Determinants of high-quality health professions student placements in regional, rural and remote Australia
In rural areas, work-integrated learning in the form of health student placements has several potential benefits, including contributing to student learning, enhancing rural health service capacity and attracting future rural health workforce. Understanding what constitutes a high-quality rural placement experience is important for enhancing these outcomes. There is no current standardised definition of quality in […]
Health and wellbeing implications of housing displacement due to river flooding in high income countries: a scoping review
The aim of this scoping review is to describe the scope of published research on the health and wellbeing impacts of being displaced from home by river floods and requiring alternative emergency, temporary and longer-term housing for people living in countries with higher levels of social and economic development.
Immediate and ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on rural clinical placements for allied health, nursing and medical students
In this study we are exploring the immediate and ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural placements for allied health, nursing, and medical students in 2020 and again in 2021/2022. This project is a collaborative project with a range of University Departments of Rural Health across Australia and is supported by the Australian Rural Health […]
Climate-change and health professional education
As the climate warms, weather-related disasters will increase and the potential for health students to be impacted by such disasters while on placement should not be underestimated. Understanding health students’ needs during and following weather-related disasters is crucial for developing appropriate support systems and preparing the future health workforce. This program of work examines the […]
Improving access to primary care for people with an intellectual disability
People with intellectual disability experience poorer health outcomes compared with the general population, partly due to the difficulties of accessing primary care. This program of work focuses on ways it may be possible to improve access to primary care for people with an intellectual disability in Australia. The projects aim to: enhance access to primary […]
An Innovation Platform to Strengthen Primary Health Care Systems for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: A Methodologically Pluralist Evaluation
Innovation platforms bring together diverse stakeholders to exchange ideas about addressing challenging problems. The inherent complex nature of innovation platforms poses challenges for evaluators, and although it is recommended that multiple evaluation methods be used, this is not commonly done in practice. In this study we used a methodologically pluralist approach to evaluate and iteratively […]
Graduate Tracking of Long-Term Rural Medical Placements
The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of extended rural placements on former students of the Sydney Medical School who participated in the University of Sydney Rural Clinical Schools program. Specifically, the study assesses where these former students are practicing (geographically) and their chosen field of practice. In order to interpret the […]
HeLP for pain – Healthy Lifestyle for Painful conditions
Painful conditions such as chronic pain, low back pain and osteoarthritis are linked with unhealthy lifestyle risks such as smoking, physical inactivity, sedentary behaviour, unhealthy diet, poor sleep and increased weight. All of these factors often interrelate, where the pain and disability can cause unhealthy lifestyle changes and the unhealthy lifestyle changes can increase pain. […]
Disability and Health
This program of work is related to improving health outcomes for people with disability, with a focus on people living in rural communities.
Women’s action for Mums and Bubs (WOMB): A trial of participatory women’s groups to improve Indigenous maternal and child health
This is a trial of using participatory women’s groups (PWGs) to improve Indigenous maternal and child health. We know that community involvement in Indigenous health care helps to improve health outcomes. Through continuous quality improvement some gains in quality of care have been made but more needs to be done. We know that in some […]
