New students transition to tertiary study
The 'Sven's Swim' scenario
New MBBS students learned personal and professional strategies at the MBBS Year 1 Transition Program to help them make the change from secondary school to tertiary study.
The program was run on 27 and 28 February at Clayton and the School of Rural Health actively participated in the program again. Professor Judi Walker provided an introduction to rural health and a rural Problem Based Learning (PBL) session provided the new-to-course students with their first such experience. Year 5 tutors facilitated a scenario called ‘Sven’s Swim’ (a near-drowning event in Mildura) and the visiting staff added a rural perspective and assisted with the clinical skills component.
Staff from the School of Rural Health units including Deborah Hewetson (Bairnsdale), Alda Dunlop (Sale), Claire Akers (Latrobe Valley), Jenny Timmis (Mildura) and Geoff Solarsh (Bendigo) kindly gave their time and actively participated in group sessions.
Geoff Solarsh also presented a ‘Welcome to Extended Rural Cohort (ERC) session at lunch to our new ERC students. Some previous students attended this session and shared some great stories. This was followed by a lovely lunch for all our ERC students and helpers.