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Scholarships and Placements
Scholarships and schemes for students with an interest in rural health and medicine are listed below. Please follow the links for further information about eligibility and the application process.
Savannah Regional Health Service Placement Opportunity – NOW OPEN
Anna Burley of the Savannah Regional Health Service is offering nursing and allied health students who are in at least their 3rd year of study an opportunity to do a four week community placement (focus on primary health) in Georgetown, a remote community in far north Qld. Accommodation is free, but you need to be willing to use your own car. For more information, contact also Anna by phone (07) 4062 1970 and give her details to your Clinical Placement Coordinator at Uni. Download the flyer here [pdf 126kb]
Indigenous Community Volunteers Internships – NOW OPEN
Indigenous Community Volunteers are offering internships to eligible Allied Health students (exercise science, medical radiation science or nutrition) who will be undertaking a university-arranged placement in an organisation that serves Indigenous people. The placement can be in urban, rural or remote locations, and must be before June 2010. The internships offer cultural awareness training, practical support and financial assistance for up to 10 week placements, to assist you to have a fantastic placement experience. To find out more and details how to apply, visit http://www.icv.com.au/HEChildhood.phpNSW Rural Doctors Network
- The NSW Rural Resident Medical Officer Cadetship
- The Bush Bursary & Country Women's Association Scholarships
- Working Holidays for Undergraduates (HUGS)
Working HUGS is a scheme offered by the NSW Rural Doctors Network to 1st and 2nd year medical students, providing an opportunity to experience a week in the life of a rural doctor and covers travel costs for students to travel to a rural area during their holidays. Students stay with a rural medical practitioner and their family, experiencing the local community and enjoying the local sights. For more information go to http://www.rmfn.org.au/site/index.cfm?display=3463 or contact Lynn Wragge lwragge@nswrdn.com.au.
Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH)
- Rural Allied Health Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme (RAHUS)
- Allied Health Clinical Placement Scholarship Scheme (AHCPSS)
QLD Government, Office of Rural Health (QLD Health)
- Queensland Health Rural Scholarship Schemes (QHRSS)
- Queensland Health Allied Health Scholarship Schemes
»Queensland Placement Subsidy Scheme
»Queensland Health Allied Health "Area of Priority" Scholarship Scheme (QHAOPSS)
- Population/Public Health Scholarships Schemes
Royal College of Nursing, Australia
- Rural and Remote Undergraduate Nurses Scholarship Scheme
- Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme (for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students)
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
NSW Government, Department of Health, Nursing and Midwifery
- Aboriginal Undergraduate Scholarship (Nursing)
- Rural Undergraduate Scholarships (Nursing)
- Undergraduate Rural Placement Grants (Nursing).
NSW Government, Department of Health, Rural Allied Health
John Flynn Placement Program (JFPP)
The John Flynn Placement Program provides medical students with an opportunity to spend part of their holidays working in the bush, and consequently, to attract more doctors to country medicine in the longer term and improve the quality of rural health.
To be eligible you must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident enrolled in an accredited medical course
See the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine webiste for the most up to date information.