RAHMS

UNSW kids in their first, second or third year of university in 2010 can now apply for a place in the John Flynn Placement Program. What is it? Your chance to spend two weeks a year in a fantastic rural community like Kakadu or Alice Springs getting more clinical experience than you’ll ever get at uni… and you’re paid to do it! You’re in luck too. Places have doubled! Get in quick and do a great application! For more info go to the NRHSN Website, otherwise RAHMS (us!) will have an information session on March 9 where you can hear about the experiences of 3 students in the program and get some great info and tips on applying!

Location: Biomed B

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The National University Rural Health Conference is the premier professional development event for NRHSN members.  Held in Alice Springs in 2010 the conference connects both future and current rural health professionals, along with some of the country’s foremost rural and remote health bodies.  It enables students from a variety of disciplines and background to get together for shared learning and networking opportunities that benefit both the students and the future communities they will serve.

The Rural Appreciation Weekend (RAW) is the premier event on the RAHMS calendar. It sees around 150 medicine, nursing and allied health students from the NRHSN attend from around Australia. RAW is a camping event held over the October long weekend on the Nott family’s property “Oakfield” outside of Dunedoo each year. RAW gives delegates an opportunity to network in a mutlidisciplinary setting and learn more about what it is like to live in rural or remote Australia. The weekend is absolutely packed with a range of activities to keep students entertained from snake envenomation, Indigenous cultural awareness and sheep handling worshops to a range of guest speakers and of course a few parties for good measure. RAW has proven to inspire many young health students to begin think about taking placements in rural and remote Australia through given them a positive experience in a rural setting.

In 2009 RAW won the NRHSN Award for “Best Rural Health Event for 2008″ and continues to be one of Australia’s finest events run by a rural health club in Australia.

For those of you a little cautious about attending RAW, think again! This event is not just for those die hards that love the bush… If you at all enjoy a laugh, meeting new people and of course generally having a good time, then RAW is definately for you! Our program is absolutely jam packed with a great combination of hands on farming experience, workshops that will teach you things that your universities won’t and of course some good ol fashioned partying!!!