The Rural Health Unit is part of the Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care in the School of Population Health. The focus of the Rural Health Unit is the implementation of the rural strategy within the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences

Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences Rural Strategy:

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The Rural Health Unit is led by a social accountability approach. Within this approach the education, research, and service activities of the Unit are directed towards addressing the priority health concerns of rural whānau and communities and the mission statement reflects how the overall Faculty mission can be enacted within rural communities.

Mission Statement:

"To apply rural orientated knowledge systems, innovative rural practices and rural focussed research, through collaboration with rural communities, to sustainably regenerate rural people and places"

Structure of the Rural Health Unit:

The structure of the Rural Health Unit is based around the core programmes delivered by the Unit

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In addition the Rural Health Unit is responsible for managing the Regional Rural Admission Scheme into various health programmes in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences.

More information on the various programmes and activities of the Rural Health Unit are found in the following pages by clicking next.