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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 integral in medical education

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 appropriate forum in which to

For the last 4 weeks I have been assisting in the Northern NSW COVID-19 vaccination effort. Throughout this experience I have had the amazing opportunity to assist in many roles including administration, post immunisation observation, gaining informed consent, submitting vaccination evidence, drawing up vaccines and vaccinating. I have spent days

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 professionals to implement the Sunbeam

In the third week of January we welcomed the 2021 cohort of Year 3 Medical Students to Bundjalung Country as they commence their year-long placement in Lismore. This year, many of our students had been in the Northern Rivers for less than two days, and it was a great opportunity

Congratulations to the team of UCRH Aboriginal staff whose exceptional work has been recognised with a University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor’s Award in the category of Outstanding Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion. View the nomination here.

Thanks to Speech Pathology student, Jenelle, for providing us with a reflection of her recent placement experience. I had the honour and privilege to spend the morning with the dental students from the University of Sydney as they conducted dental checks with residents from an aged care facility in Ballina.

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 from across New South

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 experience and their positive impact

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 views to the ocean. The

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 the skills of self-compassion, might

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 trip north to Lismore