In 1987 a Queensland Ambulance Officer, aged 27, lost his life in an Aerial Ambulance Crash in Bundaberg. His name was Kenneth James (Jim) McPherson. Jim embodied the qualities of the men and women who are the Paramedics in Queensland Ambulance Service today – compassionate, accountable, respectful, ethical, responsible and sensitive. Jim demonstrated a strong [...]
Applications for the 2012 NAHSSS Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Scholarship open on the 29 March and close on 30 April 2012. SARRAH invites all eligible Allied Health Professionals to submit an application. NAHSSS Allied Health CPD Supports practicing allied health professionals to attend continuing professional development activities that take place in the second half of [...]
The 2012 application round for the Rural Health Continuing Education Program (Stream 2) is now open and will close on 1 March 2012. The RHCE2 program, funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Health and Ageing, supports qualified health professionals working in rural and remote Australia to undertake continuing professional development and inter-professional [...]
The Frank McDermott Award is an award for excellence and impact. It is awarded to the research study completed and published in the last 10 years that is judged to have led to the greatest improvements in care of severely injured patients in Australia or New Zealand. National Trauma Research Institute The National Trauma Research [...]
Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH) administers the Allied Health Streams of the Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme (NAHSSS). Funding is provided by the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) and this national program supports health professionals and future health professionals to train and practice in geographic and clinical [...]
The University Departments of Rural Health (UDRH) program encourages students of medicine, nursing and other health professions to pursue a career in rural practice by providing opportunities for students to practise their clinical skills in a rural environment. It also supports health professionals currently practising in rural settings. www.health.gov.au/udrh UDRH Program Guidelines List of University [...]
Funding is available for allied health workers, including paramedics, under the Australian Government’s Rural Health Continuing Education (RHCE) program. The program provides continuing professional development grants for rural and remote health workers. Funding of $12.7million is being provided for the RCHE from 2009-10 to 2012-13. Futher information on the RCHE can be found at http://rche.ruralhealth.org.au
The Australian Government has established the Nursing & Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS) to support nurses, midwives and allied health professionals in rural and remote Australia to get away to do the professional development training they need to continue their vital work. The NAHRLS can provide your workplace with a suitably matched locum to [...]
The Australian Government funds the Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme, which aims to help address the under-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in health professions. The scheme is administered by the Royal College of Nursing Australia (RCNA) and provides financial assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people undertaking study in a health-related [...]
The Australian Government’s Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme (NAHSSS) provides scholarships to support undergraduate and postgraduate study, clinical placements and continuing professional development activities for nursing and allied health students and professionals. Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH) administers the Allied Health Streams of the Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship [...]
