School of Population Health and Clinical Practice

The School of Population Health and Clinical Practice is a large and vital part of the Faculty of Health Sciences, with a $23m turnover across the Disciplines of Nursing, Public Health, Medical Education, Rural Health and General Practice.  The School is experiencing annual growth of some 15%, particularly in research. Recent grants include a capacity Building Grant, a large Military Health Outcomes Grant and support for a ground-breaking study of cardiac pacemakers.

The School of Population Health and Clinical Practice is also one of the six Schools in the Faculty of Health Sciences created when the Faculty was restructured in 2005. The School brings together academic disciplines concerned with:

• preventing disease and promoting health in populations
• provision of health services which are the first point of contact for individuals and families in the community
• health services generally and in rural and remote localities
• nursing in all its practice specialities, and
• Indigenous health

The School currently comprises over 200 academic and research staff, over 700 Title Holders, 65 research postgraduate students and 460 coursework postgraduate students. These are located mainly at the University’s North Terrace campus with significant numbers of staff and students based in the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Pulteney Street Tower Building and elsewhere at the University’s Thebarton Campus and at Whyalla in association with the University of South Australia.