Charles Sturt University (CSU) allied health and nursing students have undertaken an exercise to work together in a team on a complex health scenario through a new collaboration between CSU and Hume Medicare Local in Albury-Wodonga. Yesterday evening (Monday 12 August), final year occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, speech pathology and nursing students on CSU campuses in Albury-Wodonga and Orange, worked to gain a better understanding of local health issues. Acting Course Director Dr Caroline Robinson with CSU’s School of Community Health said primary healthcare aims to prevent health problems such as obesity, rather than cure problems after they occur. “Students worked in multidisciplinary teams to collaborate with and learn from health professionals already working around Albury-Wodonga,” Dr Robinson said. “The exercise aimed to increase the employability of CSU graduates, by exposing them to ‘real life’ multidisciplinary practice that is becoming more common in regional Australia. It also introduces our students to the services provided by Hume Medicare Local and enables them to meet local health professionals who can tell students about possible career options in primary health care.”