Undergraduate Programs
YEARS 1 AND 2
—Bachelor of Medicine/ Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
The Monash University Department of Rural and Indigenous Health (MUDRIH) works closely with the rural clinical schools to coordinate the existing Year 1 and 2 rural programs. The academic staff at MUDRIH are developing the Year 1 and 2 curriculum to make these programs interdisciplinary and will assist in implementing these curriculum changes through the rural clinical schools. Students undertaking these rural programs are immersed in a rural environment/culture for three weeks during the first two years of the MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine/ Bachelor of Surgery) course. During this time they are given the opportunity to apply the knowledge gleaned from lectures/textbooks and experience first hand what it’s like to live and work in a rural community.
More information on the Year 1 and 2 rural programs
MUDRIH staff teach the following rural health units:
Year 3:
- SRH2010 Alcohol & other drug related issues in rural communities
- SRH3001 Health in the Rural Context
Year 4 (often completed concurrently with the Graduate Nurse Year Programme):
- SRH4101 Rural Counselling
- SRH4102 Rural Health Policy and Practice
- SRH4103 Dynamics of Rural Health
Each of the units builds student capacity to understand, work effectively and to acquire the clinical skills necessary in rural and remote communities.
Unit information can be found at the Monash University Handbook.
A global problem
- Nursing shortages are evident worldwide
- The nursing population is ageing with the numbers declining as patient needs and expectations rise
- The world’s populations are ageing and they suffer from more Chronic Diseases
- The issues in rural and remote areas are worse than those in Metropolitan or Urban communities.
Reference
Productivity Commission Report (2006) Australia’s Health Workforce, Australian Government Productivity Commission Report, Canberra, Australia.
For information on the Productivity Commission see:
http://www.pc.gov.au/
