New student training facilities for the Charles Sturt University and Western Sydney University Joint Program in Medicine

Giving back to people and communities is especially important in rural and regional areas of Australia. At Charles Sturt University we know a continuing shortage of doctors in the country contributes to Australia’s rural health crisis. Our rural and regional communities need more doctors who understand their unique challenges and the rewards of regional life and who can address First Nations and remote healthcare issues. To address this we have partnered with Western Sydney University, to provide state-of-the-art facilities for Doctor of Medicine students at our Orange campus.

The new facilities provide students with hands-on experience through a collaborative learning space, eight clinical skills rooms, an ultrasound room, five problem-based learning rooms and an anatomy lab. More regional medical students studying in rural and regional NSW means more doctors for our regional communities and access to medical services closer to home. With these new facilities, our Doctor of Medicine students will be at the cutting edge of the future of medicine in Australia.