Approximately 80 third-year Charles Sturt University (CSU) paramedic students attended Macquarie Care Centre in Bathurst this week to gain practical experience assessing elderly patients. The students took baseline sets of observations for about 20 residents, and interviewed them about their life, medications, and cardiac history. Ms Sonja Maria, lecturer in the paramedic program at the CSU School of Biomedical Sciences in Bathurst, said, “This is a fantastic opportunity for our students to spend time with elderly patients, a group which is the main client in the ambulance industry. This reciprocal exchange has been warmly received and we look forward to together building a stronger relationship in future.”