Where to start

Rural communities see their own solutions, and then watch solutions designed in and for cities imposed on them instead. This community brings a rural lens to rural health, grounded in evidence and built with Rural WONCA.

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  Read the guidanceGlobal guidance on evidence-based healthcare strategies to serve rural and remote communities Coming soon
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  Take the courseSix self-paced modules built from the guidance Coming soon
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  Watch the pre-summit sessionsThree recorded sessions from the lead-up to TUFH 2026, available now
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  Join the communityQuarterly convenings, and the Remote and Rural Health Summit at each TUFH conference

Pre-summit sessions

Three virtual sessions held ahead of the TUFH 2026 summit. All free to watch.

Guidance on evidence-based healthcare strategies to serve rural and remote communities

Coming soon

Developed with Rural WONCA, the guidance brings a rural perspective to rural health. It covers access to health in terms of geography, funding, infrastructure and workforce; socioeconomic disadvantage; infectious and chronic disease; and the needs of particular rural populations.

It then sets out models that work, including community-oriented primary care, integrated multidisciplinary teams and extended generalist practice, with lessons drawn from Canada, Australia, South Africa, Thailand and Ethiopia, followed by implementation, financing and evaluation considerations.

We will publish it here as soon as it is released.

Communities of Practice: Remote and Rural Health Course

Six self-paced modules drawn from the guidance, for practitioners, educators and advocates working in rural and remote settings. Coming soon

The modules below are planned. Registration will open here once the course is ready.

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  Understanding the Rural ContextWhat rural means in practice, through both a geographic and a functional health systems lens, and why solutions designed in cities so often fail outside them
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  Healthcare AccessGeography, funding and infrastructure, including local facility upgrades, integrated records, telehealth and connectivity
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  The Rural Health WorkforceRecruitment and retention, broadening scope of practice, and getting the right mix of health workers in place
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  Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Rural DiseaseLiving conditions, safety, poverty and unemployment, and their effect on infectious and chronic disease
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  Meeting the Needs of Rural PopulationsMental health, women, home care, disability, older people, and populations needing specialized testing and intervention
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  Models That WorkCommunity-oriented primary care, multidisciplinary teams, extended generalist practice and the three-legged stool framework, with lessons from Canada, Australia, South Africa, Thailand and Ethiopia

Certification

Certification opens when the course launches. Course content will be free; certificates require an active TUFH membership. Complete all six modules and the final assessment to receive a certificate of completion.

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  Complete all six modulesSelf-paced, in any order you like
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  Pass the final assessmentTaken online at the end of the course
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  Hold an active TUFH membershipIndividual, institutional or Center of Excellence

Continue your learning

We are reviewing courses from our partners and other organizations to build a sequence that follows on from the introductory course. Coming soon

If you run a course on rural or remote health that belongs here, we would like to hear from you.

Resource Library

Publications, recordings, presentations and other materials from TUFH and its partners.

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  Rehearse to Respond: Using Tabletop Exercises to Strengthen Health Emergency Preparedness & ResponsePre-summit session · Watch
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  Training for the Last Mile: Socially Accountable Training & EducationPre-summit session · Watch
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  Advancing Indigenous Health Workforce ModelsPre-summit session · Watch
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  Global guidance on rural and remote healthTUFH and Rural WONCA · coming soon