13th EURIPA Rural Health Forum Highlights Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health: https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/shsc/research/lirch/ Campus for future livingin Mablethorpe: https://connectedcoast.co.uk/project/campus-for-future-living/ Credential for rural and remote health: https://www.scotlanddeanery.nhs.scot/media/722082/final-credential-cur…

Dr Madeleine Muller is a Family Physician and Senior lecturer at Walter Sisulu University and she serves on the RuDASA (Rural Doctors Association of Southern Africa) executive committee. Episode summary: 00.50 Dr Muller talks about her journey into rural health 04.15 What were the challenges of working with patients with HIV/AIDS in rural areas? 07…

We speak with a nurse practitioner who has experience working with victims and survivors of modern slavery in the UK. Episode summary: 00.45 Our speaker tells us about her professional background and how she developed an interses in modern slavery 04.15 What is modern slavery? 06.45 Where does modern slavery happen and does it affect rural communit…

Dr Roxana Surugiu is a family doctor, researcher and lecrurer at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Craiova in Romania. In this episode we learn about rural health in Romania and the findings of her research on the perception of rural practice among medical students in Romania. Episode Summary: 00.55 Roxana tells us about her professional b…

Dr Giovanni Baglio and Monica Brinzac join us to speak about the OASES project, a EU funded project looking at medical deserts in Europe. Episode summary: 00.50 Dr Giovanni Bagglio and Monica Brinzac tell us about their professional backgrounds and projects they are involved in 04.40 What is the OASIS project? 06.25 What are medical deserts? 10.30 …

Dr Wiktor Szczudlinski is a general practitioner who qualified in Poland and is now working in Scotland. He shares his experience of working as a rural GP, why he decided to leave rural practice, and how he has gotten more involved in health tech and consulting with health tech start-ups. Episodes summary: 00.40 Dr Szczudlinski talks about his expe…

Dr Jaka Strel is a rural family doctor from Slovenia. Dr Strel and his team have built a very successful medical practice in Ziri, which has helped Ziri win the title of healthiest municipality in Slovenia. Episode summary: 01.00 Dr Strel shares his journey into family medicine and rural health 05.15 Specialization of family medicine in Slovenia 08…

Melanie Hartmann is a healthcare worker with a bachelor degree in interdisciplinary healthcare and management from Germany. She has been reseaching primary care netwroks on the Halligen Islands. She talks about the unique way in which primary care has been organized on the Halligen and the insights that she has gained during her research. Episode s…

Dr Bita Barghchi is a primary care doctor from Iran. In this episode she shares her experience of working in rural Iran and talks about some of the challenges faced by rural communities and healthcare workers. Episode summary: 00.45 Bita tells us about her professional background 01.45 How is the primary care system organized? 03.15 How do patients…

Prof John Wynn-Jones and Prof Mark Gussey are the co-chairs of the 13th EURIPA Rural Health Forum which will be held in Lincoln in June 2024. They will tell us more about this upcoming event and their aspirations for the Forum. Episode summary: 01.15 Prof Gussey shares his journey into rural health 03.40 Prof Wynn-Jones shares his journey into rura…

Prof Lionel Green-Thomson is the dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He is also a member of the board of directors at the Network Towards Unit for Health. We will be talking about the upcoming Ubuntu 2024 conference. This conference is jointly organized by 5 Universities in South Africa, Rural WONC…

Prof Nuno Sousa is a neuroradiologist and the Director of the P5 Digital Medical Centre in Portugal. This centre has been developing digital health solutions to support the provision of healthcare in rural areas in Portugal. Their projects have been developed in close collaboration with the local communities they work with.  Episode summary: 01.00 …

Dr David Halata & Dr Katerina Javorska are rural family doctors form Czechia. Both of them have been involved in an initiative to improve rural healthcare in Czechia called Go Rural. Dr Halata is the chairman of the Working Group for Rural Medicine in the National society for Family medicine and creator of Go Rural. Dr Javorska is a member of the W…

Dr Sara Bradley is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of South Wales. Prior to this position she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of the Highlands and Islands, in Scotland working in the Division of Rural Health and Wellbeing. Her work focuses on social prescribing, rural service provision, mental health and wellbeing a…

Professor Steven Orozco Arcila joins us from the University of Antioquia in Colombia. He teaches a range of subjects including public health, primary care and health promotion. In this episode we explore how conflict has affected the provision of healthcare in rural areas of Colombia. Episode summary: 01.00 Prof. Orozoco Arcila’s professional backg…

Dr Cath Cosgrave is a rural change-maker, strategic advisor, trainer, coach, presenter and evaluator. She has more than 25 years of experience working with rural communities developing community-centred, strength-based strategies to effectively address local health and community service issues. Attract Connect Stay website - https://attractconnects…

Dr Kenneth Yakubu completed his PhD at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and the co-lead of the George Institute's Ubuntu Initiative for research partnerships in Africa. Dr Yakubu trained as a family physician in Nigeria and practiced there before moving to Australia in 2019. His PhD thesis focused on human-ri…

Welcome back to the Rural Road to Health! Season 2 Episodes will be released on the 10th, 20th and 30th of each month. The first episode will be available on the 20th January. Feedback form for season 1: https://forms.gle/1XPxUcoiHmVSKRLA8 More information about the podcast: https://theruralroadtohealth.blog/podcast/…

The wrap-up episode to the first season of the Rural Road to Health. I will share some insights with you from my journey creating and hosting the podcast and give you a sneak peek to what is in store for 2024. Please take a few minutes to complete the Feedback form. This will help in shaping future episodes. Wishing you all the best for the festive…

Bita shares some news and updates. Look forward to Season 2 coming soon in 2024!

12th EURIPA Rural Health Forum Summary The forum was held in Romania form the 19th to 22nd of October and brought together over rural family medicine clinicians form accross Europe. Abstract book EURIPA website Please like and share this episode. You can send your comments about the podcast to ruralroadtohealth@gmail.com If you want to support the …

Professor Shelly Nowlan is Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer for Queensland and the deputy National Rural Health Commissioner for Australia. She has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare and nursing. Episode summary: 01.10 What inspired Shelly to go into rural nursing? 03.00 What does she do in her deputy National Rural Health Commission…

Michelle Rathman is the founder of Impact Communications, Inc. a healthcare strategy and communications company. Since 1997 she has worked with rural health clinics, state offices of rural health and rural hospitals. Michelle helps facilitate transformation in healthcare settings across the US. She is also the host of the Rural Impact Podcast which…

Welcome to Rural Policy Bites. In this episode I will reflect on two events that I have attended in the past few weeks: High-level Rural Policy Forum, Siguenza, Spain Institute for Health Equity Conference, Birmingham, UK For more information: Rural Pact: https://ruralpact.rural-vision.europa.eu/index_en Rural Observatory: https://observatory.rural…

Daniel Dawes is a lawyer, author, scholar, educator and leader in health equity and health reform. His research focuses on the drivers of health inequities among under-resourced, vulnerable and marginalized communities, he has pioneered a new approach to examining inequities - the political determinants of health. Daniel was instrumental in shaping…

Dr John Pawlovic, he is the Chair in Rural health with the University of British Columbia and a family doctor who has dedicated his career to improving the health of rural, remote and Indigenous communities. We will talk about an innovative project -the Real-Time Virtual Support network which aims to address inequitable access and barriers to healt…

This is the second addition of Top Tips for Rural Health Careers. Our guests to share their top three tips for people thinking about going into rural health careers. We will hear from: Dr Mercy Wanjala, Dr Sankha Randenikumara, Dr Mayara Floss, Aebhric O’Kelly, Major Dr Ashlesha Tawde-Kelkar and Dr Christian Rechtenwald. Mercy (00.53) Have a passio…

Dr Christian Rechtenwald is a rural family medicine doctor form Germany and has been the Image Officer of ther European Young Family Doctors Movment for the past three years. He talks about how he became a family doctor, what it has been like leading a rural family medicine practice in Germany, and how he has addressed challenges along the way. Epi…

Major Dr Ashlesha Tawde-Kelkar is a rural doctor and army veteran from India. During her uniformed service she was stationed between India and Pakistan and looked after the troops, as well as the rural and tribal populations in the area. She currently provides care to tribal communities in the Western ghats of Maharashtra. Episode Summary: 01.15 Wo…

What is rural health policy? Policy is an ongoing interaction between interests, ideas and institutions. The policy process: Identifying the problem Agenda settting Decisions about prefered policy options Monitoring and evaluation https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/rural-health-policy https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/health-care-in-rural-area…

Aebhric O’Kelly is a Former US army Green Beret, a wilderness psychologist, a board certified critical care paramedic, and the dean emeritus of the College of Remote and Offshore Medicine. He also hosts the CoROM podcast. Overview of episode: 00.45 Aebhric’s professional background 02.35 Building international collaborations 05.30 Who works with Co…

Dr Gindrovel Dumitra tells us about what the host organizing committee has planned for the upcomming EURIPA Rural Health Forum in Romania. Episode overview: 01.30 What is planned for the EURIPA Rural Health Forum? 04.30 What are the themes for the Forum? 05.30 Who is the Forum for? 08.50 How will the Forum help Romanian rural primary care? 13.25 Ac…

Pam Barrett has a background in social policy and is a co-founder of Be Buckfastleigh (Better Places), a community interest company set up to tackle health, social, and economic inequalities in Buckfastleigh and other small rural towns in Devon, UK. Overview of episode: 00.55 Pam talks about her professional background and how she became more invol…

Dr Mayara Floss is a family medicin doctor from Brazil, a PhD student , writer and advocate for rural and planetary health. Episode overview: 00.45 Mayara’s journey into rural health 07.40 Primary care in Brazil 08.50 Comparing rural and urban settings 13.00 Working in a favela during COVID19 14.20 Rural population and community care in Brazil 18.4…

Dr Sankha Randenikumara, a family doctor from Sri Lanka. He is also the Young doctor representative for WONCA, founder of Sri Lankan Medical Associations Young members forum, and honorary joint secretary of the Palliative and End of Life Care task force. Contact via: sankha_rk@hotmail.com Infromation about the WONCA World Conference in Sydney. Over…

Jalen is back! In this episode, Bita talks with Jalen about his process, creation and making of Sprints. The short film is based on his life and experiences. Its a great way to bring our conversations in the previous episodes into a real finished product. Check out Sprints on Vimeo! : https://vimeo.com/778001520 Password: sprints…

Dr Mercy Wanjala, a family medicine doctor based in Kenya, she is currently an executive member of AfroPHC. She runs a monthly workshop with AfroPHC focusing on health policy. Mercy is also the education lead on the Rural WONCA executive and Rural Seeds Ambassador for Africa and member of the executive of the YDM AfriWON. Overview of episode: 01.00…

Bita talks about breaking the rules in scriptwriting and how to write within a Genre and how to expand into others. Louie guests hosts. Follow us on instagram!

Bita discusses her inspirations and how to write for characters that aren't necessarily relatable. Research and behind the scenes documentaries also discussed.

In this episode (17) Bita invites Louie back to discuss her passion-Writing and Scripts. The conversation covers everything from our own personal process and influences, to the writers and screenplays that have made an impact. Follow us on Instagram: @btcvsmultiverse

Welcome to Top Tips for Rural Health Careers! Our speakers share their top tips for people thinking about careers in rural health. Learn from their experience and insight. Sharing their 3 top tips are: Sadie Lavell Caferkey 00.45 Tariq Jagnarine 02.20 Pippa Kensit 03.30 Brooke Mackie 04.25 Amber Wheatley 05.45 Share these insights with your student…

Dr Amber Wheatley is a family doctor working in the British Virgin Islands. She is a rural advocate, writer and yoga instructor. Dr Wheatley talks about her experiences working on BVI, specific issues faced by the population, challenges during COVID 19 and bush medicine. Contact her via email at vashwheatley@gmail.com 00.15 Intro and Amber's journe…

Wednesday, the viral Netflix hit that spawned a million memes and Tik tok dances definitely brought The Addams Family into the modern age. We discuss the show and how it rates outside of the lens of social media. Listen to Bita Roxana, Jalen and guest Louie break the series down and find out if Adam Sandler would’ve been a better Wednesday than Jen…

Welcom to Rural Policy Bites! Todays topic is: Rural Proofing What is rural proofing? Why rural proof? Who should be responsible for rural proofing? FInd out more about rural proofing here: UK Rural Proofing Guidance EU Rural Observatory https://ruralengland.org/rural-proofing-for-health-toolkit/ Please share your thoughts and feedback at ruralroad…

Part 2 00.45 - The perception of rural medicine among students 05.30 - Social and family factors and rural medicine 10.20 - Other challenges when going into rural medicine 12.15 - Rural development and recruitment 16.15 - Getting communities involved in rural placements 21.10 - Support for students, rural health clubs 25.05 - Support during post gr…

Pippa Kensit is the Future Workforce Program Lead, and more recently Clinical Advisor at NSW Rural Doctors Network (RDN). She has completed a Bachelor of Nursing and a dual Masters in International Public Health and Health Management. In 2021 she was accepted to Medicine at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney. She has extensive experience in rural…

Time to go down the gold carpet event of the 95th Academy Awards - The Oscars! Bita, Jalen and a special guest who is joining us for this episode, will discuss each category and the winners. Listen in and hear what we have to say about the Oscar nominees! You could say it’s "everything everywhere all at once” Social Media Jalen: https://www.instagr…

Dr Tariq Jagnarine is a family medicine doctor living and working in Guyana, he has experience in working with indigenous communities. He is also the current Programme manager of the national AIDS Programme secretariat. In this episode we will talk about providing healthcare for indigenous communities, HIV/AIDS prevention, and rural health challeng…

Dr Karine Kersting Puls in collaboration with Rural Seeds is launching the Mentor Mentee Programme 2.0. This is a great opportunity for students and young health professionals looking to develop their rural health careers. It is also an opportunity for more experienced rural health professionals to mentor the next generation. Learn more about this …

Continuing to talk more about the Mandalorian and other Star Wars in this Part 2 Episode! This is the way, us creators see how the writers and filmmakers can create a story. To make the audience feel like they are in another galaxy far far away... Our Social Media’s are: Bita Roxana: IG: @officially_brt Twitter: @brt_officially Jalen: IG: @i_kooped…