The students from across NSW are taking part in a four-day Go Rural road trip which will also take in Bathurst, Orange, Parkes, Trundle, Cobar and Mudgee.

Go Rural is one of many strategies employed by the RDN to "develop more sustainable long-term health solutions" in the bush.

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RDN chief executive officer Richard Colbran said Go Rural was developed to demonstrate the professional and personal rewards of healthcare careers in remote and rural locations.

"Research published in the Medical Journal of Australia shows rural exposure during medical training has been associated with an increased likelihood of medical students entering rural practice after graduation," he said.

"Go Rural provides medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health students the opportunity to meet rural health professionals, visit health and medical facilities and get to know some rural communities."

Mr Colbran says this week's Go Rural is the second for the year with a third planned for December.

"Earlier this year we took 19 students out west through six towns including Bourke, and some of those students had never left a city," he said.

"Every student returned motivated to pursue rural placements and told us just how eye-opening they found the experience.

"The health of our rural communities is dependent on the successful recruitment and retention of enthusiastic and dedicated health care professionals and Go Rural is one of many RDN strategies in place to develop more sustainable long-term health solutions for remote, rural and regional towns."

The students will land in Dubbo late on Saturday afternoon before having dinner and a game of tenpin bowls.

They will leave Dubbo on Sunday morning and head back to Sydney via Mudgee where they will have "lunch and explore".

Not-for-profit and non-government organisation, RDN is the federal government's designated Rural Workforce Agency for health in NSW.