I had always thought that the first hospital experience I had on my elective would be treating a patient, as opposed to being a patient. Not to be. › Continue reading…

The 2013 Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust Travelling Scholarship has been awarded to two University of Otago School of Medicine students who will travel to India, Nepal, Gibraltar and The Falkland Islands to further their rural health education.

John Farry, chairman of the Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust, has announced that David Neynens and Rebecca Craw will both receive NZ$5,000 to assist their elective travel in the first term of 2014. › Continue reading…

The Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust has announced application details for two significant scholarships worth a total of $30,000 to encourage undergraduate and rural health professional research and professional development.

“Scholarships offered by the Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust assist young people to spend valuable time in innovative and challenging overseas situations, to return, and to become the new generation of idea generators here in New Zealand,” said Mr John Farry, Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust Chairman. › Continue reading…

Organisers of the Pat Farry Trust Fun Run / Walk held in Rotorua on Saturday 16 March are thrilled that local support has resulted in the event doubling in size and participation since its first outing in 2012. The Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust Fun Run/Walk is held in association with the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network’s (NZRGPN) annual conference which was in Rotorua, 13-17 March this year.

Of the 180 entrants, more than half came from Rotorua and the wider Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions while the other entrants had come from all over New Zealand for the conference. In 2012, the event’s inaugural year, there were 70 participants. › Continue reading…

Wednesday and Thursday saw me in Lakes Entrance, a small lakeside (funny that!) township which is bustling in the summertime but gets a bit sleepier during the winter. I worked with a couple of GP’s and the practice nurses whilst I was there. It was a busy GP practice and very similar to that of the rural clinics I have worked in back here. › Continue reading…