Rural Doctors Association Victoria :: Female Practitioners

Female Practitioners

RDAV is hugely concerned to promote and support the entry of female GPs in to the rural medical workforce. There are several hundred or more females working in Victorian rural medical practice and in the future the proportion will steadily rise to at least 50% of the total workforce. The mechanics of rural practice will have to change to accommodate the needs of females.

How Can RDAV Help You?

It is hoped that, despite the constraints of family life, ways will be found to help you participate in emergency and procedural work to enable remaining country hospitals to continue to operate, and in particular for birthing services to continue. RDAV recognises the greater difficulty that female GPs often have in establishing themselves in and continuing rural practice.

RDAV recognises the continuing adaptation that will have to be made to achieve the above. The process will work much more effectively if there is internal debate and the working out of solutions to be pursued by rural doctors themselves. We lobby hard and effectively for solutions when they are needed.

Please give us an earful over any of your concerns. We can't always do something but will if we can.

Female Committee members

Nola Maxfield (Wonthaggi 5762 1333) and
Sue Harrison (Echuca 5480 6001)

The following group currently exists to provide representation for female rural medical practitioners

Female Doctors Group of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA)

Aim

Contribute to RDAA's work in promoting the maintenance and expansion of a highly skilled and motivated medical rural workforce adequately supported and remunerated to provide quality medical care to the people of rural and remote Australia.

Objective

Ensure that RDAA and the serving committees and participatory forums on which it is represented give due consideration to and advice on gender and gender issues as a very significant factor in the changing needs and aspirations of the current and future rural and remote medical workforce.

Anyone interested in joining the group please contact Linda Huf on email: office@rdaa.com.au or phone: 02 6273 9303