Students

The Australian Government’s Bonded Programs aim to provide more Australian trained doctors in areas of workforce shortage, particularly in rural and remote Australia.

Access to training and education opportunities that are key to retaining medical practitioners in rural NSW.

RDN supports students interested in pursuing a rural health career by promoting rural practice pathways, facilitating student scholarship programs, supporting mentoring opportunities and providing opportunities for students to undertake rural experiences.

RDN maintains an extensive Rural Primary Healthcare Workforce Database and can support requests for workforce data.