NURHC 2009

NURHC 09 Rural Health: Diverse Landscapes, Endless Opportunities was held in Cairns, QLD on 23-25 July.  RHINO was the host Rural Health Club and worked closely with James Cook University to bring the delegates a fantastic conference.

Set in tropical northern Queensland, NURHC focused on attracting and retaining students and newly graduated health and medical professionals to practice in rural and remote Australia.  It gave students the opportunity to discuss the skills and support they deem necessary to become outstanding rural and remote health professionals.

Each of the 29 Rural Health Clubs were represented at NURHC, as well as MRBS and BMP students sponsored by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM), RHC Administrators, Alumni Members, Rural Workforce Agencies and many of our important stakeholders from Allied Health, Nursing and Medical. 

Program

The final version of the conference program is available here. 

Media

Many members were interviewed by local and interstate radio stations, as well as newspaper articles.  A list of media publications from NURHC can be found at Media. 

Delegate Experiences

Chris Bentley, Teena Downton, Emma Harvey, Sean Sweeney-Knapp, Simon Reid and Agatha Williams from SHARP have written reports outlining their experiences and attendance at NURHC - if you weren't able to attend but want to find out what you missed on, or if you did attend and want to read what other students thought of the conference it's well worth reading. 

Please email your thoughts on NURHC 09 to us - we'd love to know what you thought.

The National Rural Health Students' Network is proudly auspiced by Rural Health Workforce Australia and supported by financial assistance from the Australian Government.

We gratefully acknowledge the Australian Government as the Principal Sponsor of the 11th National University Rural Health Conference.