Case studies of change : addressing family support needs of rural GPs

Abstract

The National Rural Faculty of The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners received commonwealth funding between 2000&ndash;2002 to develop a rural medical family support project. There were three elements to this project: * a counselling and communication skills or &lsquo;mentoring&rsquo; workshop for rural GP spouses in each state * the development of a resource kit of existing rural medical family support strategies, and * the piloting of a range of strategies designed to address family support needs in collaboration with rural GPs, registrars and their families.This article focusses on the last of these three elements.<br /