Rural Road to Health

Dr Bethan Setphens, a GP and Director of Community Learning at Cardiff university , and Dr Katie Webb, a psychologist, and a Professor of Medical Sducation at the University of Cardiff, tell us about Longitudinal Integrated Clerckships in Wales and the upcoming CLIC conference. Episode summary:  01.30  Katie and Bethan tell us about their professional background and how they became involved with m...

Professor Karen Flegg is a rural general practitioner from Australia and the current president of WONCA, the World Organization of Family Doctors .   Episode summary: 01.04  Karen tells us about her professional background and her journey into rural health. 04.20  What has she most enjoyed about living and working in a rural area and what does she find most challenging? 07.50  What has her rural l...

Dr Chris Rice is a qualified nurse and paramedic, and Associate Head of Postgraduate Medicine at Edge Hill University in Lankashire.  His doctoral thesis explored the recruitment and retention of nurses staff across northern Scotland's non doctor islands. Episode Summary: 01.30  Chris tells us about his professional background and how he became interested in rural practice. 03.25  What does he mos...

Susanne Tegan is the CEO of the National Rural Health Alliance in Australia and an advocate for rural communities.  Episode summary: 01.15  Susanne tells us about her professional background and how she developed her interest in rural health. 06.00  What does she find most enjoyable and most challenging about living in a rural area? 12.50  What is the National Rural Health Alliance? 17.55  How did...

Welcome to the 3rd season of the Rural Road to Health Podcast! Episodes will be released on the 10th, 20th and 30th of each month between January and August 2025. Thank you for listening to the  Rural Road to Health ! Rural Health Compass  

Its the end of another season, I hope that you have learned as much as I have from our guests! 2.5x more downloads 28 episodes 31 guests (18 female, 13 male) 23 countries    Top 5 episodes this season : Prof Nuno Sousa talking about P5 Digital Medical Centre in Portugal Dr Rebecca Orr talking about Farmers Health in Northern Ireland Dr Jaka Strel talking about Rural Practice in Slovenia Melanie Ha...

Tony Joy is the founder of Durian , an NGO focused on empowering rural women to become self-sufficient by providing them with the knowledge and skills needed to transform their local waste into a means of livelihood.   Episode summary: 00.55 What inspired Tony to work on rural issues and with rural women? 13.45  What is the perception of rural communities in Nigeria? 20.10  What is life like for a...

Sadie Lavelle Cafferkey is a registered nurse working on in the Republic of Ireland. She is currently doing a PhD with Trinity College Dublin.  Her project is looking at developing integrated nurse led addiction services for rural communities.   Episode summary: 01.10  Sadi tells us about her professional background and how she became involved in the field of addiction. 04.00  What has your resear...

Dr Juan Barranco is a rural family medicine doctor from Spain.  He is a member of the EURIPA International Advisory Board and a member of the rural section of SemFYC an organization for family doctors in Spain Episode Summary: 00.49 Could you tell us about your background and how you became involved in rural health? 02.45 How is primary care in rural areas organized in Spain? 05.41 Who are the mem...

Prof Jean Ross  is a professor of nursing at Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand with many years of experience advocating for rural health and rural nursing.  She is a member of the Global Rural Nursing Exchange Network leadership team.    Episode summary: 00.45 Could you tell us about your professional background and how you became more involved with rural health? 06.06 What is the state of rural nu...

Gréanne Leeftink is an assistant professor within the department Industrial Engineering and Business Information Systems, in the CHOIR research center at the University of Twente.  Her research focus is on healthcare process optimization, using Operations Management/Operations Research techniques. Episode summary: 01.14 Greanne tells us about her professional background and how she became more inv...

Cristobal Escalona is the director at Balloon Lab at Ballon Latam, a social enterprise supporting rural innovation and sustainable development in rural areas of Chile. Episode summary: 01.00  Cristobal tells us about his professional background and how he started working with rural communities. 07.45  What is Balloon Latam and where did the idea originate from?   14.00  Why are the activities of B...

Dr Anette Fosse is a rural GP and researcher at the Arctic University of Norway.  She is also the director of the Norwegian national center for rural medicine. Episode summary: 00.45  Anette tells us about her professional background and how she developed her interest in rural health and research 04.00  How is the healthcare system organized in rural Norway? 06.05  Who are the members of the wider...

Dr Rebecca Orr is an academic GP from Northern Ireland who focuses on farmers' health.  She is also the Chair of the Agri Rural Health Forum in Northern Ireland.  Episode Summary: 00.45  Rebecca tells us about her professional background and how she became interested in rural health and farmers health 04.00  What is the role of women in farming and the health of rural communities? 06.50  What is t...

Melanie Costas is the founder of Rural Mental Health Matters ,  a social enterprise focused on tackling mental and physical health inequality in the UK.   Episode Summary: 00.45  Melanie tells us about her professional background and how she became interested in rural mental health 02.55  Why did she start Rural Mental Health Matters? 06.45  What does Rural Mental Health Matter do? 10.15  What are...

Dr Miriam and Malachy Dolan have a social farm in Northern Ireland.  We talk about social farming and how it can benefit farmers and rural communities.     Episode summary: 00.45  How Miriam became interested in rural medicine 03.15  How Malachy became interested in rural health and social farming 06.30  What is Dolans Social Farm? 10.30  Who visits the farm and what activities do they take part i...

Catriona Crawford is a therapeutic radiographer by training, she is working with the Farming Community Network in Northern Ireland on the Rural Communities Cancer Project.   This project partners with Macmillan Cancer Support to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer, the need for screening, and support that is available following a cancer diagnosis.   Episode summary: 00.45  Catriona...

13th EURIPA Rural Health Forum Highlights   Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health: https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/shsc/research/lirch/ Campus for future livingin Mablethorpe: https://connectedcoast.co.uk/project/campus-for-future-living/ Credential for rural and remote health: https://www.scotlanddeanery.nhs.scot/media/722082/final-credential-curriculum-in-rural-and-remote-health-submission-tr...

Dr Madeleine Muller is a Family Physician and Senior lecturer at Walter Sisulu University and she serves on the RuDASA (Rural Doctors Association of Southern Africa) executive committee. Episode summary: 00.50  Dr Muller talks about her journey into rural health 04.15  What were the challenges of working with patients with HIV/AIDS in rural areas? 07.40  What impact does mentoring have on providin...

We speak with a nurse practitioner who has experience working with victims and survivors of modern slavery in the UK.   Episode summary: 00.45 Our speaker tells us about her professional background and how she developed an interses in modern slavery 04.15  What is modern slavery? 06.45  Where does modern slavery happen and does it affect rural communities? 09.00  Who is most at risk of human traff...

Dr Roxana Surugiu is a family doctor, researcher and lecrurer at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Craiova in Romania.  In this episode we learn about rural health in Romania and the findings of her research on the perception of rural practice among medical students in Romania. Episode Summary: 00.55  Roxana tells us about her professional background and how she got involved in rural heal...

Dr Giovanni Baglio and Monica Brinzac join us to speak about the OASES project , a EU funded project looking at medical deserts in Europe.     Episode summary: 00.50  Dr Giovanni Bagglio and Monica Brinzac tell us about their professional backgrounds and projects they are involved in 04.40  What is the OASIS project? 06.25  What are medical deserts? 10.30  How many areas of Europe are affected by...

Dr Wiktor Szczudlinski is a general practitioner who qualified in Poland and is now working in Scotland.  He shares his experience of working as a rural GP, why he decided to leave rural practice, and how he has gotten more involved in health tech and consulting with health tech start-ups.   Episodes summary: 00.40  Dr Szczudlinski talks about his experience moving from Poland to rural Scotland 03...

Dr Jaka Strel is a rural family doctor from Slovenia.  Dr Strel and his team have built a very successful medical practice in Ziri, which has helped Ziri win the title of healthiest municipality in Slovenia. Episode summary: 01.00  Dr Strel shares his journey into family medicine and rural health 05.15  Specialization of family medicine in Slovenia 08.45  How is the primary care system organized i...

Melanie Hartmann is a healthcare worker with a bachelor degree in interdisciplinary healthcare and management from Germany. She has been reseaching primary care netwroks on the Halligen Islands.  She talks about the unique way in which primary care has been organized on the Halligen and the insights that she has gained during her research.   Episode summary: 00.55  Melanie tells us about her profe...