Delegates and speakers from the WA Centre for Rural Health of The University of Western Australia from our Geraldton, Karratha, and Carnarvon sites attended this week’s conference in Perth. Important topics such as rural health workforce capacity and training, determinants of health, mental health, Indigenous health, cultural safety, arts and health, as well as healthcare research and innovation were featured.
WACRH presentations included:
???? Confidence working with Indigenous Australians: pre/post-rural placement survey of allied health students - Dr John Woods, Research Associate.
???? Join the Discussion: Building a Well-Trained Rural and Remote Dementia Workforce - Senior Lecturer Kathryn Fitzgerald and Dr John Woods.
???? Yarn with me: Barriers and enablers to implementing Clinical Yarning in the Midwest - Dr Deborah Balmer, Research Fellow.
????Growing the rural allied health workforce: supporting clinical supervisors in rural WA - Lecturer Belinda Goodale.
???? Features of high-quality rural health student placements – Perspectives of university employees - Associate Professor Rohan Rasiah.
???? Australian UDRHs: Analysing and learning from 12 years of Indigenous health research - WACRH Director Professor Sandra Thompson and Research Fellow Dr Charmaine Green.
www.ruralhealth.org.au/17nrhc
17th National Rural Health Conference
