Profs Sarah & Roger Strasser - Adventures in Rural Health Education & Research
Rural Road to Health
Prof Sarah Strasser and Prof Roger Strasser, a trailblazing couple in the world of rural health, rural health research and rural medical education. Episode summary: 01.15 Sarah and Roger share how they became interested in rural health and some key highlights from their careers 15.30 What did they find most rewarding about living and working in rural areas and what was challenging? 20.50 How did they balance all their different roles with their family life? 29.30 What have been the most important research projects that they have worked on? 51.30 What...
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Prof Bill Ventres - Healthcare on the Margins & Storylines of Family Medicine
Rural Road to Health
Prof Bill Ventres is a family physician, medical anthropologist and (recentrly retired) Distinguished Chair of Rural Family Medicine at the University of Arkansas in the USA. Episode Summary: 1.30 Bill tells us about his professional background and how he became interested in rural health 04.30 What made him choose to live in El Salvador? 09.30 What has he most enjoyed about living and working in rural areas? What did he find most challenging? 13.45 What is Arkansas like, what is the context there like? 19.00 Storylines of Family Medicine - why did he...
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Heather Sherriffs & Dan Martin - ScotGEM & Rural Training on the Orkney Islands
Rural Road to Health
Heather Sherriffs & Dan Martin are medical students on the ScotGEM training pathway. They share their experience of graduate entry medical training in Scotland, their placement on the Orkney Islands and how this is shaping their thoughts about their future careers. Episode summary: 01.15 Heather and Dan tell us a bit about their professional backgrounds and how they got interested in rural health 03.30 What have they found most rewarding about working in a rural setting? What has been most challenging? 06.45 What is ScotGEM? 09.30 What opportunities does...
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Dr Iva Petricusic - Rural Health in Croatia
Rural Road to Health
is a rural family doctor form Croatia. She is the vice chair of the young doctor committee of the Croatian Medical Chamber and a coordinating member of EUROPREV. Episode summary: 01.15 Iva tells us about her professional background and how she became interested in rural health 03.15 What does she most enjoy about living and working in a rural area? What is most challenging? 07.45 What are the characteristics of the place and community where she works? 13.00 How is primary care organized in Croatia? 17.15 How is family medicine...
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Prof Bruce Chater - A Story of Rural Generalism
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Prof. Bruce Chater is a rural generalist, Head of the Mayne Academy of Rural and Remote Medicine Clinical Unit in Queensland, Australia, and the Chair of Rural WONCA. Episode summary: 01.15 Prof Chater tell us about his professional background and how he became interested in rural health 05.50 What has he most enjoyed about living and working in rural area and what has been challenging? 11.20 Prof Chater tells us how he has contributed to the development of rural practice and rural medical education in Queensland 16.40 What is it like to be in rural...
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Ashley Lambert - Rural Health in Medical Education: RHiME
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Ashley Lambert is a medical student from the University of Swansea in Wales who is currently on the Rural Health in Medical Education track (RHiME). Episode summary: 01.05 Ashley tells us about her background how she became interested in rural health 02.33 What does she most enjoy about working in a rural area, what does she find most challenging? 08.40 What is RHiME at Swansea University? How is it different from the standard medical curriculum? 17.50 Do they have opportunities to connect with other professions? 19.00 How is she involved in...
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Dr Jane George - Recruitment and Retention of Rural Allied Health Professionals
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is a health workforce consultant and academic from New Zealand, specialising in rural workforce and the Allied Health, Scientific, and Technical professions. Episode summary: 01.00 Jane introduces herself using a traditional way 03.10 Jane tells her about how she became interested in rural health 07.15 What does she find most enjoyable about rural areas and what she finds most challenging? 12.50 Why did she decide to focus her research on the rural health workforce and allied health professionals? 15.30 What kind of roles do allied health...
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A/Prof Malin Fors - Geographical Narcissism & Potato Ethics
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is a psychotherapist, author and Associate Professor at the Arctic University in Norway. Her reserach focuses on power dynamics between rural and urban areas. Episode Summary: 01.00 Dr Fors tells us about her professional background and interest in rural health 03. 25 What does she most enjoy about rural settings and what does she find most challenging? 05.45 How are challenges different for people living in rural areas regarding mental health? 09.30 What is “Potato Ethics”? 12.45 How does potato ethics show itself in rural healthcare...
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Satu Pirskanen - Rural Elderly Care in Finland
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Satu Pirskanen is a nurse and Project Manager at the Savonia University of Applied Sciences in Finland. Episode summary: 01.05 Satu tells us about her professional background and how she became interested in rural health 03.05 What does she find most enjoyable about living and working in a rural area and what does she find most challenging? 04.12 How is primary care and community care organized in Finland? 08.00 What are the main challenges facing rural communities regarding their health and wellbeing? 12.15 What is the Attraction in Elderly Care Project?...
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The Virtual Health Hub - Saskatchewan, Canada
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In this episode with hear from the team of the in Saskatchewan, Canada: Dr Ivar Mendez, Dr John Michael Stevens, Dr Victoria Sparrow-Downes and Joey Deason. Episode summary: 01.25 Our guest introduce themselves and tell us about their professional background and their interest in rural health 05.26 They share what they most enjoy about living and working in a rural area, and what they find most challenging. 10.15 What is Saskatchewan like? 13.08 What is the Virtual Health Hub? 15.12 How does th Indigenous perspective and culture impact the work...
info_outlineDr Juan Barranco is a rural family medicine doctor from Spain. He is a member of the EURIPA International Advisory Board and a member of the rural section of SemFYC an organization for family doctors in Spain
Episode Summary:
00.49 Could you tell us about your background and how you became involved in rural health?
02.45 How is primary care in rural areas organized in Spain?
05.41 Who are the members of the primary care team?
08.54 What are some of the challenges faced by rural communities in Spain regarding healthcare?
11:04 Does Spain have rural training pathways for students and clinicians?
15.18 Could you tell us more about how the rural health group within semFYC?
You hold a rural health conference every year, could you tell us more about the next conference that will be held in October this year?
20.33 You hold a rural health conference every year, could you tell us more about the next conference that will be held in October this year?
23.05 What do you enjoy most about being a rural family doctor?
25.56 What are your top 3 tips for people thinking about a career in rural health?
Key Messages:
Primary care in Spain is organized by the public administration, there are 17 regions. As a doctor you compete with other doctors for positions that are available and according to this you are allocated to a particular location. Not many doctors compete to work in rural areas. There are places in rural areas that are missing family physicians.
In Andalucia there are challenges and there is a lack of health workers in rural areas. Spanish doctors are moving to other countries in Europe and there are doctors from abroad, from South America, coming to work in rural areas of Spain.
Varied population for which he provides care which includes a lot of complexity- for local communities, local care homes, and migrants that have moved to the area.
Students and trainees are exposed to the complexity of care provided in rural areas and the types of challenges and problems that rurality brings.
Rural experiences for medical students are not very common in Spain. There is limited education on primary care as medical education is very hospital centric. The only exposure to rural medicine is during family medicine training as every trainee needs to spend time in a rural setting.
There are no current support networks for doctors choosing to work as a rural family medicine doctor.
Adapted training for rural areas depends on individual tutors that trainees have exposure to. There is not a standard curriculum for rural skills.
The rural section in SemFYC aims to promote rural medicine, organize an annual rural forum, provide rural specific training and support for rural clinicians.
The annual rural health forums have more than 300 GPs. There is a revival happening in rural medicine in Spain as doctors are looking for places where they can practice real family medicine.
This year's forum is planned for October in Trujillo and will have a focus on mental health. They are inviting organizations of rural women as these associations are very active in community life.
What does Juan like the most about being a rural doctor? Being a generalist and dealing with complexity.
What does he find most challenging as a rural doctor? To stay connected with others. There are 50 people working in the health center but most days he is working on his own with his nurse.
Top tips for people thinking about a rural health career: 1) Every doctor could develop a high quality career in a rural setting, 2) Be brave and step out of the mainstream especially if you are young and exploring options for your career, 3) take the opportunity to discover rural medicine.
Rural Health Conference in October 2024: https://jornadasrural.semfyc.es/
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