They were participating in a four-day Go Rural road trip funded by the NSW Rural Doctors Network.

First year medical student at the University of Sydney Anna Milne said she was looking for diversity in her career after studying a range of university courses.

She said that included possibly being a doctor in the army or working overseas but was also inspired by her family's history on a Riverina sheep farm.

"I definitely want to do something very hands on. My identity is strongly founded in my family's history of sheep farming, however I have never lived in rural Australia," she said.

"The idea of the Central West is very foreign to me as Sydney is new to me."

Third year medical student at the University of Wollongong Alyssa Llorando said she was looking to work in surgical, general practice or paediatrics and was open to the possibility of being able to do them all in place.

"Maybe I could combine all of them as a rural generalist. All of the roles in the one community," she said.

They visited the Orange Aboriginal Medical Service on Thursday and were due to hear from a multidisciplinary panel at Orange hospital on Friday morning.

Rural Doctors Network CEO Richard Colbran said it aimed to show rural life and opportunities to students.

"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 said it was the second such trip following one earlier this year where 19 students visited six towns including Bourke.

"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," he said.

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