Recently, the UCRH was invited to host a plenary session ‘Future proofing rural health in the climate crisis: what are we learning about inequity?’ at this year’s Rural Health and Research Congress in Lismore. Our session was attended by about 60 health service professionals and researchers...
Speech pathology students, on placements at Residential Aged Care Facilities, frequently face confronting challenges, such as, the progression of horrendous diseases like dementia, Motor Neuron Disease and Parkinson’s Disease and coming to terms with ‘end of life’ support. Below is a reflection about students’ recent...
The new cohort of WSU students commenced their 12-month placement in early July 2019. It was a very busy first week for them including a two-day cultural immersion. This year we held the immersion in Alstonville, in a quiet setting, surrounded by lush gardens and...
During 2017-18, the North Coast Primary Health Network funded UCRH to trial compassion focused therapy (CFT) with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients. My colleague on the project, Natalie Roxburgh, and I reasoned that CFT, which is focused on counteracting feelings of shame by developing...
Six months into our medical degrees we didn’t anticipate that we would be removing sutures, shadowing ward rounds, cutting out skin cancers and detecting heart murmurs; but on this rural taster – that is what we did, plus so much more. Four of us made the...
We all have ambitions to become one thing or another; here at Richmond River we have 16 young aspiring students looking to have a career in the Health and Medical industry. RRHC students attended the annual “Do you want to be a Health Professional” day,...
REACH Collaborators: Prof Jude Robinson, University of Liverpool, Dr Laura Jones, University of Birmingham, Dr Jo Longman, University Centre for Rural Health, A/Prof Megan Passey, University Centre for Rural Health. For children, the primary source of second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure is their home. Nearly 45 percent...
Since January this year the UCRH Murwillumbah Campus has facilitated the placements of 67 University of Sydney Physiotherapy students in local aged care facilities. During the five-week placement, students have improved their clinical and communication skills through their interactions with residents and Supervisors. At weekly general...
So you know we have allied health students in pre-schools, schools and aged care facilities, right? Well, now we are sending them to university for their placement. Sound odd? Not really, and we are very excited that University of Sydney (USyd) Exercise Physiology (EP) students are undertaking...
Smoke from land clearing fires particularly in Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia, often leads haze pollution over large parts of Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Southern Thailand. Despite the fact that the Southeast Asian haze episodes are extensive and recurrent, the small number...