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A MEDICAL school was needed on the Border to retain vital skills in the region, according to Charles Sturt University chancellor Lawrence Willett. <\/p>\n
A MEDICAL school was needed on the Border to retain vital skills in the region, according to Charles Sturt University chancellor Lawrence Willett. <\/p>\n
Mr Willett yesterday said it was outrageous that CSU still lacked a medical faculty. <\/p>\n
He said very few of the students who went to Melbourne or Sydney for medical training ever returned. <\/p>\n
At the same time, that CSU students in other fields such as physiotherapy or nursing often stayed working in rural or regional areas. <\/p>\n
The problem with training people in metropolitan areas is they find partners there or the like, he said. <\/p>\n
A lot of them never come back. <\/p>\n
If you train people in the country, you get a better retention rate. <\/p>\n
Mr Willett made the comments after yesterdays Faculty of Science graduation ceremony his last before retiring next December. <\/p>\n
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