Federation of Rural Australian Medical Educators

* Background * Participants * Links * RUSC * Documents *

Background

FRAME was conceived at a meeting of rural medical academics from Australian medical schools held during the 7th National Undergraduate Rural Health Conference in August 2003 at Pinjarra, Western Australia. It this meeting it was recognised that there were many common areas of interest and importance for academics working in the Rural Clinical School (RCS) and Rural Undergraduate Support and Coordination (RUSC) programs that were not able to be met in a focused way by other current national organisations.

Subsequently, three additional universities with faculties of medicine but without full Rural Clinical School status or recognition for funding (the University of Newcastle, the Australian National University and James Cook University) but with targeted rural medical student programs were admitted as members of FRAME.

AIMS of FRAME (THE FRAIMS)

To promote rural medical education as an essential and successful component of Australia’s rural medical workforce, higher education and regional development strategies.

To provide an efficient and transparent vehicle for influencing national policy that effects the goals and function of the Rural Clinical Schools (RCS) and Rural Undergraduate Support and Coordination (RUSC) programs throughout Australia.

To facilitate the successful development and maintenance of the RCS and RUSC programs in all medical schools through collaboration, discussion and sharing of ideas.

To work collaboratively with other relevant national organisations, in particular, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM), the Australian Rural Health Education Network (ARHEN), and the Committee of Deans of Australian Medical Schools (CDAMS).

Participants

Email the FRAME chairperson (currently Prof Dawn DeWitt)

Links to Rural Clinical Schools

University of Tasmania Rural Clinical School
http://www.healthsci.utas.edu.au/nwrcs/index.html

The Rural Clinical School of Western Australia
http://www.rcs.uwa.edu.au/

Flinders University Rural Clinical School (based in Renmark, SA)
http://furcs.flinders.edu.au

Spencer Gulf Rural Health School
http://sgrhs.unisa.edu.au/

UNSW Rural Clinical School
http://rcs.med.unsw.edu.au/

The University of Sydney School of Rural Health
http://www.dubbo.med.usyd.edu.au/

The University of Queensland Rural Clinical Division
http://www.som.uq.edu.au/som/about/divisions/rural/index.htm

Monash University School of Rural Health
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/srh/

The University of Melbourne Rural Clinical School
http://www.ruralhealth.unimelb.edu.au/undergraduate%20study/rural%20clinical%20school/

Dept of Health and Ageing: Rural Clinical Schools
http://www.health.gov.au/clinicalschools

Australian Rural Health Education Network (ARHEN)
http://www.arhen.org.au/

Rural and Remote Health Journal
http://www.rrh.org.au

RUSC: Rural Undergraduate Support and Coordination

The Rural Undergraduate Steering Committee (RUSC) Program was developed as part of the Rural Incentives Program as a strategic long term initiative to increase the number of medical graduates adopting a career in rural and remote practice. The Program was, and continues to be, based on the premise that selection of students for medical school from rural locations, increased exposure to rural medicine during the undergraduate course and enhanced support for students and rural educators would lead to more doctors adopting a career in rural medicine.

For more details see RUSC Program Guidelines 2002-05 (9 pages PDF)

Documents

Documents to be shared with participants are listed below.

• Frame Meeting Canberrra 27-28 October 2008 Program, venues, accommodation, transport, registration form (3 page, MS Word)
• Draft Agenda Frame Business meeting Canberrra 27-28 October 2008 (1 page PDF)
• Program for Innovations in Rural Medical Education Forum 2-5pm, Tues 4 March 2008, Bendigo (6 pages, PDF)
• Agenda for Bendigo FRAME meeting (1 page PDF)
• Bendigo FRAME meeting. Tuesday 4 March 08. Travel info, accommodation options, map. (4 pages, PDF)
• Australian Rotary Fund Scholarships for Rural Clinical School students - Application form - 2 Oct 2007 (5 pages, MS Word)
• Australian Rotary Fund Scholarships for Rural Clinical School students - Posters - 2 Oct 2007 (2 pages, PDF)
• Position description for Director of Flinders University Rural Clinical School - 22 August 2007 (5 pages, PDF)
• Registration form. RCSWA Annual Scientific Meeting. 31 Aug - 2 Sept 2007. (1 page, PDF)
• Registration form. FRAME / RCSWA Medical Coordinators & Operational Managers Meeting. 29-30 August 2007 (1 page, PDF)
• Letter to all FRAME members from Monash School of Rural Health. May 2007 (1 page, PDF)
• Call for abstracts. RCS of WA - 2007 Annual Scientific Meeting. 31 Aug - 2 Sept 2007 (1 page, PDF)
• Final Agenda for FRAME meeting in Albury, 6 March 2007 (3 page, PDF)
• AMC accreditation of ACRRM announcement (2 pages, PDF)
• Launch of UDRH/RCS 'Opportunities...' publication on 28 Nov 06 (2 pages, PDF)
• Application form for Rotary Scholarships for RCS students 18 October 2006 (6 pages, Word document)
• ACRRM Forum - final program 10 October 2006 (7 pages, PDF)
• ACRRM Education and Training stream 10 October 2006 (2 pages, PDF)
• Rotary scholarships for RCS students 28 September 2006 (2 pages, PDF)
• ACRRM Selection Consultancy 28 September 2006 (3 pages, PDF)
• Minutes (draft) of FRAME meeting in Rockhampton (7 pages, Word doc)
• Link toRural and Remote Health article: "Development of a common national questionnaire to evaluate student perceptions about the Australian Rural Clinical Schools Program." (12 pages, PDF)
• Rockhampton - presentation by Prof John Humphreys June 2006 (31 pages, PDF)
• Rockhampton meeting agenda 9 June 2006 (1 page, PDF)
• Guidelines for using the FRAME email list 16 May 2006 (1 page, PDF)
• New RCS reporting template 10 April 2006 (4 pages, PDF)
• Minutes of FRAME meeting 12 October 2005 (7 pages PDF)
• Draft agenda for Adelaide meeting October 2005 (1 page PDF)
• RUSC Parameters and Draft Reporting Framework October 2005 (3 pages PDF)
• Heads of Rural Clinical Schools meeting June 2005 (7 pages PDF)
• Reporting framework - revised proposal (August 2005, 6 pages PDF)
• Submission re increased places rurally in PGYs 1 and 2 (August 2005, 4 pages PDF)
• Heads of Rural Clinical Schools meeting March 2005 (4 pages PDF)
• FRAME Reference Group minutes December 2004 (5 pages PDF)
• FRAME Reference Group minutes June 2004 (5 pages PDF)
• Draft constitution 5 (12 July 2004: 2 page PDF)
• PIP Teaching Payment (5 pages PDF)
• Medical Schools Outcomes Database proposal (24 page pdf)

This web page is maintained by David Badger Flinders University Rural Clinical School
Last updated: 9 September, 2008