In many cases, Aboriginal children in regional areas don't have a clear pathway to a career in medicine, and Indigenous heath professionals across the country want that to change.

In a national first, the country's key representative groups have come together to hold a health workforce expo on the NSW Mid North Coast to give 300 students the opportunity to find out what it takes to be a doctor or a nurse.

The Australian Indigenous Doctor's Association (AIDA) is helping to spearhead the initiative, which it said was aimed at paving the way for more Indigenous students to immerse themselves in the possibility of pursuing a career in health.

Dr Kali Hayward said meeting an indigenous doctor inspired her to get into the profession. ( ABC News: Meghna Bali )

AIDA president Dr Kali Hayward said many young Indigenous people considered a career path in medicine as something out of their reach

"Growing up I didn't have that opportunity," she said.

"I didn't know that I wanted to be a doctor until I met Aboriginal and Torres Islander medical students, and that's the key.

"That's what we're trying to do here is provide an opportunity for them to meet a role model and talk about their aspirations, and say 'look at them, maybe I can do that too'.

"You can't be what you can't see."

Dr Hayward said the expo was an amazing opportunity for Indigenous health professionals to showcase their work and encourage kids to think about health and how they could be a part of that future.

Stitching sausages and delivering babies, students go wild

Too young to be fans of Grey's Anatomy, the students ranging from primary school age to Year 10 were there to have fun and get a taste of what a career in health could be like, with no shortage of hands-on workshops.

"I've cut open a cow heart and a cow eye ball," said one student, while her friends intensely concentrated on a task where they had to apply stitches to a sausage.

Scalpels ready: Students learning how to stitch up a wound using a sausage. ( ABC News: Meghna Bali )

It didn't end there — students also got to practise delivering a baby using a life-like dummy, and learned how to check its vital signs.

There were about 30 Aboriginal doctors, nurses and members of the broader allied health community on hand to mentor students.

Delivering a baby and checking the heartbeat. ( ABC News: Meghna Bali )

For some participants, like Year 10 student and "proud Dunghadi boy" Nigel Kennedy, the opportunity has only strengthened a resolve to make a career in the field.

"In Year 7 I decided that I wanted to be a doctor when I grow up," he said.

"Today has helped me a lot because I've always wanted to go to university as a little kid, and now seeing these doctors here — it's made me feel like this is the job for me, it's perfect.

"I asked them some questions like 'what's it like to be a doctor? How much do you get paid? What's the feeling for you when you save a life or help someone?'.

"To save someone's life would make me feel on top of the world."

Local student Nigel Kennedy has always wanted to be a doctor. ( ABC News: Meghna Bali )

Bowraville is a town that's been through its share of tragedy.

"It's a small town, there's not much around here," Nigel said.

"This here [the expo] is bringing a lot to the community, bringing the community together," he said.

Inspiring students key to lifting number of Indigenous doctors

AIDA says there are only about 380 Indigenous doctors across the country. ( ABC News: Meghna Bali )

AIDA said another important aim behind the expo was to boost the number of Indigenous workers in the health sector.

Dr Hayward said Indigenous people working in medicine were seriously under represented, with only about 380 Indigenous doctors working throughout the country.

"To reach population parity, which is 3 per cent, we need about another 2,600 doctors," she said.

"We have a way to go, but our numbers have grown significantly in the past 20 years.

"We are having an increase in the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island doctors, which is fabulous, but we need the support of the medical colleges and the universities as well."