the boot! wellington medical students’ rural interest club
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The BOOT!
Wellington Medical Students’ Rural Interest Club
2010
• Rural Week– Staff student debate– Mobile Surgical Bus Visit
• Wilderness/Rural GP Weekend• Wairarapa Road Trip• Other spontaneous talks/socials
Goal
• Pilot• To introduce medical students to rural and
wilderness medicine in a practical, scenario based way with support from stakeholder groups
Tutors
• University of Otago, Wellington– Jenny Visser, travel/wilderness doc
• Wairarapa Search and Rescue– Senior Segeant Murray Johnston
• Wairarapa GP’s– Dave Heard– Pete Morrison– Craig Cherry
• Paramedicine– Sam Clark
2011
• Rural GP/Wilderness Weekend• Rural Week• Other opportunities