Dr. Amber Wheatley Rural World Doctors in Training Aim; Provide a - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• Dr. Amber Wheatley

“Rural World Doctors in Training”

Aim;

• Provide a network for those interested in rural
• Raise awareness of issues in both rural training programs and

rural communities

• Provide guidance in training for rural practice using the

mentorship and knowledge available from WWPRP and its members.

3 Goals – Call To Action in Cairns 2017

• 1. Education and Training
• 2. Communication
• 3. Co-empowerment

Who are we? What do we do?

Sowing the seeds for the future

• f rural health

Sowing the seeds for the future

• f rural health
• 1. an active group within Rural WONCA
• open to anyone even casually interested in rural, no discrimination between

academic/professional level etc. Everyone is free to participate

Sowing the seeds for the future

• f rural health
• 2. Create an interest in rural medicine

Sowing the seeds for the future

• f rural health
• 3. Maintain and spread an interest in rural

medicine

Sowing the seeds for the future

• f rural health
• 4. Rural medicine, and particularly rural family

medicine, is our focus

This includes students interested in rural, rural healthcare professionals and rural communities #GoRural