SRH First Year Medical Students with Prof Catherine Hawke.
The School of Rural Health is excited to welcome the 2025 cohort of first-year medical students, who will undertake the University of Sydney’s entire four-year Doctor of Medicine program in Dubbo. Nearly half of the 2025 first-year cohort come from the Western and Far West regions of NSW, representing communities such as Orange, Dubbo, Brewarrina, Broken Hill, Coonamble, Parkes, and Forbes. They join a total of 93 medical students currently studying in the Dubbo Stream.
Charlie Todd, a student from Forbes said “I decided to study medicine in Dubbo due to it having a community similar to back home, I felt this is an ideal situation to prepare myself to help rural communities as I’ll be brought through the system surrounded by the issues of the health system specific to those living out in the country and hopefully gain some insight on how to go about fixing them, as this is something I feel would be missed in the city.”
Professor Catherine Hawke, Head of Clinical School said “It’s wonderful to see so many students from our region pursuing their dreams to become doctors and we can’t wait to see the impact they will have—both as medical students and future doctors.”
The Dubbo Stream is delivered in new purpose-built facilities, opened in 2022 at the School of Rural Health, it builds on the University’s long history of over 20 years delivering medical education in the Central West and Western NSW.