Courses and Programs at Broken Hill UDRH
The Broken Hill UDRH provides professional development for health professionals in isolated practice, and workshops in Cross Cultural Awareness training in Aboriginal health.
Extended Clinical Placement Program
The Broken Hill Extended Clinical Placement Program is an innovation in undergraduate medical education. It enables students from different medical schools to come together and learn in a combined program for an extended period. The BHECP Program equips students with additional and special skills, in addition to providing the highest quality core clinical learning. We are delighted to offer this program for the first time this year, in June 2009.
Enhancement of Isolated Practice Program
The Enhancement of Isolated Practise Program has been developed to provide relevant work-related education for health practitioners in rural, remote and isolated practice. The course provides professional development that increases a health worker’s ability to effectively implement primary health care by improving knowledge of key concepts, equipping health professionals with a range of skills essential to everyday practice and facilitating the application of the knowledge and skills into practice.
Cross Cultural Awareness Program
The USyd Broken Hill Department of Rural Health, in partnership with Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation and the Greater Western Area Health Service, has developed a program of Cross Cultural Perspectives in Aboriginal Health for health science students, new employees to the region and organisation groups within the area.
The training is a fundamental foundation for those working in health with local Aboriginal communities. It aims to raise the awareness of health issues faced by Aboriginal people today, and enhance knowledge and understanding of Australia's history from an Aboriginal perspective and how this affects the health of communities.
Mental Health Academic Program
The BH UDRH receives funding under the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) National Action Plan on Mental Health to employ a mental health academic. The position involves academic work, teaching and management of students undergoing clinical placements. The academic position is also encouraged to increase direct service delivery of mental health services within the local community.
Poche
The Poche Centre for Indigenous Health has three primary aims:
- to work with local and community health services to improve Indigenous health in western NSW and the Northern Territory
- to conduct essential research into critical aspects of Indigenous health
- to educate medical and health students in matters concerning the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Contact Dr Tara Walker, senior manager of clinical services by phoning 08 80801200 or via Email
Stepping Back, Looking Forward Program
Our vision is to build healthy, resilient and sustainable communities where all students have the opportunity to achieve to the best of their ability.
Our partnerships will enable us to focus our collective energies and resources to address the factors that hinder educational, health and career attainment of children in far western New South Wales.
By 2020 we will have addressed the inequities confronted by rural, remote, and Indigenous students living in our region through the implementation and evaluation of best practice models that integrate health, education and career choices. Find out more...