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Bendigo Regional Clinical School

Northern Victorian Regional Medical Education Network (NVRMEN)

Issue 13 October 2010 (PDF 965 kb

• New clinical school building open for business
• Year 10 students solve Monash business problems
• Universities combine to train students
• Emergency services host Year 1 students in Bendigo

Issue 12 December 2009 (PDF 382 kb)

• School's new home on schedule for 2010 finish
• New Year 4 curriculum program launched
• Clayton-based students enjoy rural placements

Issue 11 June 2009 (PDF 286 kb)

• Word starts on new clinical school building
• Local businesses get behind training students
• Ex-football chief champions rural training for doctors

Issue 10 October 2008 (PDF 572 kb)

• Bendigo Primary Health centre aims for 2010 opening
• Local business sponsors an ERC student
• Castlemaine gears up for students
• Clinical education moves to the art gallery

 Issue 9 April 2008 (PDF 483kb)

• Award winning student recognised
• Australian Rural Medical Educators meet in Bendigo
• A real need for simulated patients
• Building project goes to tender mid-year

 Issue 8 November 2007 (PDF 530kb)

• Two more students return to Bendigo for internships
• Students raise funds for Bendigo Health
• Professional conduct and medical students
• Community-based learning teaching models

Issue 7 August 2007 (PDF 470kb)

• Federal funding to expand teaching facilities
• Bendigo Medical Students Association starts up
• What influences someone to choose a career in rural medicine?
• The life story project – Year 2 students get to know nursing home residents

Issue 8 July 2011 (PDF 475 kb)

• University of Melbourne pilot ERC year nears completion
• Shepparton's new teaching facility
• Realistic scenarios build clinical skills
• Students expand mentoring program to rural sites

Issue 7 June 2010 (PDF 525 kb)

• Monash students start new Year 4 program
• Year 3 students get straight into clinical skills
• Lister House Medical Centre Shepparton prepares for students
• A student's perspective: Evan and Matt in Shepparton

 Issue 6 October 2009 (PDF 547kb)

• Clinical training starts for first group of Melbourne ERC students
• Monash launches new ERC Year 4 curriculum model
• North-west practices prepare for first Year 4 ERC students in 2010
• Joseph O'Brien on his placement in Mildura

 Issue 5 April 2009 (PDF 512kb)

• University of Melbourne appoints new ERC Director
• Balint Reflective Practice comes to Central Victoria
• Siblings enrol in ERC at both Universities
• A Student's perspective: Katie Snow gets an early taste of rural practice

 Issue 4 November 2008 (PDF 853kb)

• Construction starts on new medical centre in Shepparton
• Engaging the health workforce
• Maryborough becomes newest hub
• A student's perspective: Julie Sutton

Issue 3 July 2008 (PDF 630kb)

• Funding received to develop practices
• Flinders University shares rural experience
• Practice within a practice at Swan Hill
• Student perspective: Mooska Raoofi

Issue 2 May 2008 (PDF 362kb)

• 2008 ERC intake
• Visiting UK GPs on community training
• Bright sparks at the Bright Medical Centre
• A student's perspective : Rebecca Shugg

   Issue 1 January 2008 (PDF 400kb)

• Longitudinal learning in a rural centre – the Flinders University model
• Student perspective on the Extended Rural Cohort
• Brook Street Medical Centre – training health professionals and preparing for ERC students