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Improving healthcare and health outcomes for rural and remote communities in New Zealand and the wider South Pacific

With a focus on rural health research, Otago Medical School's Rural Postgraduate Programme provides postgraduate education for generalist doctors working in rural general practice and hospitals.

Rural postgraduate education

This programme offers several postgraduate courses to rural GPs and clinicians:

Continuing medical education (CME)

This programme runs regular continuing medical education events aimed at doctors involved in rural generalist practice.

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Research

The research interests of faculty include disparities in rural vs urban health outcomes and access to services, diagnostic services in rural areas and rural health professional education and vocational training.

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