Case studies of change--addressing family support needs of rural GPs
Juliet Willetts1, Helen Cheney, Erin Wilson
1Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales. praxis@ekno.com
Abstract:
The National Rural Faculty of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners received commonwealth funding between 2000-2002 to develop a rural medical family support project. There were three elements to this project: a counselling and communication skills or mentoring workshop for rural GP spouses in each state. The development of a resource kit of existing rural medical family support strategies, and the piloting of a range of strategies designed to address family support needs in collaboration with rural GPs, registrars and their families. This article focusses on the last of these three elements.
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