Welcome to working in primary health care 

You are invited to learn more about improving the health of the community in which you will be working.

The Pathways to Rural and Remote Orientation and Training (PaRROT)  Flexible Learning site has been developed to provide orientation and training about your role, working with health care providers in the team, resources, and how to prevent and manage chronic disease using a primary health care approach. Working in primary health care and rural and remote health is both rewarding and challenging. We hope the experience is valuable for your professional and personal growth and that you find this resource useful. 

"Getting Started with PaRROT - User Manual"

(PDF 2.58MB)

An ENROLMENT KEY is required for all PaRROT training sessions. If you have not already done so, please complete the following Enrolment Quiz below to recieve your PaRROT enrolment key.

If you have already completed the Enrolment Quiz

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To continue your training please click on the buttons below

PaRROT has a Learning Community, which is a place for you to communicate with others and make general comments, queries and view announcements.

Your Learning Community

PaRROT offers flexible modes of delivery including:

• Online - self directed learning
• Workshop - facilitator training provided by PaRROT
• E-Manual - completion at own pace
• Workbook - completion at own pace
• Podcast - for use with personal audio devices
• DVD- self directed learning (internet access required)
• Text Reader - visually impaired users

The PaRROT team is based in Queensland Health's Office of Rural and Remote Health (Cairns) and is part of the Chronic Disease and Primary Health Care Governance Unit and Clinical Support Directorate. The content of the PaRROT program is supported by the Chronic Disease Strategy - Rural and Remote.

Please refer to the PaRROT framework document for more information.

Your feedback is important to us, so please forward any comments, queries or issues about the PaRROT eLearning site to parrot_contact@health.qld.gov.au email address.