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Year 2 |
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Some of the businesses we visit include: Accommodation options include: |
Introducing the clinical school
Gippsland Regional Clinical School is based on two campuses at Warragul and Traralgon. Latrobe Regional Hopsital in Traralgon is a purpose-built, 257-bed teaching hospital offering a suite of medical services. The hospital treats close to 115,000 people every year, more than a quarter of them in its emergency department West Gippsland Healthcare Group's hospital in Warragul is an 83-bed acute facility that treats approximately 11,000 inpatients and 13,500 emergency visits each year. We also partner with a range of other groups and health services.
The Gippsland Regional Clinical School Community Support Group is a group of local people who help raise the profile of Monash and the School of Rural Health in the region. Mr John Guy is the Chair of the Community Support Group. The group meets quarterly.
Our programs
Year 2
The two-week Year 2 rural health placements are designed to introduce students to rural communities and rural health practice. Students are placed in Latrobe Valley, West Gippsland and South Gippsland where they are exposed to rural hospitality and a diversity of experience. Placements include visits to pharmacies, hospitals, complementary therapists and Indigenous sites.
Year 3B
The year-long Year 3B program features broad experience across medical and surgical units and is undertaken at both Latrobe Regional Hospital (Traralgon - capacity for 24 students) and the West Gippsland Hospital (Warragul - capacity for 10 students). Students based at Traralgon also have a short-term placement at Maryvale Private Hospital, Morwell. Students in Traralgon and Warragul attend most of their tutorials at their local site. Some videoconferencing between sites is used to reduce travel time. Small student numbers means more individual attention and more hands-on experience and mentoring.
Year 4C
The Gippsland Regional Integrated Clinical Education Program (GRICE) is built around three 12-week study blocks. In each block students undertake study and clinical placements in General Practice and one in either Women’s Health, Children’s Health or Medicine of the Mind. Students attend tutorials focused on General Practice as well as the discipline of their 12-week block. They also attend placements within community organisations relevant to that discipline.
Year 5D/final
The final year consists of a series of six-week rotations. Gippsland Regional Clinical School offers the following hospital based rotations:
| Location | Hospital | Core subjects |
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| Traralgon | Latrobe Regional Hospital | Medicine, Surgery, Emergency and Aged Care |
| Warragul | West Gippsland Healthcare Group | Medicine, Surgery and Emergency |
| Wonthaggi | Bass Coast Regional Health | Surgery and Emergency |
