We have ended up on North Ronaldsay this week to spend time with the nurse practitioner in charge of the islands health care. The northernmost isle of the Orkney Isles, it is home to about 50 full time residents and a variety of sheep endemic to the island, aptly named North Ronaldsay sheep. › Continue reading…
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We are coming to the end of our first week in the Orkney Isles and whilst a lot of things have stood out as great, the one thing has been surprisingly outstanding has been the food served to both staff and patients.
“The sky is just big, I can’t explain it, you’ll see when you get there” – Orkadian farmer
I found out how true this was a few days ago as we arrived here in the Orkney Islands. The people are magnificent, the community is inspiring and the sky is certainly big.
The Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust has announced application details for its Travelling Scholarship for 2016/2017. The annual Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust Travelling Scholarship awards up to $10,000.00, which may be divided between two recipients. The scholarship assists medical students to travel internationally to a rural situation to observe new concepts, develop their own skills and share their learning with other students when they return.
“Scholarships offered by the Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust assist young people to spend valuable time in innovative and challenging overseas situations, to return, and to become the new idea generators here in New Zealand,” said Mr John Farry, Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust Chairman.
The Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust is excited about their ADVENTURE EXPERIENCES on offer at their wine, adventure and art auction. You don’t have to be at the auction to get what you want, simply email Claire Dooney at to arrange bidding on your behalf. The auction is being held in conjunction with the Gala Dinner at the National Rural Health conference in Dunedin on the 2 April 2016. › Continue reading…
Get your running shoes ready! The 2016 Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust Fun Run / Walk is coming to Dunedin, Saturday, 2 April, 2016.
The event will bring the Dunedin community, healthcare professionals, and the National Rural Health Conference together to highlight the importance and value of Rural GPs and that of the Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust. › Continue reading…
After months of planning, the national rural health conference 2016 programme is live and Early Bird registrations are open. To visit the website and view the programme follow this LINK › Continue reading…
The 2015 Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust Travelling Scholarship has been awarded to two University of Otago School of Medicine students who will travel to Thurso and the Orkney Isles in Northern Scotland for eight weeks to further their rural health education.
Mr John Farry, chairman of the Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust, announced that Mr Jono Paulin and Ms Anna Charles-Jones will both receive NZ$5,000 to assist their elective travel in August and September 2016. › Continue reading…
The Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust has announced application details for its Travelling Scholarship for 2015/2016. The annual Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust Travelling Scholarship awards up to $10,000.00, which may be divided between two recipients. The scholarship assists medical students to travel internationally to a rural situation to observe new concepts, develop their own skills and share their learning with other students when they return. › Continue reading…
I feel like I have been a bit of a jack-in-the-box since my last blog. Taking the advice of one of the doctors, I have been moving about the hospital following the action so to speak. This has included spending quite a lot of time on the General Medicine ward and Pediatric ward to give myself a wide range of exposure to different patients and presentations before my time is up. Again, I have seen so many cases for which all I can think for the first few minutes is ‘wow!’ I takes a moment to absorb it all before the questions start falling out of my mouth. › Continue reading…