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Rural Road to Health

Mar 20, 2025

In this episode with hear from the team of the Virtual Health Hub in Saskatchewan, Canada: Dr Ivar Mendez, Dr John Michael Stevens, Dr Victoria Sparrow-Downes and Joey Deason.

Episode summary:

01.25  Our guest introduce themselves and tell us about their professional background and their interest in rural health  


Mar 10, 2025

Prof Janessa Graves is the Director of the WWAMI Rural Health Research Centre at the University of Washington. 

Episode summary:

01.00  Janessa tells us about her professional background and how she became interested in rural health.

03.44  What do you enjoy most about living and working in a rural area and what do you...


Feb 28, 2025

Dr Bethan Setphens, a GP and Director of Community Learning at Cardiff university, and Dr Katie Webb, a psychologist, and a Professor of Medical Sducation at the University of Cardiff, tell us about Longitudinal Integrated Clerckships in Wales and the upcoming CLIC conference.

Episode summary: 

01.30  Katie and Bethan...


Feb 20, 2025

Professor Karen Flegg is a rural general practitioner from Australia and the current president of WONCA, the World Organization of Family Doctors.  

Episode summary:

01.04  Karen tells us about her professional background and her journey into rural health.

04.20  What has she most enjoyed about living and working in a...


Feb 10, 2025

Dr Chris Rice is a qualified nurse and paramedic, and Associate Head of Postgraduate Medicine at Edge Hill University in Lankashire.  His doctoral thesis explored the recruitment and retention of nurses staff across northern Scotland’s non doctor islands.

Episode Summary:

01.30  Chris tells us about his...