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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 the rural health workforce and open doors to future careers in health. Students from Banora Point High School, Byron Bay
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 the rural health workforce and open doors to future careers in health. Students from Banora Point High School, Byron Bay
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
Global visitors explore simulation in Lismore
A recent visit to the University Centre for Rural Health shows how rural health education in Australia can lead on the world stage. As part of the 2026 Laerdal Simulation
Study tracks disaster impacts on communities
New rural health research is shedding light on what happens to our connections with each other when disasters keep hitting the same place. Dr Rebecca McNaught from UCRH is a
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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,
Research just published in Medical Education delves into the experience of medical students who volunteered their time and skills when a regional town experience disaster, drawing important insights around their motivations and mental health implications. When major floods devastated the Northern Rivers last year, a large group of medical students
It was a busy day at UCRH yesterday as high school students from across the region descended on our Lismore campus to learn more about a career in health. Around 60 Year 11 students (and their careers advisors) from Summerland Christian College, St Johns Woodlawn, Kadina High School, Alstonville High
