Events

23–26 October 2024

Garramilla (Darwin) on Larrakia Country

Rural Medicine Australia (RMA) is the peak national event for rural and remote doctors of Australia. Hosted by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA), RMA attracts a diverse and collaborative community of junior doctors, students, educators, academics, and medical practitioners who are passionate about generalist medicine in rural and remote communities.

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5–12 April 2025

26 Jul – 2 Aug 2025

15–22 Nov 2025

Poonerluttener/Mount Cameron on Palawa country (North-East Tasmania)

These eight day intensive and practical residential courses are now being offered by the University of Tasmania in partnership with the Australian Antarctic Division as stand-alone courses or as a core unit as part of the Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments program.

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17–18 May 2025

Devonport Tasmania

In 2025 the TRGP and Rural Doctors Association of Tasmania are teaming up with HR+ to deliver a bigger Tasmanian Rural Health Conference in 2025. TRHC25 will be a multi-disciplinary conference aimed to include practice nurses. Be sure to mark your calendar for what is shaping up to be the biggest TRHC yet!

June – October 2025

nipaluna/Hobart on Palawa country

AAD Selected AMPs only

• UTAS Regional Anaesthesia workshop
• UTAS Procedural Skills for Abdominal Emergencies Workshop
• AAD AMP Intensive Predeparture Training Course – AAD Polar Medicine Unit
• AAD AMP Dental Training Course – Royal Dental Hospital Victoria/ Dental Health Services Tasmania
• AAD Physiotherapy Upskilling
• AAD THS Surgical and Anaesthesia Upskilling – Tasmanian Health Service (THS)
• AAD THS Lay Surgical Assistant Training – Tasmanian Health Service (THS)
• AAD Expeditioner First Responder First Aid Training

ACRRM PDP Accreditation to be confirmed.

Successful completion of AAD AMP training and assessment may be accredited for those enrolled in UTAS AAD Practical Skills for Remote and Extreme Environments Unit (CAM630).

Friday 27 June 2025 – to be confirmed

Location to be confirmed

This practical workshop has been designed for Medical Professionals wishing to further develop their skills in administering regional anaesthesia. Participants will be offered the unique opportunity to practice procedures using fresh frozen human cadavers at practical skill stations with guidance from Anaesthetists and other experts.

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Saturday 28 June 2025 – to be confirmed

nipaluna/Hobart on Palawa country

This is a rare opportunity for Medical Practitioners wishing to further develop their skills in assessing and managing acute abdominal conditions in remote locations. This one-day workshop will enable you to observe and practice operative techniques on human tissue.

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Semester 2 enrolment. The Humans in Space course is run by ASAM and course dates will be advertised separately in 2025.

UTAS Medical Sciences Precinct, nipaluna/Hobart on Palawa country, face-to-face short course

This course is unique within Australia and covers a broad range of topics relevant to human aeronautics and space flight. The program is multidisciplinary, addressing the physiological, medical, and psychosociological issues that are unique to space flight and planetary exploration, as well as the challenges these issues present. International Faculty includes Astronaut Physician Dr Bob Thirsk (Canada), Dr Giles Clement (USA) and Dr Angie Bukley (USA). Australasian Faculty includes Dr Gordon Cable and Dr John Cherry.

This is an ACRRM PDP Accredited Activity 2020–2022.

ACRRM PDP Accreditation pending

See UTAS HREE Humans in Space CAM632 for course information.

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Dates to be confirmed

nipaluna/Hobart on Palawa country

Extreme sports have increased in popularity over the last few years and are practised by many people, often in remote and extreme environment settings. This unit takes a multi-disciplinary approach and looks at training, prevention, engineering and safety equipment, management of the injured extreme athlete and medical event coverage. This unit broadens your medical horizons to include BASE jumping, paragliding, mountaineering, extreme skiing, and ultra-endurance running.

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Date to be confirmed

nipaluna/Hobart on Palawa country

These eight day intensive and practical residential courses are now being offered by the University of Tasmania in partnership with the Australian Antarctic Division as stand-alone courses or as an elective unit in the Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments program.

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2025 dates and location to be confirmed

This practical workshop has been designed for Medical Practitioners and Paramedics wishing to further develop their skills in the provision of emergency dental care in the out of hospital setting. This interactive workshop will include hands on scenarios using various simulation modalities.

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2025 dates and location to be confirmed

This conference embraces the new and emerging opportunities within and beyond the specialty of aerospace medicine.

2025 dates and location to be confirmed

Rural Medicine Australia (RMA) is the peak national event for rural and remote doctors of Australia. Hosted by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA), RMA attracts a diverse and collaborative community of junior doctors, students, educators, academics, and medical practitioners who are passionate about generalist medicine in rural and remote communities.

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23–29 June 2023

Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Hosted by the Australian Antarctic Division. Including SCAR COMNAP Joint Expert Group Human Biology and Medicine (JEGHBM) Business Meeting 25 June 2023.

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30 June – 1 July 2023

University of Sydney, Camperdown NSW

This event is presented by the Australian Society of Aerospace Medicine (ASAM) partnering with the Kolling Institute and proudly supported by Australian Space Agency.

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25–27 September 2023

UTAS Sandy Bay Campus, Hobart, Tasmania

This conference is presented by Australian Academy of Science (AAS) and National Space Society of Australia Ltd (NSSA) supported by Mars Society of Australia (MSA).

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Online course

The new Remote X-ray Operators Course. has been designed and written by both rural generalist doctors and experienced radiographers to improve the quality of training for those professionals wishing to gain their Remote X-ray Operators licence. This online course focuses on the theoretical knowledge and provides a basic overview of how to convert that knowledge into practice. There are six modules, and it is anticipated it would take about 18 hours to complete. The course is a FREE self-paced course that can be re-visited at any time to refresh. It is also open to all health professions.

Please note completion of the course does not enable you to obtain a X-ray licence on its own, however provides background to the practical component requirements and application. Further details on how to arrange the practical component are included in the online module.

If you are a rural generalist or rural generalist trainee that requires support to access the practical component, please contact the Tasmanian Rural Generalist Pathway Coordination Unit (TRGP CU) at tasrural.pathways@health.tas.gov.au.

A big thank you to the collaborating organisations and staff who contributed to the creation of this module including the University of Tasmania, the Australian Antarctic Division, the Tasmanian Health Service, the Radiation Protection Unit and the TRGP CU steering group — the Centre for Antarctic, Remote and Maritime Medicine. The course is currently an ACRRM PDP Accredited Activity 2020–2022.

This course was made possible through funding from the Australian Government under the National Rural Generalist Pathway Initiative.

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