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Research spotlight: food security and culture
What does food security look like when culture, Country and community are part of the picture? That’s the question driving a UCRH-led Aboriginal health research project working alongside communities on Bundjalung Country (Northern Rivers) and in Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait Islands). For many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, food
Research spotlight: food security and culture
What does food security look like when culture, Country and community are part of the picture? That’s the question driving a UCRH-led Aboriginal health research project working alongside communities on Bundjalung Country (Northern Rivers) and in Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait Islands). For many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, food
Research spotlight: food security and culture
What does food security look like when culture, Country and community are part of the picture? That’s the question driving a UCRH-led Aboriginal health research project working alongside communities on
Knowledge shared across cultures
A recent trip to Northern Thailand has seen UCRH’s Dr Cassandra Sedran-Price and Associate Professor Veronica Matthews, as well as Jagun Alliance’s Oliver Costello and researcher Pattheera Somboonsin (University of
Building skills in aged care
Good healthcare starts with a confident workforce. Through a new partnership with Healthy North Coast, UCRH is delivering the Clinical Skills & Telehealth Trainer Program, helping aged care nurses build
Helping people return to work
Getting back to work after a brain injury can involve more than physical recovery. New research involving UCRH’s Associate Professor Vanette McLennan highlights the often-overlooked communication challenges that can affect
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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
SIM MAN is hoping to get some rest this afternoon in preparation for our High School health careers day tomorrow.We’re looking forward to welcoming around 60 year 11 students (and their careers advisors) here for a packed day of activities. The students will: A unique part of the days is
As the impact of climate change intensifies, particularly in hotter regions, a recent study published in the Lancet Planetary Health, sheds light on the potentially fundamental role of sociocultural adaptations in mitigating heat-associated mortality. The research team, which included Associate Professor Veronica Matthews of the UCRH, analysed over three decades
