CSU will outline its argument for an overhaul of rural medical education policies at a Senate Committee hearing in Albury today.

Paramedic students from CSU will fly to Canada next week for an international study tour.

CSU Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Vann has welcomed the announcement in last night's Budget of $6 million in funding to construct a Family Medical Practice on the University's Bathurst Campus as part of the University's health and wellness precinct.

A CSU researcher and advocate for quality aged care has welcomed the Federal Government overhaul of the sector but says more needs to be done to improve the standard of care.

Significantly improving access to cancer diagnosis and treatment in rural areas will be needed to address a projected 40 per cent growth of cancer nationally, according to Professor Rob Davidson, the head of medical radiation science at CSU.

In an innovative program for Indigenous people, three central NSW communities have secured the services of future speech pathologists from CSU to assist young local school students.

Prospective health professionals have seen the value of teamwork in rural and remote Australia in a project led by CSU.

Projected health budget savings from the federal government's proposed introduction of means testing for health insurance rebates should be re-directed to establishing a new rural medical school at CSU, according to a leading medical expert.

When CSU needed a leader to establish and build a new university campus in the centre of Port Macquarie they chose to Dr Muyesser Durur.