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Find out what opportunities are available in the NT for health students
Deciding on the right career path isn’t always easy but knowing your options will help make the decision easier.
Here you’ll find links to information about different health professions including an overview of the role, what a day at work is like, and things to take into consideration when making your decision.
As a student, you could be eligible to one of three main support payments: youth allowance, ABSTUDY or Austudy.
Apply your passion for tackling real-world challenges in public health, nursing, exercise and sport, psychology or social work, and focus on research and practice in the areas of Indigenous, tropical, local and global health at Charles Darwin University.
Flinders NTÂ runs a medical program and provides student placement and workforce support through the Remote and Rural Interprofessional Placement Learning NT. It also co-manages[AA1] the Centre for Remote Health and manages other initiatives including the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health in Alice Springs.
The Batchelor Institute sits uniquely in the Australian educational landscape as the only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dual-sector tertiary education provider.
There are other ways to complete university study, including online university courses. You can find a range of flexible options on Open Universities Australia.
Rural health clubs have a multi-disciplinary focus. They run activities to help their student members learn more about rural health. The rural health clubs in the NT are:
Students Association for Rural and Remote Health
Central Australian Remote and Aboriginal Health Club
You can find out about clubs in other states on the National Rural Health Student Network website.
The High School to Health Careers Program gives students an opportunity to:
The program aims to:
Flinders University supports clinical placements in rural and remote locations in the NT for health science students from universities across Australia.
Placement experiences are challenging and rewarding and can vary between remote clinics and practices to large tertiary hospitals, isolated desert communities or multi-cultural centres of Darwin and Alice Springs. Placement is a great opportunity to learn and get involved in local communities and make a positive difference to the health of our population.
Learn more about how to organise a placement in the NT on the Flinders University website.
