
Narrogin

Status: Small site, 4 penultimate students
The Wheatbelt hub of Narrogin is home to some of WA’s most productive agricultural farmlands. Just shy of 200 kilometres from Perth, Narrogin offers a rural lifestyle to those who seek peace and tranquillity as well as proximity to Perth. The town is renowned for its Dryandra Woodlands National Park, heritage architecture and gardens, art galleries, walking trails, cafes and much more.
The Narrogin RCSWA office was established in 2007 and is conveniently located in the Narrogin Hospital corporate wing. It's also across the road from the student house so you'll never be late to a placement again!
Staff Profiles

ACADEMIC SERVICES OFFICER, NARROGIN
Brooke Conway
Brooke provides a wide range of support to students including timetabling, housing, excursions, and clinical placements. Having lived in the Narrogin area for 15 years, Brooke appreciates the importance of encouraging medical professionals to work in rural areas. She currently lives on acreage in Cuballing with her husband, two German Shepherds and a horse.
What I love about the RCSWA
I love that the RCSWA enables students to not only study in rural locations but also to build lives there. I love the sense of community that comes from living in a small town and watching the students experience it.

Project Officer, Wheatbelt
Joanne Potts
Jo hopes to develop a strong foundation for medical students in the Wheatbelt to assist RCSWA alumni with career pathway training options and provide connections with rural clinical colleagues. Jo relocated to her husband’s family farm near Dryandra Woodlands in the Shire of Cuballing (near Narrogin) in 2015 and has been passionately involved with the medical student program since 2016.
What I love about the RCSWA
I love developing connections with junior doctors in the Wheatbelt to showcase the incredible facilities and lifestyle that is on offer.
Contact: hubs@rcswa.edu.au
Wheatbelt Immersion Program

What’s it like to live in the bush? Notre Dame academic lead Dr Donna Mak and RCSWA Narrogin academic services officer Sarah Hawksley take to local radio to explain the university’s Wheatbelt Immersion Program and the experience for first year medical students and local families.
Since 2005, Notre Dame students have been billeted for short periods by Wheatbelt families so the potential rural practitioners can get a taste of rural life. With Covid challenges, the program switched to Zoom in 2022 but that did not stop the students from heading over the hills.
Out and about







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