Welcome to the first time ever comprehensive online package for new doctors joining rural health in the Eastern Cape. This is a partnership with Walter Sisulu University (WSU) and Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP).
Scroll down to the bottom to complete your registration. You can join anytime during the 6 weeks course running from 8 Feb 2021 until 22 March 2021 and we will send you links to all the material you may have missed.

COURSE STRUCTURE
A clearly designed 6 week curriculum with a hybrid of teaching methodology
Weekly recommended online pre-recorded webinars, training videos, training presentations and online courses that can be done at home at a time that suits you.
Interactive Zoom sessions on Monday evenings (with occasional additional
sessions) that will cover FAQ and top tips on the materials you had covered.
All Zoom sessions will be recorded and will be made available online.
Access to the weekly WSU Family Medicine tutorials. These are recorded and available to watch anytime.
Weekly recommendations for specific guidelines, polices, protocols and tools useful to your daily work.
Introduction to key mentors and experts that can provide ongoing support as the course progresses

Week 1: HIV and TB
Week 2: Maternal health
Week 3: Neonatal Health and Paediatrics
Week 4: Anaesthetics, Trauma and Orthopaedics
Week 5: Thriving in rural health care, preventing burn-out & Mental health Week 6: Patient centred care

THIS COURSE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
We are receiving excellent feedback from our rural network of clinicians on useful information to add. We will be updating our materials and links on a weekly basis.
This course will continue to be available online and free to use by any new clinicians to the ECDOH throughout 2021.
Although this program caters for new professionals we are very happy for existing colleagues to participate in topics they feel would be useful. (including e.g. interns and students)

For more info about the programme contact Dr Madeleine Muller mentor@rudasa.org.za

The RuDASA On-boarding online portal
We are in the process of developing a clearly structured portal that will house the complete six weeks program on the membership section of the RuDASA website. As we are designing this program on the fly, we will be continually adding useful resources. By the end of the six weeks there will be complete online program available for any new clinicians that join in 2021 and for you to refer to when needed.

Please encourage your colleagues to join us! We are also open to requests, input and feedback.

The portal will be available to rural health care workers that have joined any of the rural health network organisations.

We are privileged in South Africa to have a large network of clinicians passionate about rural health care.  One can easily feel isolated working in a small peripheral facility and yet there may be a clinician at the next hospital happy to give advice or support.

Out of a need for networking, support and advocacy several excellent voluntary organisations have been created among the different health care worker cadres in South Africa. The Rural Health Advocacy project provides support on advocacy for all of these groups. Below are the contact details of partners in the rural health network.

http://www.rudasa.org.za/join/apply-for-membership/sign-up
https://www.ruresa.com/become-a-member.html
https://web.facebook.com/ClinicalAssociatesRSA/?_rdc=1&_rdr
https://web.facebook.com/RuralNursingSA/?_rdc=1&_rdr