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What is Health Careers in the Bush About?

Health Careers in the Bush (HCB) is a program that provides school students from all over rural and remote Queensland with the information, encouragement, and support to make an informed decision about whether a career in health is for them and if so, how to pursue such a career.

The underlying principal of the program is to increase the number of rural origin students entering a career in the health industry and returning to rural and remote Queensland to practice their profession.

For Students, Teachers, and Parents...

This website contains information for students, teachers, and parents on topics such as:

  • Profiles on a variety of health professions
  • Where you can study health in Queensland and northern New South Wales 
  • Studying health at TAFE
  • Traineeships
  • State and National scholarships
  • Indigenous student support
  • And other valuable links and contacts

You will also find information on the range of activities that the HCB team coordinate throughout the year where students can gain a more intensive understanding of health careers:

  • Health Career Workshops
  • Rural High School Visits 
  

HISTORY

In July 2001, the key organisations in Queensland with 10 years of experience in the area of recruiting rural and remote school students to the health professions, agreed that it was time to work together and provide a united, statewide, culturally sensitive program of recruitment and retention strategies. Hence, the Health Careers in the Bush Alliance and the HCB program was formed. For more information on the Alliance please click here.

Queensland is the first State in Australia to introduce such a program for promoting health careers which is not only coordinated centrally but implemented state wide.

Research History

May 2005
Evaluation of Health Careers in the Bush: Health Careers Workshops 1994 - 2002 Part One
Evaluation of Health Careers in the Bush: Health Careers Workshops 1994 - 2002 Part Two
Evaluation of Health Careers in the Bush: Health Careers Workshops 1994 - 2002 Summary of results

  
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