Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust

The Trust seeks to support the sustainability and quality of health services to rural communities by:
• supporting the recruitment of rural students into the health professional courses through preferential admission policies
• encouraging both undergraduate and postgraduate students to pursue a career in rural health;
• supporting the provision of innovative rural health education for students including visits to world centres of excellence;
• further developing the experience of ‘real life’ learning with rural patients;
• using technology to further relationships between general practices, rural and teaching hospitals
• building awareness in both rural communities and the health care sector of the value of working together
• acting as a catalyst for building and strengthening the relationship between community and rural health professionals.