Registrations now open for Rural Heath Month 2025!

We’re excited to share with you that Rural Doctors Network's (RDN) Rural Health Pro has opened Rural Health Month events for registration.

Since 2020, November has been known as ‘Rural Health Month’, an opportunity for a multidisciplinary ‘coming together’ of the rural health community for a series of educational and networking events with a ‘rural positive’ focus. 

“November 2025 will be the 6th Rural Health Month,” says RDN CEO Richard Colbran. “Back in 2019, RDN conceptualised the development of a celebration for rural health and thought ‘why shouldn’t the month of November be the time to celebrate and think positively about all the great attributes of working and living in rural and remote Australia?’

“It’s fantastic to see how many organisations are now supporting and celebrating the idea of Rural Health Month, but also the notion of ‘rural positive’.” 

Celebrations will kick off on Ngunnawal Country with the National Rural and Remote Health Awards in Canberra on 5 November (have you nominated yet – two more weeks to go), and then the focus will shift elsewhere including Gadigal Country in Sydney.

Click on the event you’re interested in below to register! 

• 14 November – Rural Allied Health Conference, Various locations and online
• 26 November – Preparing for ADHD Reforms Masterclass, Hilton Sydney
• 26–27 November – Rural Practice Managers Conference, Hilton Sydney - With a focus on change, this year’s program explores how practice managers can confidently lead through evolving landscapes.
• 26–27 November – New GP Orientation Workshop, Hilton Sydney
• 27 November – ALS 1 Workshop, Wesley Conference Centre 
• 26–27 November, ALS 2 Workshop, Wesley Conference Centre
• 27–29 November – Rural GPs Conference, Hilton Sydney 

Save the date (registrations opening soon):

• 29 November – Medical Student Rural Inspiration Conference, Hilton Sydney

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Look back on last year's events:

• Practice Managers Conference inspires “unsung heroes” of rural practice
• RDN unveils alumni program to celebrate 35 years of the Rural Resident Medical Officer Cadetship
• 180 future doctors gather in Manly to foster and celebrate the future of rural health
• New GP Orientation Workshops held at Manly for Rural Health Month
• Advanced Life Support 1 Training
• Rural GPs Conference shares knowledge and celebrates rural medicine