Remote and rural health care is a tough business.

For the clinicians who provide care to people outside our cities and big regional centres, the hours can be long, and the work challenging and stressful.

One minute, someone requires a standard consultation or treatment, the next minute comes the call for help from someone experiencing a serious medical emergency.

But it’s hoped a collaboration between Queensland’s North West Hospital and Health Service and the Royal Flying Doctor Service might help better prepare young doctors for the realities of working in remote Australia.