The BOOT!

Wellington Medical Students’ Rural Interest Club

2010

• Rural Week– Staff student debate– Mobile Surgical Bus Visit

• Wilderness/Rural GP Weekend• Wairarapa Road Trip• Other spontaneous talks/socials

Goal

• Pilot• To introduce medical students to rural and

wilderness medicine in a practical, scenario based way with support from stakeholder groups

Tutors

• University of Otago, Wellington– Jenny Visser, travel/wilderness doc

• Wairarapa Search and Rescue– Senior Segeant Murray Johnston

• Wairarapa GP’s– Dave Heard– Pete Morrison– Craig Cherry

• Paramedicine– Sam Clark

2011

• Rural GP/Wilderness Weekend• Rural Week• Other opportunities