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A range of student placements are available in Warragul for medical, nursing and allied health students.
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Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine (MD)
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Year 2 medical students are offered the opportunity to take part in a one-week rural placement as part of the Monash MD program. Placements occur during Semesters 1 and 2.
If you complete your Year 2 placement in Warragul, your week will be spent shadowing a local GP, touring West Gippsland Health Service and getting a taste of what the region has to offer.
"The program was a good opportunity to get some exposure to placements before Year 3. Being placed in a rural community is also quite appealing now as I like that it's a small community and hospital, allowing doctors especially GPs to build more rapport with regular patients."
Sadhana Sughesh
Year 2 Rural Placement Warragul, 2023
Year 3B is your first year of hospital-based training. In Warragul, this will be based at West Gippsland Healthcare Group.
Over the academic year (36 weeks), medical students undertake blocks of clinical rotations, as well as learning activities at Monash Rural Health Warragul - such as clinical skill workshops and small group tutorials.
In Warragul, 4C students will undertake one 18-week regional hospital placement at West Gippsland Healthcare Group in either Semester 1 or 2. This placement includes rotations in obstetrics and gynaecology, children's health and psychiatry.
4C medical students will also undertake one 18-week rural practice community rotation in West Gippsland, where you will be placed in a general practice clinic in Drouin, Morwell, Trafalgar, Warragul or Yarragon.
Year 5D is structured as a series of six 6-week clinical rotations, transitioning you into the clinical workplace as a trainee intern. Students are able to undertake either a full year or one semester in Warragul.
5D core rotations available in Warragul are:
Scholarly Intensive Placements in Warragul are based in West Gippsland Health Service in a range of areas such as emergency, medical or surgical units.
Speciality rotations available in Warragul are:
The Gippsland Regional Training Hub supports medical students and junior doctors to live, work and train in Warragul and across Gippsland in the early stages of their career.
Contact the Hub to learn about what training pathways are available in Gippsland, and how they can help you reach your career goals.
Nursing, pharmacy and allied health
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There are a range of placement opportunities across our rural sites for nursing, allied health and pharmacy students.
If you would like to go to Warragul, please speak about this with your placement coordinator.
Research degrees
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At Monash Rural Health in Warragul, you have the option to undertake research degrees specialising in rural health.
If you want to add a research component to your Doctor of Medicine or Bachelor of Biomedical Science degree, Monash Rural Health offers a one-year honours program exploring clinical or data-driven projects.
Monash Rural Health supports and assists graduate research students to undertake either a PhD or Masters by Research in a relevant topic of their choosing.