in the rural areas after qualification, the Australian Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing has set aside considerable funding to establish rural clinical schools in every Australian State. Transferring the curricula has not been an easy task, but there are reports of success.
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