Need help with your Rural Clinical Placement?
Training, Accommodation & Financial Support for students completing a regional or rural placement
CONTACT US learn moreIntroduction to Rural Health
Work through a short online module on the key things to know about working in a rural health setting.
read moreFinancial Assistance
Financial assistance is open to students from all nationally recognised education providers for accomodation and training.
read moreResilience & Wellbeing
Developing resilience and a strategy to support your own wellbeing is essential for yourself in the long term.
read moreFind Accommodation
Accommodation venues for clinical placement students exist right across regional Victoria.
read moreCultural Training in Aboriginal Health
Training events, public lectures and workshops including our very own Cultural Competency Training.
read moreIn 2017 we
Supported 1,400 nursing & allied health students
Trained 400+ supervisors of students
Implemented 100+ service learning placements
110 students
and staff took part in Cultural Awareness workshops
Going Rural Health Supports Placements In These Areas
We work with all educators
Referring to Going Rural Health initiatives, a student coordinator from another university commented: ‘..the students have had a wonderful time and felt very supported. Thank you for your work with us this year, you are doing a great job making these connections! The living skills project is fantastic’ ..and .. ‘it is excellent news that you have sourced a number of local clinical supervisors.’
Associate Professor, Placement Coordinator
/ Australian Catholic University
Students contributing to communities
“The support from the Going Rural Health has been fundamental in the growth in number and quality of service learning placements that promote and develop CSU graduate attributes.”
Physiotherapy Lecturer
/ Charles Sturt University
Our students have
impact!
‘It was a joy to go to work each day. Not once did I feel like I wasn’t contributing to the team of healthcare workers. Staff always had time to teach me/answer questions and as a result, I believe I have grown over the past 5 weeks.’
Dietetics student
What do students say?
‘I enjoyed being able to work closely
with other health professionals and the opportunity to provide personalised care for each client. My teamwork skills have improved immensely as a result of this placement.I also now appreciate the importance of client advocacy and some of the associated advantages and challenges of a rural setting.Having placement in a rural setting has increased my desire to work in a rural setting once I graduate.’
Speech Pathology student