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Medical students

Year 3: Rural Attachments and Full Year Rural Programs

Year 3 consolidates the knowledge and skills of Years 1 and 2 and is a year that emphasises clinical skills, patient management and professional behaviour. It is the year that demands students take the role of trainee doctors´ with guidance from a wide range of clinicians and educators. Students will be exposed to a range of teaching strategies from clinical PBL, teaching ward rounds, professional meetings to still a large component of self directed learning.

In Year 3 of the Graduate Entry Medical Program, students can either undertake

a two week Rural General Practice Attachment as part of their General Practice term (FMC or NT-based students), or
the full year based in a rural community through our
Parallel Rural Community Curriculum (PRCC)
in the Riverland, the Greater Green Triangle (GGT), the Hills Mallee Fleurieu (HMF) and the Barossa Valley (BV).
Students can participate in the PRCC programs by applying for one of four Riverland PRCC sub-quota postions when they enter medical school or during Second Year for selection into the Third Year PRCC programs.

There are usually more applicants than positions. Selection during Second Year is based on an autobiographical statement and an interview. All PRCC programs offer introductory sessions during Second Year for those planning to apply.

In 2006, the 10th year of the Riverland PRCC, the quality and national and international significance of the program was recognised through several prestigious awards.

In 2008 a Community Contacts Program was established to provide PRCC students with support from members of the rural communities in which they are based.

Updated November 18, 2008