About ARHEN

The Australian Rural Health Education Network (ARHEN) was established in November 2001 to:

• optimise the outcomes of the University Departments of Rural Health (UDRH) Program by encouraging a co-ordinated approach to the activities and the strategic direction of the Program;
• act as a communication and co-ordination conduit for the participating organisations and also between the Commonwealth and other government and non-government organisations and the participating organisations;
• provide proactive activities on behalf of the participating organisations based on the agreed business plans and programs of the participating organisations;
• provide advice to the Commonwealth on the direction of Commonwealth initiatives to create a national network of rural health education and training, in particular with respect to the UDRH Program.

Publications

• Journal of Rural and Remote Health
• May 2008: A Text Book of Australian Rural Health [6429KB]
  This Text Book is 305 pages long.
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• Nov 2006: Opportunities as vast as the landscape - working in rural and remote health [4639KB]