Rural Academic General Practice

Pictured standing near the main entrance of the new practice are Stevie-Lee White and Dr Greville Wood.

Introduction

This page introduces the vision, key objectives and benefits of this ground-breaking new project called the Rural Academic General Practice. It also contains useful resources and links to matters related to this project.

Vision

The WCDHB's vision of becoming a centre of excellence for rural health means we are leading the way in our developments on how rural health is delivered.

The co-location of our General Practice at Grey Base Hospital and the integration of Rural Nurse Training, Rural Hospital Medical and General Practice training are a first in New Zealand.

Key Objectives

The rural academic practice has three key objectives

First and principally, to provide comprehensive primary health services to an enrolled population both urban based as well as in rural community outposts
Secondly, to demonstrate by trial and development, potential sustainable models of care in primary practice utilising the range of available professional knowledge and skills and
Thirdly, to provide adjunct clinical teaching and supervision for rural and generalist practitioners undertaking academic clinical development pathways