Placement locations

Placement opportunities

Nursing and Allied Health students

There are many placement opportunities in the Darwin area for all nursing and allied health disciplines, in both private organisations and with the Department of Health.

Placement locations may include:

• Royal Darwin Hospital
• Darwin Private Hospital
• Private clinics
• Public health departments
• Primary and Special Schools
• Palliative Care facility
• Aged-Care facilities

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Medical students

You will be exposed to a diverse clinical experience in Darwin, including exposure to tropical, Indigenous and cross-cultural issues.

Clinical placement opportunities occur at the following sites:

• Royal Darwin Hospital
• A variety of general practices, Aboriginal medical services and community clinics including Palmerston GP super clinic and Danila Dilba

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Student accommodation

To apply for accommodation, visit our accommodation portal

What staff and students love

• Mindil Beach Sunset Markets
• Litchfield National Park: Buley Rockholes and Florence Falls
• Parap Markets on Saturday mornings
• Nightcliff foreshore and jetty for sunsets 
• The Deckchair Cinema for movies and food under the stars
• Museum and Art Gallery of the NT: free entry
• Sunset cruises on the harbour
• Jumping crocodiles on the Adelaide River

Useful links

• About Darwin
• Primary Health Networks (PHN) community profiles
• Starrh: The Students’ Association for Rural and Remote Health
• Darwin Bus Timetables and Maps
• Bus Route 88 - Map and Timetable Effective from Mon 27 Aug 2018 (PDF 453KB)

Placement opportunities

Nursing and Allied Health students

Katherine offers a diverse range of placement opportunities for allied health, nursing and midwifery students to experience rural and remote health practice.

Placement locations include many public and private health centres.

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Medical students

Katherine offers medical students a diverse range of opportunities to experience rural and remote health practice.

Placement locations may include:

• Katherine District Hospital
• Wurli Wurlinjang Health Service

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Student accommodation

To apply for accommodation, visit our accommodation portal

What staff and students love:

• Katherine Hot Springs
• Nitmiluk National Park
• Barunga Festival in June
• Cutta Cutta Caves

Useful links

• About Katherine
• Primary Health Networks (PHN) community profile

Placement opportunities

Nursing and Allied Health students

Nursing and Allied Health students can experience a variety of opportunities including community nursing and social work.

Placement locations may include:

• Tennant Creek Hospital
• Barkly Region Alcohol and Drug Abuse Advisory Group (BRADAAG)
• Department of Territory Families
• Tennant Creek High School

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Medical students

Placements are varied and opportunities include general medicine, general practice, primary health and renal dialysis.

Placement locations may include:

• Tennant Creek Hospital
• Tennant Creek General Practice
• Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation

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Student accommodation

To apply for accommodation, visit our accommodation portal

What staff and students love:

• Desert Harmony Festival
• Sunset at Battery Hill Mining Centre
• Karlu Karlu (Devils Marbles)
  
• Kunjarra the Pebbles
• Local markets
• Nyinka Nyunyu Art and Cultural Centre
• History of the local Warumungu People
• The Tennant Creek Telegraph Station
• Five minutes’ drive to everywhere in town.

Useful links

• About Tennant Creek and the Barkly Region
• Primary Health Networks (PHN) community profiles

Placement opportunities

Nursing and Allied Health students

There are many placement opportunities in the Alice Springs area for all nursing and allied health disciplines, in both private organisations and with the Department of Health.

Placement locations may include:

• Alice Springs Hospital
• Remote community clinics
• Private clinics
• Public health departments
• Royal Flying Doctor Service
• Central Australian Aboriginal Congress
• Primary and Special Schools
• Palliative Care facility
• Aged-Care facilities

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Medical students

Opportunities for medical students to complete clinical and elective placements in Alice Springs may include anaesthesia, emergency medicine, general medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, paediatrics, psychiatry and renal medicine.

Placement locations in Central Australia may expose you to the following locations:

• Alice Springs Hospital
• Central Australia Aboriginal Congress
• Remote Community Clinics
• Royal Flying Doctor Service

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Student accommodation

To apply for accommodation, visit our accommodation portal

What staff and students love

There are many great things to see and do in and around Alice Springs including festivals, national parks, markets, places to eat and drink and cultural places of interest.

These include:

• Parrtjima – A festival in Light
• Beanie Festival
• Desert Song Festival
• Todd Mall Markets
• Alice Springs Desert Park
• Women’s Museum of Australia and Old Gaol
• Royal Flying Doctor Service

Useful links

• About Alice Springs
• Rural Health Club – CARAH