Kate Temby, Kerina Princi, and Amber Blowes attended Swan Hill District Health’s (SHDH) gathering event earlier this week to celebrate a $150,000 education research grant.
This was also a celebration of the collaborative and exciting workforce development project to build a progressive, skilled rural workforce between Swan Hill District Health (SHDH), Kerang District Health (KDH), Rural Workforce Agency Victoria (RWAV) and Charles Sturt University (CSU).
Our team met with A/Prof Rex Pais Prabhu, Executive Director of Medical Services, Dr Daniel Wilson, President of Rural Doctors Association of Victoria-RDAV and Board Director of Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM), SHDH representatives, including doctors, GP registrars, medical services staff, and supervisors on the project.
Key milestones included tripling GP’s working at SHDH in the past 4 years, further investment into GP training, and the opportunity to provide specialist training pathways for rural generalists. Rwav acknowledges and appreciates the dedication of our associates and celebrates their success.

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