RHSV Objectives

General objectives include:

To foster students’ education and future goals, potentially resulting in a handful of health professionals.
To expose school students to the multitude of health careers available to them.
To provide opportunities for students to be able to reflect on their personal values, interests and goals and how these might fit with a career in health.
To provide opportunities for students to interact and learn from the experiences of Rural Health Club presenters.
To give positive feedback to students on their ability to overcome barriers to pursuing a health career.
To emphasise the multidisciplinary aspect of health careers.

To encourage school students to stay at school and attain the best possible education.
To enable school students to interact with health students in a non-intimidating, fun but educational environment.
To promote healthy lifestyles and healthy choices to school students.

It is the sort of fun and creative interaction that occurs in RHSVs that will lead to a greater trust of health workers in the community; an increased likelihood of accessing health care; a greater chance of remaining at school; an improved understanding of cultural differences; and consequently and most importantly, improved health outcomes.