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2024 Diana Maloney Service Recognition Award
Last week members of UCRH’s allied health team were awarded the 2024 Diana Maloney Service Recognition Award. The team – all the professional and academic staff involved in working with and supporting speech pathology students on placement at UCRH – were recogised as part of Service Recognition Awards at the
2024 Diana Maloney Service Recognition Award
Last week members of UCRH’s allied health team were awarded the 2024 Diana Maloney Service Recognition Award. The team – all the professional and academic staff involved in working with and supporting speech pathology students on placement at UCRH – were recogised as part of Service Recognition Awards at the
2024 Diana Maloney Service Recognition Award
Last week members of UCRH’s allied health team were awarded the 2024 Diana Maloney Service Recognition Award. The team – all the professional and academic staff involved in working with
Clinical Educator Development Workshop
Last week UCRH hosted allied health professionals from the region for a workshop on collectively developing a strong and productive educational alliance to support students on placement in the Northern
When the CWA and UCRH get together
In late October, a group of allied health students on placement with UCRH spent the day with the Old Bonalbo branch of the CWA. The event – a French-themed women’s
North Coast medical collaboration continues to build rural health workforce
Last week UCRH hosted the annual face to face meeting of the North Coast Medical Education Collaboration (NCMEC). Since 2007 we have delivered the North Coast Medical Education Collaboration between
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This week UCRH welcomed three new cohorts of medical students to our campuses. In Lismore, we have 11 new students from the University of Wollongong joining us for a one year placement (pictured above). The students are in phase three of their medical degrees. They will spend their time with
In a newly published journal article, researchers with UCRH are among a group of academics that have reported on their examination of the effects of sleep deprivation on our stress responses. Theirs is the first systematic review to investigate how total sleep deprivation may influence autonomic nervous system responses to
Last week UCRH played host to an intense day of communication skills training for medical interns, international medical graduates and final year medical students. The extensive training session was put together by the Northern NSW Regional Training Hub with support from many of our medical educators. It is important to
While the weather may not have been on our side, it was all smiles at UCRH yesterday as we celebrated the launch of our beautiful new Yarning Circle as part of NAIDOC Week 2024. The new Yarning Circle installation is an outdoor space for education, meetings and informal gatherings that
There is no denying that UCRH’s rural placements offer a unique experience and that students love their time in the Northern Rivers. But does it help us to develop the rural health workforce? Recent data from our Grafton campus shows the answer to that question is a resounding yes. Of
At the University Centre for Rural Health, we want to work collaboratively to promote health and wellbeing for all people across rural and regional Australia. Over the past few weeks, we’ve joined forces with the Northern NSW Local Health District and the Rural Doctors Network on two fantastic programs, run
Our Multidisciplinary Education Program, more colloquially know as the Wednesday Program, enables students across a broad range of disciplines and universities to better understand each other’s roles and to work in unison. This perspective, known as integrated care, is something we embed in our teaching. We focus on providing students
The latest edition of Public Health Research & Practice, published by the Sax Institute, has been released today. The edition focuses on the theme Global health action delayed: people’s health and wellbeing denied and features an article by UCRH researchers. The paper is entitled Individuals with musculoskeletal conditions awaiting orthopaedic
Call it a cliche or call it a truism, but no two days are ever the same at UCRH. As often as they’re at their desks here in Lismore, our staff (let alone our students) are out and about the Northern Rivers and further afield in the pursuit of our
The Australian Government has announced funding research to better equip Australia’s primary health care system to support patients, especially those with chronic and ongoing health conditions, and we’re delighted that $1.985m of the funding will support a UCRH-led project. Associate Professor Christopher Williams and his team have been awarded the
Curious about what make-up has to do with a rural health centre? The answer is moulage. Moulage is a French word for casting or moulding and refers to the art of applying mock injuries for training medical and health workers, and some of our staff have just brushed up their
Last week UCRH hosted our inaugural Reconciliation Week Research Symposium, which acknowledged and celebrated this year’s Reconciliation Week theme “Now More Than Ever”. The Symposium brought together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers, health professionals and community advocates to hear from a range of speakers, exploring innovative strategies for addressing
