NSW rural resident medical officer cadetship for Indigenous medical students

• Funding/grant type:

  Recurrent

• Closing date:

  Not specified

Overview

The NSW Rural Resident Medical Officer Cadetship is a program that is designed to increase the number of doctors working in rural communities. The Cadetship provides financial and other supports to medical students who then work as interns and residents in rural NSW hospitals after graduation. Cadetships are funded by The NSW Ministry of Health and administered by NSW Rural Doctors Network (RDN).

Cadets commit to spending two of their first three post graduate years in a rural base hospital west of the Great Dividing Range in NSW i.e. Tamworth, Orange, Dubbo, Wagga Wagga or Albury. (Cadets can choose to defer their rural service in their intern year and begin the return of service in PGY2). Cadets are ambassadors for the program and help monitor younger medical students in the cadet network.

To be eligible for the cadetship you must be an Indigenous student in:

• 1st and 2nd year students at Universities of Sydney, Wollongong and Notre Dame. Also ANU students who completed year 12 in NSW
• 2nd and 3rd year students at Universities of Newcastle and New England
• 3rd and 4th year students at Universities of NSW. Students in their 3rd or 4th year at an interstate or NZ medical school who completed year 12 in NSW are also eligible.

The benefits of the cadetship include:

• financial support while you're studying: $30,000 over your last two or three years
• flexible payment options to limit effect on Centrelink payments and other scholarships
• relocation allowance up to $1,500
• financial support to attend RDN conferences and annual cadet weekends
• mentoring and support through RDN
• assistance with hospital intern placement process.

Contacts

Melanie Lewis
Project Officer - Education & Training
NSW Rural Doctors Network
PO Box 1111
Mascot NSW 1460
Ph: (02) 8337 8100
Email: mlewis@nswrdn.com.au

Links

• View information: Rural Doctors Network Scholarships
• View information: Cadetship details (PDF - 370.0 KB)
• View website: Rural Doctors Network