The Northern Territory offers unique placement experiences that pose both challenges and rewards for healthcare students. Placement sites vary from remote clinics and practices to large tertiary hospitals, and from isolated desert communities to the multi-cultural centres of Darwin and Alice Springs. We encourage and support students to embrace the learning opportunities, become involved in the local communities and make a positive difference to the health of our population.
The Northern Territory (NT) provides learning opportunities in diverse communities for hundreds of allied health and nursing students each year.
Placement sites vary from remote clinics and practices to large tertiary hospitals, and from isolated desert communities to the multi-cultural centres of Darwin and Alice Springs.
Medicine
Phone: + 61 8 8951 4700
Email: ntmp.clinical@flinders.edu.au
Allied Health and Nursing
Phone: + 61 8 8951 4700
Email: ntplacements@flinders.edu.au
Darwin
Phone: + 61 8 8920 0200
Student Networking and Inter-Professional Sessions (SNIPS) are relaxed sessions to learn and meet with students from other universities and disciplines.
Enjoy light refreshments while listening to speakers talk about their profession or experience in the Northern Territory. The sessions also provide a forum for students who are required to do presentations for their placement or who would like to share their own experiences.
SNIPS are held regularly in Alice Springs in Central Australia, and Darwin in the Top End. If you are in Tennant Creek, Nhulunbuy or Katherine, you can present or participate via videoconference.
Previous SNIPS sessions have covered a wide range of topics including:
SNIPS Top End (Darwin)
SNIPS (Top End) is held fortnightly in the Flinders University building at Royal Darwin Hospital.
Contact the placement team to:
SNIPS Central Australia (Alice Springs)
SNIPS (Central Australia) is held regularly in Alice Springs.
Visit the Centre for Remote Health website for more details.
Aboriginal culture is diverse and varies across Australia and between Northern Territory communities.
Flinders NT deliver free introductory workshops for students in Central Australia (Alice Springs) and the Top End (Darwin), which cover working with Aboriginal clients in the local context of clinical health services delivery.
There are multiple factors that influence the overall health and well-being in the Aboriginal population in Australia. Understanding these factors can contribute to better health outcomes for Aboriginal clients as health practitioners use more culturally safe, secure and holistic frameworks.
A one day Introduction to Central Australian Aboriginal Cultures and Context is held regularly in Alice Springs.
Visit the Centre for Remote Health website for more details.
Participants
Participants in this workshop will come from diverse backgrounds and will have had varied exposure to Aboriginal health curricula, teaching and cultural experiences.
Participants with little or no Aboriginal health teaching are encouraged to review the pre-reading content. This information is provided to students who have registered in the training.
Workshop content
These sessions at the Royal Darwin Hospital campus explore the topic of working with Aboriginal clients in the context of clinical health services. As a result of the workforce diversity in the NT, the workshop will not focus on any one discipline. Students from all health disciplines and backgrounds are encouraged to attend and work through clinical conundrums which can be applied to respective work settings.
Participants are encouraged to contribute to the workshops through the sharing of experiences, by asking questions and through respectful discussion of topics and scenarios.
Register
Workshops are held once a month in Darwin and dates are coordinated with students arriving in the region. To book or enquire about the next workshop, contact:
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