Rural road trip gives health students a taste of life and work in western NSW amid staff shortage

 An educational road trip through regional NSW has challenged the perceptions and perspectives of 20 healthcare students — and may have changed the course, and location, of their future careers.

It is a critical shift as rural Australia continues to struggle with a decades-long health worker shortage.

First year medical student Christopher Katsinas said while growing up, living or working rurally was not even on his radar.

Now, thanks to a program organised by the Rural Doctors Network (RDN), he may just change his mind.

"The learning opportunities in a rural health are unparalleled to the scope you'd see in a metro hospital, because you're exposed to so much more, you can do so much more," he said.

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-09/medical-students-experience-rural-life-doctor-shortage/101138244




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