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Skills that stick for Aboriginal health workers
Supporting the rural health workforce development of our region was front and centre during a series of Aboriginal Health Worker workshops that wrapped at our Simulation Centre in Lismore this week. Run across four sessions, the program brought together Aboriginal Health Workers from across the Northern Rivers to build practical
Skills that stick for Aboriginal health workers
Supporting the rural health workforce development of our region was front and centre during a series of Aboriginal Health Worker workshops that wrapped at our Simulation Centre in Lismore this week. Run across four sessions, the program brought together Aboriginal Health Workers from across the Northern Rivers to build practical
Skills that stick for Aboriginal health workers
Supporting the rural health workforce development of our region was front and centre during a series of Aboriginal Health Worker workshops that wrapped at our Simulation Centre in Lismore this
Reimagining ageing and preventing dementia
Our latest forum brings together rural health research and real-world experience to tackle one of Australia’s biggest challenges, how we support people to age well. Next Wednesday, 1 July (10am-12.30pm),
Students step into future health careers
Around 60 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from across the Northern Rivers gathered at the UCRH in Lismore today, stepping into hands-on training sessions designed to spark interest in
All in for Indigenous research
Last week UCRH brought people together for a powerful day of rural health research at the UCRH Indigenous Research Symposium, held during Reconciliation Week under the theme All In. The
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Last week we were very happy to celebrate the great achievement of the fourth year University of Sydney medical students (nearly) completing their final teaching year. We also took the opportunity to acknowledge the important contribution of our clinical supervisors through our annual UCRH Teaching Awards. Thank you to the
We recently hosted an infectious disease training course for pharmacists. Fourteen hospital pharmacists attended from Lismore, Ballina and our MPS sites. The training was endorsed by the Society of Hospital Pharmacists Australia. A Specialist pharmacist (Antimicrobial Stewardship, Antibiotic Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Sarah Risdale – Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital)
The annual World Dentist Day is not only an opportunity to promote dental health, but also a great chance to promote dentistry and oral health courses to local high school students At our recent High School Day promoting health careers to year 11 students and careers advisors from 12 local
We are pleased to announce that the UCRH proudly endorses a yes vote for the upcoming referendum concerning the Voice to Parliament initiative. Aboriginal members of staff have crafted the following statement of support, with the full support of our Management Group: The University Centre for Rural Health supports a
WellMob, a one-stop digital library of social and emotional wellbeing content made for and by our diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples had created a new resource with tips for self-care in the lead-up to the referendum on the Voice to Parliament. This resource sheet for community has practical
The MOHMQuit team are delighted to announce that Julie Dorling and Madeline Hubbard- our Partner Investigators from the Western NSW LHD – recently won a combined nomination for the Western NSW Clinical Researcher of the Year! They received their award at the Western NSW Health Research Network WHRN2023 Research Symposium
No, this isn’t Grey’s Anatomy training, this is Grey Patient Scenario training! Our fifth-year medical students from Western Sydney University recently participated in their first Grey Patient Scenario session with Dr Martin Duffy, FACEM and UCRH Lismore Critical Care Academic Lead. What is a Grey Patient Scenario (GPS) you ask?
New retrieval doctors at Lismore Base Hospital have started an intense training journey. Following a week of pre-hospital training in Sydney, it was time for them to sharpen their inter-hospital skills, simulating the critical care emergencies that the doctor/critical care paramedic team faces. Using our Simulation Centre, the new doctors
Best of luck to the four UCRH team members headed to Canada in coming days to attend the Healing Our Spirit Worldwide Gathering in Vancouver, Canada. Healing Our Spirit Worldwide brings together Indigenous people from around the world every four years. This is the ninth gathering and will see around
UCRH, in collaboration with Northern NSW Local Health District and the North Coast Allied Health Association, recently held two half-day workshops for local allied health professionals. The workshops were focused on trauma informed care and covered trauma Informed health care delivery, impacts and strategies around vicarious trauma and clinician wellbeing.
Our Simulation Centre team and regular users of our new Sim Man recently participated in a Virtual Instructor Lead Training (VILT) session. The session was designed to help everyone discover the additional functionalities of our new Sim Man. Staff from Lismore Base Hospital were given a one-on-one introduction to Sim
Two of our third year University of Sydney occupational therapy students, Vicky and Naomi, reflect on their recent placement at Harwood Island Public School, including introducing the kids to Mindfulness Mondays! We consider ourselves incredibly fortunate to have had the privilege of spending eight weeks at Harwood Island Public School,
