Student Reports/Media
Reports/Media for RAW 2008
“Health Students embrace rural lifestyle,” was a feature article of Bush Alert, the magazine for the RACGP’s Rural Faculty. You can find the article on page 6.
The RAW crew of 2008 produced a media release that was sent to various media outlets.
RAW 08 was the talk of the town in Dunedoo for October 2008!
Partyline, the magazine of the National Rural Health Alliance wanted a feature article on RAW 08 for their April 2009 edition. See page 10.
“The highly social nature of the mixed club team activities and bush disco helped break down the social barriers that people invariably place around themselves in unfamiliar environments.” Rob Battisti, final year Psychology UOW.
“I highly recommend this event to any health student who has not had a rural experience before or is simply interested in a chance to develop new friendships and have a good time with students from many disciplines of health.” Teena Downton, Medical Science UOW.
SHARP, Wollongong University’s rural health club advertise RAW 08 on their website.
Health students gain raw appreciation of rural life
The University of Wollongong highlighted RAW on their website in October 2008
ABC Radio Interview – 6 October, 2008
Shannon Nott, founder of RAW and convenor of RAW 08 talks to Amy Volkovsky from the ABC about the rural appreciation weekend.
Reports/Media for RAW 2007
The Inaugural Rural Appreciation was a feature article in the Royal Australian College of General Practice’s December 2007 Edition of “Bush Alert” on page 6.
“As an international student, I had a vague idea of what the challenges were if I were to live and prectice as a GP in rural Australia, and the weekend revealed them to me in ways that far exceeded my expectations.” Brahm, a PhD student from UNSW comments on his experience of the Rural Appreciation Weekend in 2007.
“Where previouslyI was pondering whether to spend some time working in rural/remote medicine, I am now positive that I will work in rural/remote medicine, it is just a matter of for how long.” Ed Roper, First Year Medicine UNSW.