Funder: NSW Rural Doctors & CWA
Grant Background: The NSW Rural Doctors Network (RDN) Bush Bursaries and Country Women’s Association (CWA) Scholarships provide selected medical, midwifery and nursing students in NSW/ACT with $1,500 each to assist with costs associated with their studies. Recipients also spend two weeks on a rural placement in country NSW during their university holidays. The placement combines the enjoyable aspects of country life and rural medicine.
Placements are coordinated by the rural Councils. Placement locations may differ each year due to the involvement of different Councils.
The two-week placements are usually undertaken in December or January.
Applicants must demonstrate:
- an interest in rural practice and lifestyle;
- an understanding of the realities of rural medical practice; and
- the motivation to undertake a placement in a rural area as part of the scheme.
