Rural and Remote
Practice Foundations
An introduction to clinical practice in rural and remote settings.
Access to Foundations is included in your SARRAH membership.
Rural and Remote Practice Foundations (formerly the Transition to Rural and Remote Allied Health Practice Toolkit) was comprehensively revised in 2024.
The revision has been proudly sponsored by the Rural Workforce Agencies Network; Monash University; NT Health and IAHA; guided by a dedicated Steering Committee of industry representatives; and supported by the generous contributions and reviews by fifty of your peers.
About Rural & Remote Practice Foundations
Rural & Remote Practice Foundations has been built to be a resource that you can access at any point and doesn’t need to be done in order. It includes the opportunity to engage with others through discussions and lesson comments.
"Foundations" has been built in the SARRAH Circle: https://circle.sarrah.org.au
Content
"Foundations" has been built in the SARRAH Circle: https://circle.sarrah.org.au
Content
- Welcome to Rural & Remote Practice Foundations
- Foundations people (discussion forum)
- Community profiles (discussion forum)
- Module 1: Remote and Rural Health: the Inside story
- Module 2: IAHA Cultural Responsiveness Level 1 course (external and added cost): https://iaha.com.au/iaha-consulting/cultural-responsiveness-training/
- Module 3: Primary Health Care
- Module 4: Service delivery
- Module 5: Professional skills
- Module 6: Clinical skills
- Module 7: Making clinical decisions
- Module 8: Communication
- Module 9: Ethical practice
- Module 10: Working in teams
- Module 11: Managing your wellbeing
- Module 12: Professional development
- Module 13: Getting support
- Module 14: Starting out
- Stories of Success (whole of Circle discussion forum)
- Mentoring program (whole of SARRAH)
From 1 September 2025, access to Rural and Remote Practice Foundations is included in your SARRAH membership.
If you are a member of RWAN, Monash Rural Health or NT Health, contact your allied health staff to get your sponsor link for free access (thank you to our sponsors!).
Not a member? Join SARRAH to access Rural and Remote Practice Foundations and a range of other great resources for allied health professionals making the move the rural or remote clinical practice.
Need a hand? Message us or send an email to [email protected]. We’re here to help.
If you are a member of RWAN, Monash Rural Health or NT Health, contact your allied health staff to get your sponsor link for free access (thank you to our sponsors!).
Not a member? Join SARRAH to access Rural and Remote Practice Foundations and a range of other great resources for allied health professionals making the move the rural or remote clinical practice.
Need a hand? Message us or send an email to [email protected]. We’re here to help.