Season 1 Wrap Up
The final episode to the first season of the Rural Road to Health. I will share some insights with you from my journey creating and hosting the podcast and give you a sneak peek to what is in store for 2024.
Available 15th December 2023.
EURIPA Rural Health Forum Summary
An overview of this event which was held in Romania and focused on rural health in Europe.
Available 30th November 2023.
Prof. Shelly Nowlan is Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer for Queensland and the deputy National Rural Health Commissioner for Australia. She has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare and nursing.
She talks about the development of the National Rural and Remote Nursing Generalist Framework and what is needed to support rural nursing.
Available 15th November 2023.
Michelle Rathman is is the founder of Impact Communications, Inc. a healthcare strategy and communications company. Since 1997 she has worked with rural health clinics, state offices of rural health and rural hospitals. Michelle helps facilitate transformation in healthcare settings across the US. She is also the host of the Rural Impact Podcast which tries to connect the dots between policy and rural issues.
Available 28th October 2023.
Reflections on two rural health policy events:
- High-level Rural Policy Forum, Siguenza. Spain
- Institute of Health Equity Conference, Birmingham, UK
Available 14th October 2023.
Daniel Dawes, J.D. is a lawyer, author, scholar, educator and leader in health equity and health reform. His research focuses on the drivers of health inequities among under-resourced, vulnerable and marginalized communities, he has pioneered a new approach to examining inequities – the political determinants of health. Daniel was instrumental in shaping the Affordable Care Act in the US (also known as Obama Care) and chaired the National Working Group on Health Disparities and Health Reform.
Available 7th October 2023.
Dr John Pawlovic is the Chair in Rural health with the University of British Columbia and a family doctor who has dedicated his career to improving the health of rural, remote and Indigenous communities. We will talk about an innovative project -the Real-Time Virtual Support network which aims to address inequitable access and barriers to healthcare faced by rural, remote and indigenous communities.
Available 28th September 2023.
Top Tips for Rural Health Careers 2
Our speakers share their top tips for people thinking about careers in rural health.
Learn from their experience and insight.
Available 21st September 2023
Dr Christian Rechtenwald is a rural family medicine doctor form Germany. He talks about how he became a family doctor, what it has been like leading a rural family medicine practice in Germany, and how he has addressed challenges along the way.
Available 7th September 2023.
Major Dr Ashlesha Tawde-Kelkar is a rural doctor and army veteran from India.
During her uniformed service she was stationed between India and Pakistan and looked after the troops, as well as the rural and tribal populations in the area. She currently provides care to tribal communities in the Western ghats of Maharashtra.
Available 21st August 2023.
What is rural health policy?
A brief overview of rural health policy and the policy process.
Available 7th August 2023.
Aebhric O’Kelly is a former US army Green Beret, a wilderness psychologist, critical care paramedic and deam emeritus of the College of Remote and Offshore Medicine.
In this episode we will learn about CoROM and the challenges and opportunities of working in remote, offshore and wilderness environments.
Available 28th July 2023.
RURAL HEALTH EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Dr Gindrovel Dumitra will share with us what the host organizing committee has planned for the EURIPA Rural Health Forum.
Abstract submission is until 30th July.
Available 21st July 2023.
Pam Barret has a background in social policy and is a co-founder of Be Buckfastleigh, a community interest company set up to tackle health, social, and economic inequalities in Buckfastleigh and other small rural towns in the UK.
Learn about this innovative community focused initiative and the effect that it has on the rural communities.
Available 14th July 2023
Dr Mayara Floss is a family doctor form Brazil, advocate for rural and planetary health and PhD student.
Dr Floss talks about rural health in Brazil, developing a planetary health course, and developing projects with communities.
Available 7th July 2023
Dr Sankha Randenikumara is a rural family doctor and young doctor representative for WONCA.
Dr Randenikumara talks about developing a rural health centre, building your team and engaging the community.
Available 30th June 2023
Dr Mercy Wanjala is a rural family doctor and rural health advocate from Kenya.
Dr Wanjala talks about rural health in Kenya, her experience in advocating and driving change for improved healthcare services and her international roles with AfroPHC and WONCA.
Available 15th June 2023
Welcome to Top Tips for Rural Health Careers!
Our speakers share their top tips for people thinking about careers in rural health.
Learn from their experience and insight.
Available 30th May 2023
Dr Amber Wheatley is a family doctor working in the British Virgin Islands. She is a rural advocate, writer and yoga instructor.
Dr Wheatley talks about her experiences working on BVI, specific issues faced by the population, challenges during COVID 19 and bush medicine.
Available 15th may 2023
Welcome to Rural Policy Bites!
What is Rural Proofing?
A short introduction to rural proofing.
Available 30th April 2023
Pippa Kensit is the Future Workforce Program Lead, and more recently Clinical Advisor at NSW Rural Doctors Network (RDN). She has completed a Bachelor of Nursing and a dual Masters in International Public Health and Health Management. In 2021 she was accepted to Medicine at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney. She has extensive experience in rural advocacy roles and rural health clubs in Australia.
Brooke Mackie is a final year medical student at James Cook University based in North Queensland, Australia. Growing up across Australia in various rural mining towns, Brooke is passionate about providing quality healthcare to these communities. Through medical school she has undertaken placements across rural Queensland and aims to become a rural generalist in the future.
Pippa & Brooke talk about their rural health journeys and rural training pathways in Australia.
Available 15th April 2023
Dr Tariq Jagnarine is a family medicine specialist in Guyana. He is the current Programme Manager of the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS). In this episode we will talk about providing healthcare for indigenous communities, HIV/AIDS prevention, and rural health challenges in Guyana.
Available on 15th March 2023
Dr Karine Kersting Puls in collaboration with Rural Seeds is launching the Mentor Mentee Programme 2.0.
This is a great opportunity for students and young health professionals looking to develop their rural health careers. It is also an opportunity for more experienced rural health professionals to mentor the next generation.
Learn more about this innovative virtual mentoring programme for rural health career development.
Applications are open until the 20th of March.
If you are interested in becoming a mentor or a mentee, please find more information about how to apply here.
To contact Dr Karine Kersting Puls
Sadie Lavelle Cafferkey is a registered nurse and PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. In this episode Sadie tells us about her experience as a nurse and about life on Achill island. We find out more about her research into integrated nurse led addiction services.
Available on 15th February 2023
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