The Toronto Star has written a story and an editorial on the students plight. M will not do call nor put in a chest tube for you telemedicine has been shown to be useful for routine long distance psychiatry and dermatology. The same facilities will also be used for distance educational programming for professional and community groups. The Rural Doctors Association of Australia has released details of a relative value study done on rural practice. Complex medical patients, High level of non face to face work specialist liaison, teleconferencing, few allied health professionals, family members non remunerated work Lower referral rates when treating more serious conditions.
Patient management requires more indirect work and time from practitioner.
Higher skill level. The demonstrated commitment to after hours care. More complex drugs prescribed and initiated by rural GPs. Greater non face to face time in rural consultation hospital committee, population health work and greater complexity.