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Shout-out to our amazing volunteer โ Dr Bernie Cocks, Senior Lecturer in Psychology from University of New England who is a passionate advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander students studying in university.
โ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ.โ @UniNewEngland Med Student David, chose UNE for its welcoming country feel, incredible support, and one-of-a-kind rural medicine program experience.
#RuralHealth#MedEd
๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ & ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐!
Applications for Tertiary Health Study Subsidies open Jan 14 - up to $12k in support for eligible students. Learn more & apply: https://t.co/8MfziAcXGP
Mental health specialists from across Australia will gather in Sydney next week [4-6 December] to consider urgent strategies to address the crisis unfolding in rural, regional and remote Australia.
Read more here: https://t.co/fQ3vmI8M4R
#MentalHealth#HealthUNE#MannaInstitute
A ground-breaking effort to tackle the impact of stroke with First Nation communities - the Yarning Up After Stroke program - received the National Rural Health Award for Innovation.
Full story in comments.
#HealthUNE#RuralHealth#RuralHealthCare#NRRHA24#AwardWinners
Join our research aiming to enhance #HealthcareWorkerWellbeing
Follow the link if youโre 18+ and working in human or veterinary healthcare
https://t.co/qnshpP5hjG
Questions? Contact [email protected].
This study is part of my PhD @UniNewEngland. Approved by UNE HREC (HE23-173).
A major investment in psychologically preparing rural communities for increasingly severe & frequent weather & disasters has launched. 'Equip' marks a shift from recovery-based approaches to building preparedness & resilience in communities. Read more: https://t.co/v1t2FgfWN7
NERCHA is @UniNewEngland's rural health club & they're looking for their 2025 committee team! Could you be their new ๐๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ? ๐
โพ Apply through this link: https://t.co/4gkD7rlRv1
โพ Email [email protected] for more info
NERCHA is fundraising for the @RoyalFlyingDoc! Our students & staff are taking on a month-long fitness challenge to help more people access the care they need - join or donate today: https://t.co/lBBZhWLZBz
#RuralHealth#RuralHealthCare
MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH ON FIRST RESPONDERS IN REGIONAL, RURAL AND REMOTE AUSTRALIA
RESEARCHER PROFILE
Dr Rikki Jones (Filmed July 2024)
Senior Lecturer in Nursing
University of New England @UniNewEngland
New South Wales, Australia
Dr Rikki Jones completed her Bachelor of Nursing degree at the University of New England (UNE) in 2000 and a Ph.D in Nursing at UNE in 2021. She has over 17 years of clinical nursing experience in emergency nursing, community health, rural and remote nursing, and theatre nursing. Since undertaking her role at UNE in 2017, Dr Jones has gained extensive experience in curriculum development/design, unit coordination, and is passionate quality meaningful research and student support.
At UNE, Dr Jones has been actively involved in and undertaking leadership roles in research, teaching and student support. Dr Jones is the HDR (higher degree research) coordinator for the School of Health (SOH), and the Chair of Research Committee SOH. Recently she has been awarded an MRFF (Medical Research Future Funds)- Early to Mid-Career Researcher Initiative 2023 for her research focusing on regional, rural and remote first respondersโ mental health.
Dr Jones has been awarded to date a total of over AUD$430,000 in research funding. She is currently leading four large national research teams focusing on rural health and sustainable rural health workforce (include mental health of first responders, sexual violence in rural Australia, virtual simulated nursing placements, and nursing students experience with online learning, connection and transitioning to practice).
SEE OTHER RESEARCHER PROFILES
@BenchSideStory
https://t.co/vzQCTpFOVv
UNE researches are gauging the impacts of extreme weather on farmers and their farms, and exploring adaptation strategies. For the full story & to participate in this important research go to: https://t.co/ot2yKWzkTV
#UNEResearch#Farmers#ExtremeWeather#Psychology#RuralHealth
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ.
Clinic offers psychological treatment & assessment services to members of public, as well as members of UNE community. For more info: https://t.co/25MNo2oEMo #Psychology#MentalHealth#Health#HealthCare
Students will be given the chance to discover the opportunities in rural Australia with NERCHAโs immersive trip to the Northern New South Wales town of Tenterfield!
Limited spots available, send E.O.I immediately here: https://t.co/9zByaszDo5
We had the pleasure of welcoming curious guests from Emmaville Central School earlier this month.
Engaged students got the chance to explore the #HealthUNE simulation laboratories with Professor, Dr. Rikki Jones and learn all about the exciting world of Heath! ๐๐ฅโ๏ธ