Current Scholars
Join RAMUS on Facebook!
Joining the RAMUS Facebook group is a great way to stay connected with your RAMUS peers and to keep up-to-date with all the latest RAMUS happenings.
If you haven’t joined yet, but would like to please contact RAMUS at ramus@ruralhealth.org.au. Before requesting to join, please ensure you have read the Terms of Use.
Membership of the RAMUS Facebook group is voluntary. If you don’t wish to join, rest assured you won’t miss out on receiving information and news about RAMUS as we will continue to communicate with you through our usual channels.
Australian Journal of Rural Health
Current RAMUS scholars receive free online access to the Australian Journal of Rural Health (AJRH)
AJRH is a multidisciplinary refereed journal. It is peer reviewed and listed in Medline, as well as being covered by other major abstracting and indexing services. It provides research information, policy articles and reflections related to health care in rural and remote areas of Australia, and is an important publication vehicle for researchers and practitioners.
AJRH is listed in Thomson ISI with an impact factor of 1.343. The Journal is listed in the Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) 2012 journal list published by the Australian Research Council.
If you would like access to the AJRH please email us at ramus@ruralhealth.org.au
Indemnity and Insurance
We sometimes receive questions from scholars and mentors about indemnity and insurance arrangements for scholars planning or undertaking clinical activities associated with the RAMUS mentoring program.
RAMUS scholars are responsible for ensuring they have the appropriate indemnity insurance.
It is your responsibility as a RAMUS scholar to ensure that you have the appropriate indemnity insurance cover if you are undertaking supervised clinical activity as part of your RAMUS-related rural activities; for example, during visits to or placements with your RAMUS mentor.
Because such RAMUS activities may not form part of your formal university course and curriculum requirements, you should not assume that these activities are automatically covered by the university’s indemnity and insurance arrangements for medical students. You should check whether the planned activities are included in your university indemnity insurance cover.
You should also consider joining a medical defence organisation (MDO) that provides medical indemnity insurance. Several MDOs offer special insurance packages for medical students for free or at low cost. Among the MDOs are:
MDA http://www.mdanational.com.au/
AVANT http://www.avant.org.au/Become-a-Member/How-to-Join/Medical-Students/
This is not necessarily a complete list. The RAMUS Scheme does not recommend or endorse any MDO or insurance policy. The Australian Medical Students’ Association or your university’s medical students’ club may be able to give you more information about medical student insurance packages.
Medical practices or health services at which you intend to undertake supervised clinical activity may ask you to provide evidence of your indemnity insurance cover.
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Email: ramus@ruralhealth.org.au
