Monash Year Two medical students visited the Bonaccord Farm near Lindenow last Thursday to learn about farm-related injury as part of their rural placement.
The visit is part of the statewide program where Year two medical students visit workplaces to get a feel for the sorts of patients they would see in a rural practice, as well as getting a snapshot of living in a rural area and some of the challenges of working in an isolated town.
“The aim of the Year two Rural Program is to increase students’ understanding and knowledge of rural and regional health systems and the patients embedded within these communities and systems,” Monash Rural Health’s education manager and coordinator of the Year Two Rural and Regional Placement Program, Laura Major, said.
“I think long term, we’ve seen that the Year Two program does influence where our students undertake both long-term rural placements and possibly does influence their career choices.
Some students have never stepped foot outside urban cities until they undertake the Monash Year Two Rural Program, so if it then influences their choices of further rural placements and professional career choices, then the benefits to our local rural communities will be seen in years to come.”
IMAGE: Monash Year two medical students visited the Bonaccord Farm near Lindenow last Thursday to learn about farm-related injury as part of their rural placement. PICTURED: Aahana Dudani, Zac Weller, Claire Shadwell, Tasmia Ahmed, Kris Chan and Marcus Poh at the Bonaccord Farm last Thursday. K336-2753