About

By fostering resilience, growing interprofessional skills and knowledge, and mobilising collective action, our College is committed to delivering better, healthier living for our communities.

We are doctors, nurses and midwives. Pharmacists, occupational therapists, biomedical scientists, physiotherapists. Epidemiologists, nutritionists, radiographers. And so much more. We are leaders and listeners.

Our staff have a passion and conviction to learn, succeed and assert an influence over global healthcare challenges. As a student, you’ll graduate life-ready with a clear understanding of your value and skills. Taught in state-of-the-art learning environments, you will be prepared for the health and medical workforce of today — and tomorrow.

The quality of education and research we undertake is grounded in a harmonised agenda with our clinical, education, community and research partners. We’re deeply connected to the challenges and opportunities in our region and beyond. Our students, researchers, educators and graduates are helping to improve rural and remote health and invest in our local NSW communities.

We speak up for equity, diversity and inclusion and create pathways that enable capability, build confidence and foster belonging in education and health care provision. Our Indigenous Health Unit, Thurru, has helped train more than 110 Indigenous doctors.

Over 100 ? Indigenous doctors have graduated
Ranked 8 ? in Australia for Medicine
World top 38 ? for Nursing

A message from our college PVC

Professor Elizabeth Sullivan

Professor Elizabeth SullivanWelcome to the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing – an innovative, research-intensive centre of education excellence.

In collaboration with our external partners and stakeholders, including long-standing partnerships with our regions’ health districts, the College prepares exemplary, career ready health care and health research professionals, and produces world-leading research that builds capacity for excellence in healthcare intervention.

Through our population, laboratory and clinical research we inform an evidence base that enables community members to self-determine their wellness journey; find better ways to prevent and treat disease; and highlight the complex behavioural, social, and economic factors that affect health and wellbeing. Characterised by multidisciplinary and collaborative research clusters, the College prioritises and invests in research that impacts the health of local and global communities.

Our students are prepared for the health and medical workforce of the future. With academic and clinical guidance our students experience what it's like to work as a health care professional in real life situations. This ensures that what our students learn is truly patient focused, relevant and practical, as they build an in-depth understanding of the consumer experience, the health care system and the contexts in which health care and health research is delivered.

True to our values of excellence and equity, we are committed to training health professionals and researchers from a range of backgrounds. This approach makes the most of the extensive skills, perspectives and networks that a diverse health workforce brings; drives innovative solutions to health care challenges; and encourages patients from diverse backgrounds to seek health care assistance. With a particular focus on understanding the needs, and delivering on the aspirations of, regional, rural, remote and Indigenous Australians, the College challenges health inequities through an empowered and capable workforce.

On behalf of the wider College, I welcome you and encourage you to spend some time getting to know us. We welcome all opportunities to partner and engage with you.