SCHOLARSHIPS valued at $1650 are now available for rural and health professionals to complete the National Centre for Farmer Health specialist Agricultural Health and Medicine unit in 2025.

This core unit of the Graduate Certificate of Agricultural Health and Medicine (GCAHM) – offered through Deakin University – equips participants with vital skills to address the health, wellbeing, and safety challenges faced by farmers.

The program includes a five-day immersive experience in Hamilton in late February/early March, plus online study – preparing students to better serve and advocate for farming communities.

A first in Australia, the course delivers specialist knowledge and skills to students currently employed, or wishing to gain employment, in rural and remote health-related professions.

The GCAHM aims to provide the necessary skills and knowledge to improve the social, physical and mental health of agricultural workforces and farming women, men and children across Australia.

The course material shifts focus dynamically with the changing nature of challenges faced by rural and remote agricultural communities.

The interdisciplinary and real-time nature of the GCAHM will highlight what is needed to improve the determinants of health in farming communities both in Australia and abroad.

This course is to be delivered in person commencing February 24, 2025.

The GCAHM has been developed to appeal to a wide variety of graduate-level students and professionals from nursing, paramedics, medicine, health, agricultural science, agribusiness, social work, veterinary and environmental science backgrounds.

Rural professionals, health professionals, health care administrators and policy makers would greatly enhance their knowledge of the physical and mental health issues facing today’s rural and remote communities by undertaking this course.

 Upon successful completion of the course, graduates with a relevant health degree will be eligible to become an AgriSafe™ provider.

The GCAHM expands upon the individual determinants of health to explore issues of climate change, agricultural practices, remote community sustainability and other social determinants of health in farming communities. 

Undertaking the course will be beneficial to students wishing to undertake further study as well as health and rural professionals looking to update their knowledge and improve health provision, research, safety, policy and literacy in rural and remote communities or to improve agricultural production and sustainability.

The GCAHM provides an important opportunity to those who are currently, or plan to be, rural and remote professionals in the fields of Medicine, Nursing, Paramedics, Health, Health Management, Rural Policy, OH&S and Agriculture.

Find more information about the course, FAQ and how to apply at bit.ly/4enEWxt