This area of medical science concerns with providing medical aid and services to the patients, and especially the rural communities in certain manner, that includes special and distinct skills, practices, professional values and ethical values. The area does not only spread the medical aid through highly developed clinics and well organized communities, in fact, they work in many diverse forms, such as small clinics, camp facilities, jail trips, aboriginal and native lands visits, roadside set ups and tele or e- services.
Besides more critical medical aids like surgeries, treatments and diagnosis, these services also work on suggestions and advisory levels, to the patients. The practitioners who achieve great heights in serving the community under, the specific standards of the area, are awarded with many fellowships and prizes.
Accreditation of the College:
ACRRM has been accredited by AMC, Australian Medical Council, which assesses all the training and experimental programs in the medical area. The accreditation earned in 2007 was partial and only made the college a member of the AMC unit, but with complete accreditation in 2011, it has become an active participant in the research and development in rural medicine.
Various Programs offered by the College in the area are:
1.Prevocational Programs: Under this medical students and junior doctors interact with ACRRM mentors.
2.Vocational Training: This earns a student , a fellowship to ACRRM.
3.Professional Development Program: Allows you to research and gain knowledge in rural medicine.
4.IMG Program: The International Medical Graduates help the students to practice in Australia, as well as outside.
The various courses that ACRRM offer in the area of remote medicine are:
- REST: Rural Emergency Skills Training, is a short, two day long certificate course.
- Dermatology: Certificate in Primary Care
- Autism Spectrum Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
- Ultrasound Programs
- Mental Health
- Advanced Life Support Courses
- Cultural Awareness
Resources of the College:
Australian Health Survey (AHS), GP Fact Sheet:
The college possesses the Australian nationals' health survey list, through which the students can work better in their research and analysis.
Natural Disasters, Readiness and Recovery:
In case of natural emergencies or calamities, better results to save lives and properties can be accomplished, through thorough practice and training in the area.
RRMEO, Online Learning and Networking:
The distance learning mode has been organized by the College for all those students who cannot afford to be in the campus college, either because of geographical restrictions or financial constraints.
Rural Clinical Guidelines for PDAs:
All important clinical guidelines of the college can be downloaded for public access into various formats easily.
News on ACRRM:
- New health services can be accessed from ACRRM through tele services.
- The winter New Year holidays will start from 23rd December and continue till 3rd January.
- An advanced Specialized Training Curricula has been launched for the supervisors and teaching posts.
- MCQ Exam enrollment has been extended to the last day of 2011.
- IMG is conducting pre-employment interviews, and the fellow students are invited to become panelists.
Scholarships and Awards:
- Awards: This college grants a number of awards and scholarships like ACRRM Awards, RAMUS Scholarships, Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship, AMA Women in Medicine Award and John Flynn Scholarship to the appropriate trainees.
- Life Fellowship: For the fellows who have shown outstanding services in the area, and towards the college, this is the highest honor for those. The honor can be given to 10 people at a time.
- Honorary Fellowship: This honor is given to medical or non- medical people who have contributed, somehow or other, in the promotion of the institution. The honor can be given to 20 people at a time.
- Honorary Membership: This membership is awarded to members or non members for exceptional services to the college and to the concerned medical field.
- Peter Graham ' Cohuna' Award: The award is given to students or faculty members who have helped the institution with expert and beneficial advocacy and services.
- RDAA/ ACRRM Rural Registrar of the Year: This title and prize money of $2,000 is conferred upon the outstanding Registrar who has dedicated himself to the advancement of his committees and their health,.
- Distinguished Service Awards: This award is given to those students, members and non members who have contributed in any way, in the Rural and Remote Medicine in the rural community.
- ACRRM President's Rural Student Prize: This prize is awarded to any one student member of the Rural Student Club, for his contribution.
Additional Features of ACCRM:
- There are many government legislation and Australian Medical Council's rules and regulations that the college has to abide by, in order to continue having its accreditation.
- In order to keep a legal membership of ACCRM and the concerned medical field, the members and students also have to abide by the legislation rules formed by medical authorities of the Australian government.
- A major section and effort of the college is devoted to the promotion of, otherwise not very popular , Rural and Remote Medicine.
- The College has special features for its members as well, like an access to free downloading of the clinical guidelines, of online learning and tele medicine, networking and professional opportunities, and even write feedback of their experience with ACCRM.
- The professional members, who are working on somewhat higher level , have the facility and authority to mentor a fresh student or a junior doctor.
Types of Membership: Two types of memberships of the organization are further divided into various branches. You can choose your area.
Ordinary Membership:
- Full Time
- Part Time
- Group Practice
- Joint (Couples)
- International
- Registrar
- IMG on Specialist or Competent Authority Pathway
- Resident or International Extended Leave
- Medical Retiree
Associate Membership:
1-Corporate
2-Health Professional
3-Student
RRMEO: Distance Education by ACRRM
Rural and Remote Medical Online Education, is the first of its kind, as it is a platform , where rural doctors have an access to learn more about their field through online means. Through powerful scientific and technological tools and aid, the people can have an access of and interaction with ACCRM faculties, organizers, and other requirements.
Various online courses offered by RRMEO:
All the courses that the college provide on a regular basis, are under the online programs as well, though the students will get a degree, certifying that the student have gone through online education. The online certifications and learning of these courses, all can be conveniently accessed by being a member of the ACCRM community, online.
Other features of RRMEO: Through this online mode of education, the students or practitioners can have various benefits to improve their prospects and to learn, updated or revised details of their subject. These benefits are,
- Full Time
- Part Time
- Group Practice
- Joint (Couples)
- International
- Registrar
- IMG on Specialist or Competent Authority Pathway
- Resident or International Extended Leave
- Medical Retiree
Collaboration of ACCRM:
The College , being a unique reputed institution in its area, is associated with many private and government establishments, to give aid to, and to get aid from, in terms of monetary help, sponsorship, promotion and stability. These are various private and public sectors, academic sectors, commercial and community organizations. The college also welcomes interested sponsorships, partnerships, related training program proposals, and beneficial joint ventures. These collaborations not only help the college to flourish, but also help the students and professionals to improve their career prospects.
The career prospects of RRM field are:
- Director of Education, who takes care of the clinical and advisory suggestions in the academic institution, and all the reforms of academics as well.
- Senior Consultant: Emergency Department, will look after the patients and officers treatment and work, respectively in the medical organization.
- General Practitioner, the one who operates and assess the medical situation.
- Medical Director/ Coordinating Doctor/ Medical Assistance, the one who assists during operations and treatments with tools, techniques and diagnosis.
- Staff Specialists, who takes care of the maintenance of the organization and its members, and also their professional requirements.
- Medical Superintendent and Medical Officer with Right of Private Practice, the one who takes care of all the major decisions of the organization, and also help with emergency supervision in treatments.
- Specialist Obstetrician and Gynecologist, the one who is a part of the medical team who handles specialized areas like these.
