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Coping with increasing numbers of medical students in rural clinical schools: options and opportunities

Debra F Nestel, Robyn A Hill, George T Somers and Christopher A Browne
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02295.x
Published online: 19 January 2009

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.


  • 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.

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