Postgraduate CSU nursing students were at Orange for a residential school aimed at refining skills in history taking and clinical examination and assessment.

The focus was on developing analytical and problem solving skills to be applied in complex clinical situations.

In this new initiative, the Master of Nursing students from CSU were joined by 14 Doctor of Medicine students from the University of Sydney's School of Rural Health for a four-hour workshop.

Associate Professor Rachel Rossiter from the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health at CSU in Orange and Associate Professor Gabriel Shannon from the University of Sydney hope that bringing together the two sets of students will further improve collaboration between the healthcare professions and the respective universities in this region.

"This is a rare chance for students to train alongside Master of Nursing students," Professor Rossiter said.

"It is an opportunity for the students to develop a shared understanding of their respective roles before they enter the workplace where a hierarchical structure can exist in the busy healthcare environment.

"During the residential school, the nursing and medical students will participate in a series of clinical scenarios focusing on health assessment, clinical reasoning and critical thinking activities."

Professor Shannon added "inter-disciplinary learning is an increasingly important part of the medical curriculum."