28 JAN 2010
Government scheme to offer city GPs rural training
A rural doctors' lobby group says a program to increase the number of locums in regional centres will help ease the shortage of health professionals.
The Federal Government has announced 150 city GPs will be offered emergency training if they commit to a four-week locum placement in a rural community.
The rural education assistance program is designed to provide support to doctors who work in remote centres by increasing the number of available locums.
The chief executive of the New South Wales Rural Doctors Network, Ian Cameron, says it will address one of the demands of regional medics.
"Ever since we first started doing research into what rural doctors want - having time off, having locums available has come up consistently as one of the most important things we can do."
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