Rural Health Month
Rural Health Month takes place annually in November and was launched by RDN's Rural Health Pro in 2020 as an opportunity for a ‘coming together’ of the rural health community for a series of educational and networking events with a ‘rural positive’ focus. Rural Health Pro is a social enterprise of RDN that hosts a number of events through November for Rural Health Month, including the National Rural and Remote Health Awards and ever popular multi-disciplinary conferences including the Rural Allied Health Conference, Medical Student Rural Inspiration Conference, Rural Practice Managers Conference and Rural GPs Conference, which includes the Rural Medical Service Awards.
“Back in 2019, RDN conceptualised the development of a celebration for rural health and thought ‘why shouldn’t the month of November be the time to celebrate and think positively about all the great attributes of working and living in rural and remote Australia?’ It’s fantastic to see how many organisations are now supporting and celebrating the idea of Rural Health Month, but also the notion of ‘rural positive’.” - RDN CEO Richard Colbran.
Visit Rural Health Pro for more
To read more about this year's Rural Health Month events, including registrations and sponsorship opportunities, visit Rural Health Pro.
Rural Health Month News
- Practice Managers Conference inspires “unsung heroes” of rural practice (2024)
- Rural GPs Conference shares knowledge and celebrates rural medicine (2024)
- 180 future doctors gather in Manly to foster and celebrate the future of rural health (2024)
- RDN unveils alumni program to celebrate 35 years of the Rural Resident Medical Officer Cadetship (2024)
- New GP Orientation Workshops held at Manly for Rural Health Month (2024)
- Advanced Life Support 1 Training (2024)
Awards:
- Sixteen GPs honoured for 35+ years of long service to country NSW (2024)
- 2nd National Rural and Remote Health Awards celebrated in Canberra (2024)
- Spotlight on inspiring Aboriginal health stories at National Rural & Remote Health Awards (2023)
- Parliament House hosts inaugural National Rural and Remote Health Awards (2023)
Rural Health Month videos:
- The Governor-General's Address at the 2024 National Rural and Remote Health Awards in Canberra: