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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

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, this is organised by Connect

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 of rural households with

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 and clinical debriefs, students

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 their placement at

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 of studies that have examined

  The UCRH Simulation team has piloted a newly developed Renal Simulation course designed with a specific focus on providing a unique method of learning and development to specialist nursing teams in haemodialysis. Ten nurses from Lismore Base hospital and the Ballina District hospital participated in one of the two

  The UCRH recently hosted the Health Collaboration Challenge, an exciting interdisciplinary initiative developed by the University of Sydney. There were 53 students across medicine and allied health from eight universities working in multidisciplinary teams and showcasing their creative skills to solve a complex patient case study. Each team was

Dr Jane Barker recently hosted her popular workshop for students and clinicians to explore some of the problems women face in the medical workforce. The workshop has been well supported by local clinicians over the three years the event has been held and all have been very open about their

The University Centre for Rural Health (www.ucrh.edu.au), Lismore has recently completed their first collaborative project with the Buttery, Northern NSW (www.buttery.org.au). The project was funded through the John Shaw Warnock Research Grant. The Buttery’s long-term residential rehab program operates as a Therapeutic Community where the community of residents itself is