2014: BUILDING CULTURAL COMMUNITY LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY In 2014, MSPGH and the broader Faculty supported the enrolment of Indigenous students who held senior positions in Indigenous Health in Shepparton and the surrounding Goulburn Valley. Whilst students were enrolled in the MPH, the pathway allowed those without undergraduate degrees to apply. Fond memories are reported by the staff of
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this time and the program. There is a current Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Communities, run out of the Department of Rural Health in Shepparton. Several of rural PPUs commenced in 2014 and the MSPGH has worked with the Department of Rural Health to increase the opportunities for students to have rural experiences. The number of placements has risen steadily with students undertaking some excellent projects. PPUs have included working with the Aboriginal District Cooperative in rural Victoria and the Aboriginal Corporation in remote Western Australia. It is a testament to the students and hosting agencies that placements have been able to continue throughout the challenges of the 2020-2021 pandemic with an onsite and online blended approach with extremely
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positive feedback from the hosting agencies. It was in late 2014 that Professor Rob Moodie took leave to take up a position in Malawi and the School welcomed Rosemary McKenzie as Director of Teaching and Learning (and as of 2021 the Deputy Head of School).
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