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Helping future speech pathologists find their feet
For UCRH Clinical Educator Sally Howard, helping speech pathology students find their feet on placement brings together two things she has enjoyed throughout her career: working with people and supporting the next generation of clinicians. Sally started out as a speech pathologist working with adults across the continuum of care
Helping future speech pathologists find their feet
For UCRH Clinical Educator Sally Howard, helping speech pathology students find their feet on placement brings together two things she has enjoyed throughout her career: working with people and supporting the next generation of clinicians. Sally started out as a speech pathologist working with adults across the continuum of care
Helping future speech pathologists find their feet
For UCRH Clinical Educator Sally Howard, helping speech pathology students find their feet on placement brings together two things she has enjoyed throughout her career: working with people and supporting
Disastrous Writing returns to Lismore
The annual Disastrous Writing Retreat is returning to UCRH in November, bringing together people from across the disaster and climate change space for two days of focused, in-person writing, connection
Physio-led care welcomed in EDs
New rural health research involving UCRH Professor Chris Williams has explored how patients, clinicians and health service managers view physiotherapist-led care for people presenting to emergency departments with uncomplicated musculoskeletal
UCRH researchers recognised with major awards
Two UCRH researchers have received significant recognition for work that is helping shape the future of rural health research and Aboriginal health outcomes. Dr Cas Sedran-Price (pictured right) has been
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The Australian Rural Health Education Network (ARHEN) recently held a photo competition open to undergraduate UDRH students on rural placement. The entries were to include a clear visual reference to a positive element of clinical placement. Almost 50 entries were received across the network including one video. While we didn’t
This is the first in a series where we highlight the diverse skills, talents and stories of the students living on the North Coast for 12 months as part of the long stay medical program. Meet Nelson Correia a Stage 3 Medical Student from the Sydney Medical School … I’m
UCRH staff celebrated with a morning tea to congratulate Liz Rix on the news that her thesis has been passed without any corrections. UCRH Director Lesley Barclay said that not only is this extraordinary, the examiners comments are exceptional in their praise of a really important piece of work in
The director of the University Centre for Rural Health (UCRH), Professor Lesley Barclay AO, has been recognised by the federal government for leading one of Australia’s top-ten research projects over the past year. The Ten of the Best Research Projects 2014 were selected for their innovativeness and potential to make
The UCRH welcomes 21 medical students from the University Of Wollongong. These students will be placed at General Practices and hospitals throughout the region over the next 12 months.
The UCRH welcomes 18 new medical students from the University of Western Sydney. The students will be living in Lismore for a year-long rural placement as part of their MBBS degree. During their stay they will get a feel for what it is like to work and live in a
The Australian Rural Birthing Index (ARBI) Toolkit is a resource for planning maternity services in rural and remote Australia. The Toolkit is an easy-to-use guide for health service planners and communities to: • Calculate the Australian Rural Birth Index formula • Estimate the appropriate level of maternity service for a
A Clarence Health Strategic Education Committee has been established to oversight the vision and direction of the education team and has met three times. The Committee has been very successful with the following outcomes to date: • Shared and better understanding of the roles and how the education team works
Staff of the UCRH recently participated in a “Healthy Body at Work” campaign where staff were encouraged to “sit less”, “walk more” and “sleep well”. The program was judged a great success and as a result a weekly lunch time boot camp session is now available for staff on a
I’m a psychiatry registrar based at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, currently on a 6-month paediatric psychiatry term in the Northern Rivers. When I was given the choice of location to undertake my rural rotation, I jumped at the chance to return to Lismore. In 2010, I undertook a year-long rural
We are delighted that Dr Laura Jones (Lecturer in Qualitative & Mixed-Methods from the School of Health & Population Sciences, University of Birmingham in the UK) will be returning to the UCRH in September to work with A/Prof Megan Passey and Dr Jo Longman on a program of work exploring
Artist and Student Allan Dyason and Frances Barraclough – Program Manager Clinical Education National Close the Gap Day 2015 (19 March) was held at the Uralba building; the day is nationally recognised and seeks to support equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. Equality encompasses health, housing,
