RHIP Academic
Coordinator Yvonne
Boyes with the Best
Clinical Placement
Award.
Recognition for Whakatāne based
Rural Health Interprofessional Programme
The Rural Health Interprofessional Programme
(RHIP) has been awarded 'Best Clinical
Placement Award for Undergraduate Nursing'
by Wintec for 2018. This award is generated
by student comments regarding their clinical
placements. "The RHIP programme has been an incredible experience in my
journey as a student nurse. It has helped to shape my career as a
nurse and aided in my development as a student nurse."
The programme, launched in Whakatāne in 2013, aims to improve
the recruitment and retention of our doctors, nurses and other
health professionals in rural New Zealand. It's an exciting and
collaborative programme that involves several training partners
throughout New Zealand, bringing undergraduate students from
different health disciplines together to learn and gain clinical
experience in rural New Zealand. "RHIP is the kind of placement that will stick with me for the rest
of my life. Best experience ever and I would recommend it to
everyone."
The programme is coordinated by Yvonne Boyes and Matt Sinton
and heavily supported by Regional Māori Health Services. You'll
see from the comments that the students place high value in the
support they have been given as well as the clinical experience
they've gained.
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"RHIP constantly challenged my thought process. With rural health,
with implementing tikanga, with understanding social determinants
of health, with one size definitely does not fit all, with understanding
the total wellbeing of a patient, with implementing more Māori health
models, with ALWAYS looking at the big picture."
"Their support for the students both on a professional and
personal level was second to none and they made themselves
freely available when needed. Their warm and approachable
demeanour made attending the programme a pleasure. They
are clearly passionate about rural health and the health of Māori
and this showed through in the nature of the programme and the
clinical placements selected for us."