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Regional Health Workforce: Growing Local Talent for Rural Care with Associate Professor Geoff Argus
Overview:
Welcome back to the Regional Health Solutions Podcast! In this episode, hosts William Mundt and Jaden Frame speak with Associate Professor Geoff Argus, Director of Southern Queensland Rural Health (SQRH) and a Board Director with the Australian Rural Health Education Network and the National Rural Health Alliance.
Geoff has a professional background as a Clinical Psychologist and is passionate about building the health workforce in rural areas. In this episode, we focus on Geoff’s work with SQRH, which is funded by the University of Queensland’s Department of Rural Health and established in late 2017.
Located in Toowoomba, Charleville, and Chinchilla, the SQRH footprint covers the Darling Downs, South Burnett and South West Queensland regions. Geoff brings deep insight into the complex challenges and opportunities facing the rural health workforce in Australia. This conversation was recorded in mid 2024.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why attracting and retaining healthcare workers in rural areas remains a major challenge, and some potential solutions
- How implementing a "grow your own" model of attraction and retention can help develop a local health workforce
- Why telehealth should enhance, not replace, face-to-face healthcare in regional communities
- How the Nursing Allied Health Graduate Outcomes Tracking Study (NAHGOT) is helping understand the factors that lead to rural conversion of healthcare students
- The need to strengthen primary care models and the importance of policy change in addressing funding
- Why economic development and community engagement are essential for rural health and liveability
Action Steps for Listeners:
- Learn About NAHGOT: Explore how this research is shaping health data.
- Get Involved Locally: Consider how your local government or organisation can support community health efforts.
- Support Integrated Care: Think about how telehealth can complement your services while keeping local providers at the core.
- Advocate for Wellbeing: Recognise the strong link between rural health and economic development, and use this knowledge to push for change.
Join us as we explore practical strategies, community-driven approaches, and data-informed insights to support rural health in Australia.
For resources and more conversations, visit https://statim.com.au/podcast and be part of the journey towards better health outcomes in regional Australia.
The Regional Health Solutions Podcast is produced by Ellen Ronalds Keene for Perk Digital https://perkdigital.com.au/
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By STATIMOverview:
Welcome back to the Regional Health Solutions Podcast! In this episode, hosts William Mundt and Jaden Frame speak with Associate Professor Geoff Argus, Director of Southern Queensland Rural Health (SQRH) and a Board Director with the Australian Rural Health Education Network and the National Rural Health Alliance.
Geoff has a professional background as a Clinical Psychologist and is passionate about building the health workforce in rural areas. In this episode, we focus on Geoff’s work with SQRH, which is funded by the University of Queensland’s Department of Rural Health and established in late 2017.
Located in Toowoomba, Charleville, and Chinchilla, the SQRH footprint covers the Darling Downs, South Burnett and South West Queensland regions. Geoff brings deep insight into the complex challenges and opportunities facing the rural health workforce in Australia. This conversation was recorded in mid 2024.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why attracting and retaining healthcare workers in rural areas remains a major challenge, and some potential solutions
- How implementing a "grow your own" model of attraction and retention can help develop a local health workforce
- Why telehealth should enhance, not replace, face-to-face healthcare in regional communities
- How the Nursing Allied Health Graduate Outcomes Tracking Study (NAHGOT) is helping understand the factors that lead to rural conversion of healthcare students
- The need to strengthen primary care models and the importance of policy change in addressing funding
- Why economic development and community engagement are essential for rural health and liveability
Action Steps for Listeners:
- Learn About NAHGOT: Explore how this research is shaping health data.
- Get Involved Locally: Consider how your local government or organisation can support community health efforts.
- Support Integrated Care: Think about how telehealth can complement your services while keeping local providers at the core.
- Advocate for Wellbeing: Recognise the strong link between rural health and economic development, and use this knowledge to push for change.
Join us as we explore practical strategies, community-driven approaches, and data-informed insights to support rural health in Australia.
For resources and more conversations, visit https://statim.com.au/podcast and be part of the journey towards better health outcomes in regional Australia.
The Regional Health Solutions Podcast is produced by Ellen Ronalds Keene for Perk Digital https://perkdigital.com.au/