October 2013
The Rural Appreciation Weekend (RAW) is an annual event held by the NSW rural allied health and medical society. It sees around 150 medicine, nursing dentistry and allied health students from around Australia come together to network in a multidisciplinary setting and learn more about what it is like to live in rural or remote Australia.
RAW is a camping event that has a range of activities to keep students entertained from snake envenomation, Indigenous cultural awareness and professional development workshops to a range of guest speakers and of course a few parties for good measure.
Rural Appreciation Weekend
RAW has proven to inspire many young health students to begin thinking about taking placements in rural and remote Australia through giving them a positive experience in a rural setting. Further to this, local high school students from the local area are invited to attend day activities sothat they can hear from a fantastic array of guest speakers and chat aboutuniversity with the RAW delegates.
Students who are interested should ask their Universities rural club for funding www.rahms.org/raw