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21.01.2022 We've had an exciting afternoon hosting the NSW Rural Doctors Network Go Rural Roadtrip for a tour of Orange Health Service and a panel discussion about rural study and practice. Special thanks to our panel of students, new graduates and Local Health District staff who shared their experiences. We hope you have a wonderful time exploring our beautiful region! School of Rural Health, The University of Sydney, Dubbo and Orange Western NSW Health Jobs

20.01.2022 New episode today! Full circle to Broken Hill: rural generalist GP Dr Joshua Crase returns to his childhood town. https://www.destinationmedicine.com.au//full-circle-to-/17 Realising that he preferred talking to people than to machines, Josh Crase relinquished his first passion for computing and switched to a medical career. The GAMSAT was a big challenge, but he got through first time and has remained true to rural medicine ever since. In fact, Josh has navigated his way through university to a busy career as a rural generalist GP without a single metropolitan placement. And now he’s come full circle, settling down in the town where he grew up Broken Hill.

19.01.2022 Many of our students have talents outside of their passion for medicine - Our very own Amy Thwaites is a poet and her reflections on drought which was so pervasive upon her arrival in Dubbo in late 2019 are captured in a poem aptly titled "The Water" and you will find the link to the complete issue below. Well done Amy!!! it was published in the AMSA Frontier Magazine on page 21 Frontier! Vol 5 Issue II - Rural Problems Rural Solutions... AMSA Rural Health proudly presents Issue 2 of Volume 5 of it's biannual Magazine: Frontier! Rural Problems - Rural Solutions. The year 2020 has shown the world that 'modern problems require modern day solutions', and transmuting that idiom into the rural setting, we have our newest issue of Frontier! 'Rural Problems - Rural Solutions', an issue focusing on the issues that curtail rural health and the uniquely rural solutions required to tackle them. issuu.com https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/46y5C81V0PTDEqNqsn6cIp See more

18.01.2022 The Rural Health Symposium organised by the Rural Health Clubs from University of Sydney, (Mirage), UNSW (RAHMS) and University of Notre Dame (Rounds) was a credit to the organisers with a turn out of close to 90 from across the three universities. The feedback on the day was overwhelmingly positive which was thanks to our guest speakers from across Western NSW. Doctors Damien Limberger, Daniel Stewart, Sean Hogan and Uri Harrington along with nurses Michelle Baird, Gabriel...le Arnold and Jessica Milton all provided first hand information on their working life, why they chose Rural and the many advantages of working in a rural/regional area. The student asked some very pertinent questions throughout the day and during the final session which was a "you can't ask that Panel" where questions were texted to two assistants who then in turn asked the questions of the panel. There was a lot of rural myth busting and certainly a lot of interest in working rurally from many participants. The Western NSW Regional Training Hub and the Riverina Training Hub were please to be of assistance and also provided information to many attendees. See more

18.01.2022 New Episode Alert! Student Series: Turning the magic of medicine into reality https://www.destinationmedicine.com.au//turning-the-mag/17 When Harry Gaffney was a young boy, medicine seemed like magic. He visited a doctor for a chronic ailment and suddenly, presto, problem fixed! Harry was hooked. Doctors were liked magicians and even at his young age, he was determined to join their world and find out how the magic of medicine really worked. How could anyone not be fascinated by the mystery of it all? This is Harry Gaffney’s journey from the magic to the reality of medicine.

17.01.2022 Today was a very successful launch of our new Destination Medicine Podcast series. Our thanks to Sarah Clarke the Chair of the Rural Health division of the Australian Medical Student Association. In Sarah's word.."For me these podcasts enhance the wealth of information found on university medical school websites. These podcasts are a personalised, accessible and equitable source of information for rural and regional high school students too. Sarah congratulated the nation...al Regional Training Hubs on adding to the information available to support high school and non-medical students interested in studying medicine, especially where this interest lay in regional and rural study and training. Not every pathway into rural medicine is a straight-forward one and these stories are so candid and encouraging. The practical advice offered in the podcasts is particularly useful during this time, where other face-to-face opportunities to hear about the process of applying to study medicine have had to be restricted. It s amazing the reach that is achievable with a Zoom launch. Please go to your podcast platform or destinationmedicine.com.au and listen to the four of 12 new podcasts from student telling their experiences in applying to study medicine. Their consistent message is if you want to do medicine then you can find a way!!! See more

16.01.2022 The GO Rural bus tours sponsored by the NSW Rural Doctors network offer a great opportunity to see various parts of the state and visit many organisation while travelling with a group of multidisciplinary students from many universities There is a total of four trips travelling to the Riverina, Central West, Far West and a trip featuring indigenous health and community trip. Watch this space for the trips as they become available.

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13.01.2022 Today was the first of a two day virtual conference bringing together Rural Australian Medical Educators and Regional Training Hub Staff under the FRAME umbrella. The Federation of Rural Australian Medical Educators (FRAME) is the peak body representing those Rural Clinical Schools (RCS) and Regional Medical Schools (RMS) funded (in whole or in part) through the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing’s Rural Clinical Training and Support Program (RCTS). We we...lcomed the Hon Mark Coulton, MP: Member for Parkes ; Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government ( Mark Coulton MP )who spoke from lived experienced and was a welcome addition to a very long zoom day. People zoomed in from all over Australia to present and discuss on a range of topics including a discussion on the recommendations which came out of a recently released national evaluation on the Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training Fund and related outcomes. Day Two is coming up tomorrow which focuses on Regional Training Hubs - more on that tomorrow. See more

12.01.2022 Long time - no post - Hello to everyone in our new world which involves an extremely contagious virus - just in case you had not heard!!! I am pleased to report that the Hub has continued to offer a range of workshops and information sessions via Zoom and the plus is that more students and junior doctors have become involved. Over the past few months workshop content has included information and skills required in preparing resumes, job applications, applying for internsh...ips and performing at interview. Tonight there is a zoom symposium on Rural Generalism in NSW. Four Practicing Rural Generalists will tell their story and representatives from HETI and GP Synergy will talk about the logistics and application processes related to becoming a Rural Generalist. If you have not received an invitation and would like to attend, please email the Hub on [email protected] and I will send you the zoom link. See more

12.01.2022 Whoever said a rural life would be quieter? Dr Sarah Wenham started her medical career in the city of Manchester in the UK. After qualifying in palliative care, she moved to Blackpool with a catchment area of 330,000 people. Then, to Australia and Broken Hill. The contrast couldn’t have been more extreme. But Sarah has embraced her role as the only specialist palliative care physician in this region of Australia. She’s loving it - listen now to her Destination Medicine podcast "From Blighty to Broken Hill"

12.01.2022 What do you do when you love jazz saxophone and you love medicine? Both, of course! That’s what Anna Leckie did in pursuing a first degree in music before heading straight into medicine - listen to her podcast to hear the whole story!!

11.01.2022 Go to Destination Medicine Podcasts for a very inspiring student series episode: She was told to lower her sights, that medicine was too big a stretch. But that just made Leah-Monique Dowling all the more determined to achieve her lifelong dream of becoming a doctor and that’s despite the years spent in foster care while her parents struggled with physical and mental health issues.

10.01.2022 Our Student Series continues! From Zimbabwe to Whyalla and beyond fulfilling a lifelong dream in medicine. https://www.destinationmedicine.com.au//from-zimbabwe-t/17 Tapiwa Mativenga was just seven years old when she and her family uprooted from Zimbabwe to settle in Whyalla, in South Australia. But already at this young age, Tapiwa had made up her mind. She was going to become a doctor. She has remained true to her dream ever since and now she’s well on her way, in her fifth year of study at the University of Adelaide, based in Broken Hill, and loving every minute of it. She’s now planning her path ahead when she completes her studies in 2022.

10.01.2022 the Zoom Workshop on Rural Generalism had some great speakers. The Hub would like to thank Dr. Marty Roebuck from Milthorpe, Dr Rachel James and Dr Ben James from Deniliquin and Dr. Darlene Alarcon from Cowra. They all shared their training pathway to gaining the skills they now practice and shared with us what a week in their life now looks like. The picture is a screen shot of some of the attendees and speakers. thanks also to Felicity from GP Synergy and Dr Louise Bak...er from NSW HETI Rural Generalist Programs who rounded out the session with essential information for those who may be interested in applying. The mix of students and JMO who attended added to the variety of questions and thanks to those who participated. If anyone wants further information on being a Rural Generalist don't hesitate to contact the hub and you will be referred to the best person to speak with. See more

10.01.2022 My thanks to Jocelyn Ledger for taking this photo at the NRHSN council meeting during my presentation - once again I enjoyed the day and the enthusiasm that was in the room

10.01.2022 Day Two FRAME Meeting completed - a very useful session this morning regarding Regional Training Hubs and various approaches illustrated by the Hubs from across the Nation. It's a great space to work in with the degree of collaboration and willingness to share concepts and ideas so freely with so many. I presented on behalf of our three Hubs at University of Sydney. David Lyle gave an update from AHREN which is the overarching governance body for University Departments of Rural Health in a similar manner to FRAME which has oversight of the Rural Clinical Schools across the country.

08.01.2022 Thanks to all who attended the Medical Careers workshop instalment one on Saturday. There was some discussion following the workshops and it was acknowledged that the interactions available in a virtual format were somewhat limited, the content and message was still clear. If anyone has any questions, be sure and let me know and the links to the further information session mentioned by Anthony will be sent to you directly by him. keep safe

07.01.2022 Spot the student- several of our students benefited from first hand experience in a disaster situation - plane crash or car crash. A response involving police, RFDS, ambulance, council and many health professionals and volunteers came together out at Dubbo Regional Airport to test their knowledge and disaster management skills in a mock but very real looking plane crash involving fire and car crash requiring use of the "jaws of life" Well done to all

06.01.2022 How lucky are we to live on Wiradjuri Country!?! Orange has it's dress whites on today. Stay warm and safe everyone, and feel free to share your snow photos in the comments.

04.01.2022 If you would like to hear more about Daniel Stewart's pathway to Dubbo go to Destination Medicine Podcasts

04.01.2022 Western NSW Regional Training Hub Medical careers workshop update: Good morning on a lovely Friday Morning. For those individuals who were unable to attend the workshop in April, another workshop will be held tomorrow Saturday 9th of May at 1000. If there are individuals who are interested in attending who have not notified Linda Cutler please email [email protected] for details and zoom link. the workshop is a repeat of the one in April and the topics include writing your resume, choosing your referees and how to address selection criteria in a job application. Intern Applications for NSW are now open and General Practice training applications are closing soon.

04.01.2022 Just an update on activities in our current COVID-19 environment. As many of you know several planned workshops have either been cancelled or postponed. The Rural Generalist workshops will be offered later in the year and the Mentor/Mentee social events will in all likelihood be cancelled. Please be sure and take advantage of our Mentorloop electronic platform which in this environment supplies an accessible avenue for mentoring discussions. We would ask each of you to be m...indful of a probable increased workload for health professionals in this environment and responses may be delayed. I am sure each one of you has an appreciation of that, with your understanding of the effect of spread of the COVID-19 virus which will be talked about in the decades to come. The Rural Preferential Recruitment (RPR) workshops will go ahead by Zoom and 4th year students have already received a Zoom invite to that session. The Medical Careers workshops which were originally going to be an all day workshop, held both in Dubbo and Orange, have been amended to ensure essential content is covered. These sessions will be offered to the 4th years in the first instance. If there are spots available following invitation and RSVP , it may be open to third years. The following content will be offered at two different times (morning and afternoon) on the 18th April and you may select the time that meets your needs best. The content of the 2 X 2 hour sessions will be the same and includes: Job Research and Preparation CV (resume) Dos and Don’ts Referee selection and addressing selection criteria. This will provide essential background to 4th year students who will be lodging internship applications in May and is a logical follow on from the Rural Preferential Recruitment workshops. If you have any questions, please contact the Hub and we will keep you posted. We are also planning further zoom workshop as the year progresses and will keep in touch. Be sure and look after yourselves and your colleagues

03.01.2022 Wherever you're up to, we're always happy to talk all things rural medical careers. The Hub was delighted to join in the inaugural Aboriginal Health Careers Expo in Orange. Thanks to the School of Rural Health students for checking everyone's blood pressure and chatting with the next generation of health professionals. Shout out to the Three Rivers Regional Assembly and Department of Education for hosting this deadly initiative.

03.01.2022 Dr Sarah Moore covered huge tracks in her career development in WA. But she never lost track of her colleagues and mentors, nor of her love for obstetrics and the privilege, as she calls it, of bringing babies into the world. As a rural doctor at heart, Sarah has found her place in Busselton WA, but her expertise takes her far further afield. Listen to her Destination Medicine podcast released today titled - A journey far and wide to reach Busselton and career fulfilment as a GP Obstetrician

02.01.2022 Listen to Angus McGinness tell his experience in applying to Medicine. We look forward to having Angus at the School of Rural Health in his 3rd year in 2021. His Podcast titled "It takes all sorts - a Dubbo boys journey into medicine"

01.01.2022 Be sure and listen to the latest two episodes of Destination medicine - listen on your podcast platform or go to https://www.destinationmedicine.com.au/. The Regional Training Hubs would like to thank Professor Ruth Stewart, the National Rural Health Commissioner for officially launching the new episodes. "The podcasts provide another source of information in an accessible and creative way to help our emerging doctors make informed decisions about rural and regional training and their careers," said Professor Stewart.