UCRH News

Covid restrictions and the floods have made it a tricky couple of years for the Baribunmani Wanyi Ngay Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth program. In an effort to recover, the Aboriginal Health Team partnered up with the Regional Industry Education Partnerships (RIEP) Program to...

Griffith University Nutrition and Dietetics students have completed their 21-week long stay placement through the UCRH under the supervision of Clinical Educators, Nicola Buster, Bronwyn Morton and Narelle Greenlees. During their placement, students undertook placement blocks in Food Service Management, Medical Nutrition Therapy, Community and Public...

This week on placement Griffith University Occupational Therapy students and University of Sydney Physiotherapy students worked together in creating an interprofessional student led ‘Valentine’s Day Treasure Hunt’ at Whiddon residential aged care facility in Casino. Together the students collaborated with the Leisure and Wellbeing team at...

The UCRH Multidisciplinary Health Team welcomed Allied Health students across disciplines in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Medical Imaging, Nuclear Radiation, Pharmacy, Nursing and Social Work throughout January. Students arrived from the University of Sydney, University of Newcastle, University of Technology Sydney, Griffith...

In collaboration with the Clarence Health Service and University of Wollongong Clarence Valley regional Training Hub, we hosted a health careers day for 27 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students and staff from Grafton High School, South Grafton High School, Clarence Valley Anglican...

The University Centre for Rural Health wishes to acknowledge the vast contribution by Dr Stephen Moore as he retires from his role of Clinical Educator with Western Sydney University School of Medicine and the Lismore UCRH rural medical program. Dr Moore, a consultant physician, has been...

The UCRH teaching awards are a way of recognising and rewarding teaching and learning excellence within the UCRH. They are an opportunity to acknowledge the considerable time and effort many clinicians devote to enhancing the teaching and learning experience of our students and provide an...

Physiotherapy students on placement at the Lismore UCRH during 2021 are assisting in prototyping an exercise program that will be delivered in hundreds of residential aged care facilities (RACF) across 11 primary health networks (PHN), nationally. Students are testing resources designed to assist allied health...