Laptops move to specialist schools
The Gippsland Medical School has now donated 44 laptops to various community agencies throughout Gippsland, including specialist schools Cooinda Hill, Headway, Baringa School and Moe Life Skills.
The laptops were on loan to the 2008 and 2009 cohort of Year A medical students who have since graduated as junior doctors. When the laptops were returned to the school, a decision was made to donate the restored laptops to interested community agencies.
These agencies form an integral part of the Community Based Practice Program where students spend time working with clients and learn about many of the social issues, policies and health interventions occurring in the rural area.
Students work interprofessionally with agency staff, who work hard to ensure that the placements are a beneficial learning experience for them. The school was therefore delighted to be able to assist them with these donations.
The laptops have been greatly appreciated by the agencies and by the clients themselves. Alyson Walsh from Cooinda Hill said: “We are really thrilled with the laptops, they just open up so many doors for the people we support to access information. We also get a lot out of having the medical students here.”
A personal thank you note was also received from a client at Headway who received a laptop. These laptops have had an interesting journey!
Dr. Marg Simmons presents a laptop to Alyson Walsh of Cooinda Hill