Information technology is now so critical for training, assessing, supporting and educating rural doctors it has become a compulsory subject for medical students at James Cook University. Rural, Remote, Indigenous and Tropical Health (RRITH) provides second-year students with theoretical training that underpins their 20 weeks of rural placements to be undertaken across years two, four, and six.
Professor Tarun Sen Gupta, ACRRM Fellow and Professor of Health Professional Education at JCU, leads the 'IT in Rural Practice' sessions, which is facilitated via the College's Online Services virtual classroom.
"We navigate through RRMEO," he explains.