Nursing and allied health students

When you’re heading off on a rural clinical placement, you need accommodation. You might also be looking for resources to plan, financial help or personal, social or academic support. Here’s a range of support services to help you plan and enjoy your placement.

Monash health professions students can access support right across Victoria through a collaboration between Monash, the University of Melbourne and Deakin University.

Accommodation

Australian placements outside Victoria

If your placement is anywhere else in Australia, you can find similar support on the Australian Rural Health Education Network (AHREN) website. The site lists the location of all university departments of rural health across Australia.

Financial help for rural and regional placements

Monash University support

If you need financial help to go on a clinical placement, you can apply for a Monash Practical Placement Bursary. Student loans and emergency grants are also available to eligible students. Monash also offers support if you're heading overseas for a placement.
Information on relevant scholarships is also available on the Monash Rural Health Scholarships page.

External organisation supports

Australian College of Nursing -  Offering scholarships for Mental Health and Wellbeing Workforce,  Wound Care, Aged care and Allied Health

RWAV (Rural Workforce Agency) -  Offering a range of grants to help medicine, nursing and allied health students to do placements or develop their skills in regional or rural Victoria.

Going Rural Health - Provide up to $200 per week towards the cost of accommodation and travel when you're doing a rural clinical placement.

Support during your placement

Student support and mental health

Monash provides a range of personal, social and academic support for students. See the faculty guide for accessing student support.

The National Rural Health Student Network (NRHSN) produced a guide to mental health: When the cowpat hits the windmill: a guide to staying mentally fit.

Join WILDFIRE - rural health student club

WILDFIRE is Monash University's rural and indigenous health student club and is open to all medical, nursing and allied health students interested in rural health. The club has sub-committees at Clayton, Parkville and Peninsula campuses; and the teaching sites at Bendigo, Churchill, Mildura and Gippsland, based in Traralgon.

Someone to talk to on-site

At all our main teaching sites you have access to student lounges, Eduroam Wi-Fi, simulation suites and libraries. We can also connect you with student social events, local sporting clubs and activities, the safest cycling or running routes, the best place to find a coffee … just ask.

At each of Monash Rural Health’s training sites, you can also find someone to talk to: