To the Editor: The article by Eley and colleagues clearly articulates challenges and solutions for providing quality undergraduate medical education in rural locations.1 Simulation-based education (SBE) also helps meet the challenge of providing quality rural medical education. Simulation is an ethical means of supporting the development of technical and non-technical skills relevant for safe and competent clinical practice. SBE can be used creatively to prepare, supplement and enhance rural clinical placements.
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- Gippsland Medical School, Monash University, Churchill, VIC.
- 1. Eley DS, Young L, Wilkinson D, et al. Coping with increasing numbers of medical students in rural clinical schools: options and opportunities. Med J Aust 2008; 188: 669-671. <MJA full text>
- 2. Kneebone R, Nestel D, Wetzel C, et al. The human face of simulation: patient-focused simulation training. Acad Med 2006; 81: 919-924.