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Half new Dubbo medical course intake hail from the Golden West

Feb 17 2025 Updated February 24, 2025

David Dixon

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Locals getting a look-in: With nearly half its new intake coming from the Golden West, the School of Rural Health recently welcomed its 2025 first-year medical students, seen here with SRH first year medical students with Head of the Clinical School Professor Catherine Hawke. Photo: Supplied.

With nearly half its new intake coming from the Golden West, the School of Rural Health (SRH) recently welcomed 2025 first-year medical students undertaking the University of Sydney’s entire four-year Doctor of Medicine program in Dubbo.

Representing regional centres including Orange, Dubbo, Brewarrina, Broken Hill, Coonamble, Parkes, and Forbes, the new group will join the 93 medical students ...