Make sure you are ready to begin the rural placement.
Be familiar with University and School requirements for the rural placement.
Be familiar with University resources to help with the challenges of a rural placement.
Access resources to help with travelling during a rural placement.
Access resources to help with expenses during a rural placement.
Make sure there is an orientation to the rural clinical learning environment.

Resources to Support Rural Health Education

The University of Tasmania offers a host of resources for rural education. Use this vast collection of tools, strategies, and resources collected from years of rural health work in a variety of areas and across different disciplines.

There are a few simple places to access our valuable resources including:

University Centre for Rural Health (CRH), Tasmania
The University Centre for Rural Health aims to contribute to a comprehensive, coordinated approach to rural health education, training and research.

Anne O’Byrne Centre
Howick Street , Launceston
Phone: +61 3 6324 4000
Fax: +61 3 6324 4040
Website: http://www.utas.edu.au/ruralhealth
Email: rural.health@utas.edu.au

Rural Clinical School (RCS), Tasmania
The Rural Clinical School provides medical students with clinical education and training, and supports health practitioners in rural and remote areas.

Unit 9 North West Regional Hospital
Brickport Road
Burnie TAS 7320
Tel: 03 6430 4550
Fax: 03 6431 8465
Website: http://www.rcs.utas.edu.au/

Rural Health Teaching Sites (RHTS)
Rural Health Teaching Sites provide students with comfortable self-contained accommodation close to a number of rural health facilities. They include computers with broadband internet access.

Student Support Officer
Phone: 03 6324 4000
Fax: 03 6324 4040
Website: http://www.ruralhealth.utas.edu.au/rhts/

Electronic Journals
The University of Tasmania library provides access to a number of electronic journals (e-journals) that contribute to our understanding and knowledge of rural health in Australia and other countries. Some titles link directly to the journal home page while for other titles you must visit a suite site first then browse or search for the journal. Electronic journals are recorded on the Library Catalogue with '[electronic resource]' after the title accessible at the library website: http://www.utas.edu.au/library/info/ej/

Indigenous Theme Bank
The Indigenous Theme Bank consists of educational materials and resources that are useful sources of Indigenous information. http://www.ruralhealth.utas.edu.au/indigenous-health/

External Resources to the University

 
 
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