Education and capacity building opportunities
Consortium-led PhD funding and training program
Development of collaborative PhD scholarships, joint supervision models, and shared research training opportunities across partner institutions to develop rural diabetes researchers.
International clinical placements
Structured short-term and extended clinical placement opportunities that enable skills development, knowledge exchange, and exposure to diverse health systems, supporting reciprocal capacity building across low-, middle- and high-income countries.
Workforce exchange and skill development
Reciprocal clinician exchange programs and capacity building initiatives in leadership, digital health and advanced practice that foster shared learning, strengthen individual skills and global networks, and enhance rural and regional diabetes care and research capacity across diverse health systems.
Education and capacity building aims
- To identify gaps in rural diabetes workforce training and professional development across participating regions.
- To support the development of structured international clinical placement and workforce exchange pathways.
- To facilitate the sharing of expertise, models of care, and digital health innovation across health systems.
- To strengthen leadership capability and advanced practice roles in rural and regional diabetes care.
- To support workforce readiness to implement and translate emerging research evidence into practice.
- To provide a collaborative framework for education and training initiatives across consortium partners.