Central Otago Health Services Ltd physiotherapist and University of Otago doctoral student Sarah Walker reflects on her recent Health Research Council of New Zealand fellowship. The fellowship will fund a three-year research project she hopes will help address some the inequities in rural health. PHOTO: SUPPLIEDA Central Otago health professional hopes her upcoming research will help address some of the inequities faced in the rural health sector. A Central Otago physiotherapist will notch up a national first following health research she hopes will help all rural communities. Not only will the research help inform future development and training of the rural health workforce, it will also make her New Zealand’s only rurally based clinical academic physiotherapist.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 15, 2019 23:03 UTC