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are many people interested in doing rural clinical and/or working in a rural area once they've finished uni?
or is it the metro life for most people?
 

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I'm considering it as a possibility, up in Taree or even out in Central Australia once I graduate, as an experience for me. I'm also considering going overseas for a year or so, in particular the U.S. but then again I would probably miss the closest people in my life too dearly...

I want to eventually settle down and work on the Central Coast, which is halfway between a rural area and a metropolis I guess. It depends on where you're working in the Central Coast though; some parts are definately considered rural by all standards.
 

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i grew up in the inner city of rrma 1 areas... i'm applying for john flynn this yr and planning 2 go 4 the hecs reimbursement scheme when i graduate (work in rural areas). i want 2 work in like rural afghanistan one day so i figure rural australia might be better training for it then some relatively "well-funded" and "well-supported" big city hospital... if i hadn't grown up in the city i'd probably want 2 live there, but i kind of feel like i've "been there, done that... next!"
 

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Yeah I wouldnt mind doing rural prac. Some of us 3rd years are going to do their 4 wks in a remote/rural hospital, but I dont have the money to get out to those far fetched places. Sure the accomodation is free, but yeah. Plus there are heaps of assignments to do during those 4 wks so unless they had a computer that you could use regularly, it would be difficult.

I might try it for the first rotation of our 8 wk prac next semester. Im so scared of not knowing anything! Like Ive forgotten some skills and stuff coz we havent used them for so long.

I am going to move to Melbourne next year to do my grad program coz im sick of being in Brisbane. I prefer the cold weather!
 

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rozymisty said:
Yeah I wouldnt mind doing rural prac. Some of us 3rd years are going to do their 4 wks in a remote/rural hospital, but I dont have the money to get out to those far fetched places. Sure the accomodation is free, but yeah. Plus there are heaps of assignments to do during those 4 wks so unless they had a computer that you could use regularly, it would be difficult.
i did a 3 week prac in rural NSW - the best 3 weeks of my life, i had so much fun. it was basically a 3 week holiday (i mean, really, you don't do much actual work as a student).
find out if there are scholarships, generally there are. i recieved a $500 scholarship from NSW Health because i was a Sydney student doing a prac in NSW.

as for assignments, your tutors will give you extensions because you obviously don't have access to the same resources as people who are in the city.
 

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Oh, when I was doing education, coz i come from a low income family, I got a scholarship from the Smith Family, and that pays for the uni expenses, certainly very handy for those expensive and heavy med-surg books lol.

I might try and do the rural prac next time. One of my friends who finished 2 yrs ago went up to Mt Isa...i couldnt deal with that heat lol.
 

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