Australian Rural Training Pathways - with Pippa Kensit and Brooke Mackie (Part 1)

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. Part 1 01.30 - Pippa and Brook share why they chose rural medicine and what healthcare was available in the rural areas where they grew up.  17.30-  Rural Training Pathways in Australia 25.05 - Rural Clinical Schools 32.10 - Rural Placements