WA Country Health Service (WACHS) is using innovative technology to help stamp out Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in the Pilbara. According to WA Country Health Service’s Project Nurse Coordinator for…
The art of yarning in healthcare is bridging cultural gaps and fostering trust between Aboriginal patients and healthcare practitioners in the Midwest. Clinical Yarning is the brainchild of Professor Dawn…
First Nations people in Australia are three times more likely to suffer blindness and vision impairment compared to non-Indigenous Australians, experiencing conditions such as diabetic retinopathy, cataracts and trachoma at…
WA Country Health Service (WACHS) is bolstering its country nursing workforce through an initiative that supports nurses returning to the workplace to regain their registration. WACHS’ Registered Nurse Re-Entry Program…
WA Country Health Service (WACHS) has teamed up with East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS) to deploy metropolitan based physiotherapists to the West Kimberley. The six-month program is supporting Kimberley-based physiotherapists…
West Australian and current ACRRM President’s Prize winner, George Kavalam’s journey towards working in rural medicine is one of compassion, and a genuine desire to bring equitable healthcare to those…
The John Flynn Prevocational Doctor Program (JFPDP) offers unique and valuable rural training experiences through well-supported placements with excellent learning opportunities. Funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and…
