Rural Clinical School

Learn more about this program and how to apply by contacting: • Emily Robinson at the Rural Clinical

School (RCS) at emily.robinson@unsw.edu.au or on 9385 3210

Or visiting:• RCS website at rcs.med.unsw.edu.au, or • Nura Gili website at http://www.nuragili.

unsw.edu.au/pre-programs-0

UNSW’s Rural Clinical School (RCS) brings world-class medical education to rural Australia, training the next generation of rural doctors.

With campuses across New South Wales including Albury-Wodonga, Coffs Har-bour, Griffith, Port Macquarie and Wag-ga Wagga, the RCS has had great success training medical students since 2000.

About the RCS

Students are placed at a rural campuses for up to four years of their Medicine program, starting in Year 3. Students at RCS follow the same pro-gram as the city hospitals, but rural campuses take a different approach to clinical training, developing an innovative program which ca-ters to student needs for rural practice.

We offer an integrated teaching program where students work closely with several pa-tients, following them through their treatment and closely observing and participating in total patient care, and gaining a holistic view of med-icine, and increased practical skills.

As well as clinical training in state-of-the-art hospitals and specialist facilities, students un-dertake placements in medical practices in ru-ral and remote settings.

Your Experience at RCS

For general info on RCS check out our website at http://rcs.med.unsw.edu.au, and to find out contact details for the different campuses please go to http://rcs.med.unsw.edu.au/contacts.

The UNSW Rural Clinical School (RCS) was launched in 2000 as part of a government initiative to reduce the shortage of doctors in rural and remote Australia.

The RCS was established based on research that shows that people who grow up in a rural or remote area are more likely to return there in the future to practice as doctors.

When students study medicine at a Rural Clinical School campus in the early years of their degree, the likelihood of them working in the country also increases.

Over one third of UNSW medical students in each graduat-ing cohort spend at least 12 months of their degree at a Ru-ral Clinical School campus. The majority of students spend three to four years studying at one of our rural campuses.

Who are we?

UNSW rural campuses

“The best thing about studying at a rural campus is the number of opportunities you get here, compared to city hospitals. I’ve performed so many procedures that I’ve never done before — and there are a great team of doctors out there who are more than willing to take their time to teach.”

Peter Bradhurst, 4th Year Medicine Student, UNSW RCSGriffith Campus

What do we do?

What is the Rural Student Entry Scheme (RSES)?

What is the Indigenous Entry Scheme?

To learn more about all our programs visit the RCS web-site at http://rcs.med.unsw.edu.au/future-students

The RCS coordinates several programs including the Rural Student Entry Scheme, and the Indigenous Entry Scheme. The RCS has campuses in Albury-Wodonga, Coffs Harbour, Griffith, Port Macquarie and Wagga Wagga. Students are able to study four out of the six years of their medical degree at a rural campus.

The RSES is a separate entry scheme into medicine, for ap-plicants who are from a significant rural background.

Applicants are assessed on four criteria: UMAT exam results, academic results, interview performance and rural back-ground.

The RCS offers a support program for all rural students studying medicine. This includes a tutoring program for students who require academic support.

The Indigenous Entry Scheme includes an intensive 4-week residential preparatory program, called the Pre-Medicine Program (PMP), which is jointly coordinated by UNSW Medicine’s RCS and Nura Gili. This program is designed to provide support and training to better prepare Indigenous students for study in the Faculty of Medicine.

The PMP is an alternative pathway for Indigenous Austral-ians to enter UNSW’s Medicine program. It is open to all Australian Aboriginals and/or Torres Strait Islanders who are interested in studying medicine.

Medical students are able to study Phase 2 and Phase 3 at a rural campus, and there are currently over 200 students studying medicine across five main campuses. Academi-cally RCS graduates consistently perform better in their fi-nal exams than students attending a metropolitan clinical school.

The RCS coordinates the short-term placements for all UNSW medicine students in various disciplines and Gener-al Practice in rural and remote towns in New South Wales.