Apr 15, 2023
Part 2
00.45 - The perception of rural medicine among students
05.30 - Social and family factors and rural medicine
10.20 - Other challenges when going into rural medicine
12.15 - Rural development and recruitment
16.15 - Getting communities involved in rural placements
21.10 - Support for students, rural health clubs
25.05 - Support during post graduate training
27.40 - Developing rural pathways and support structures
31.55 - Opportunities in rural careers
Pippa Kensit is the Future Workforce Program Lead, and more recently Clinical Advisor at NSW Rural Doctors Network (RDN). She has completed a Bachelor of Nursing and a dual Masters in International Public Health and Health Management. In 2021 she was accepted to Medicine at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney. She has extensive experience in rural advocacy roles and rural health clubs in Australia.
Brooke Mackie is a final year medical student at James Cook University based in North Queensland, Australia. Growing up across Australia in various rural mining towns, Brooke is passionate about providing quality healthcare to these communities. Through medical school she has undertaken placements across rural Queensland and aims to become a rural generalist in the future.