Donate or register for bursaries to attend WONCA Rural Conference


Expressions of Interest invited for bursaries

“Young Doctors” (in training for general practice /family medicine or in the first five years of family medicine / GP practice), doctors from developing countries, and medical students, are invited to apply for bursaries to support them to attend the WONCA Rural Health Conference which will be held in Cairns, Australia from 29 April -2 May 2017. If you are eligible to apply for a bursary, please register an expression of interest for application to be forwarded as soon as the process is confirmed. More information is available here.

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Bursaries: make a donation to help colleagues attend

For those attending the conference, you can donate to the Bursary fund when you register. If you will not be attending the WONCA 14th World Rural Health Conference in Cairns, but would like to contribute funds in support of eligible applicants from developing countries to attend - please consider this opportunity to help a young colleague or colleague from a developing country to attend.

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Bursaries: Support medical students to attend

Help support students to attend the WONCA 14th Rural Health Conference The World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) in conjunction with Australian medical groups - the Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) and National Rural Health Students’ Network (NRHSN) are raising funds to bring international students to attend the 14th World Rural Health Conference in Cairns, Australia (29 April - 2 May 2017).

The money will be used to provide scholarships to international students and distributed on a case-by-case basis, giving them the opportunity to attend a conference which brings the world's leading experts in rural and remote medicine together to share the latest in global rural health.

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