Today RuralGP.com highlighted the tribute speech given by Associate Prof Bruce Chater to the life and work of Dr John MacLeod of Lochmaddy in Scotland. I was delighted to catch up with Prof Chater after his speech, to ask him more about Dr MacLeod’s work with Rural WONCA, how the WONCA Working Party for Rural Practice […]
Another podcast, this time with junior doctor Rachael Sheridan. She tells me more about her experience of #ruralwonca and the ability to discover links with other doctors from Australia and beyond.
Today’s #ruralwonca programme includes a keynote delivered by Associate Professor Bruce Chater: the Dr John MacLeod Oration. Dr MacLeod was a legend in the world of WONCA and an inspirational rural GP. I regret that I never had the opportunity to meet him; my own career in rural practice was just starting when he died and […]
Today I attended a session at #ruralwonca which was delivered by Associate Professor Diann Eley from the University of Queensland on the role of personality traits on student experience of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships. Diann has gained considerable experience in this area, and specifically on how best to support and mentor students effectively whilst encouraging them to reflect on their own personalities – […]
At lunchtime today I was delighted to catch up with Australian rural doctors John Hall, Aaron Sparshott and Katie Chang. I asked them about their experience of the conference, their current careers and a bit about the success of the Australian Rural Generalist Pathway.
I was introduced to the concept of clinical courage when attending an International Rural Research Symposium last year at Tromso University in Norway. Dr Lucie Walters, of Flinders University in Australia, ran an enthralling workshop about some work that she and her team are doing to quantify and understand what we mean and can learn from clinical […]