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In the days immediately preceeding and following the 5th Wonca World Conference on Rural Health, there are opportunities for delegates and their accompanying persons to attend events at some exotic locations around Australia. These events include workshops, symposia and study tours. National Rural Health Network Symposium Shepparton, in Rural Victoria - Saturday 27 to Tuesday 30 April 2002 Shepparton is Australia’s prime fruit growing region with a rich dairy industry and the town of Shepparton is situated in a tranquil setting on the banks of the Goulburn River. The National Rural Health Network (NRHN) Symposium will have the theme 'Celebrating Rural Life' and between enjoying a host of local activities, delegates will be discussing key rural health issues: child and men’s health, mental health and priority areas of the Wonca Conference including indigenous health, gender issues and issues in the recruitment and retention of health professionals. The hard work of each day will be rewarded by lively evening entertainment after sampling some of the local wine and cheese as the sun goes down over the Greater Murray. The NRHN is a multidisciplinary organisation of 5000 undergraduate and post-graduate students health disciplines, all with strong interest in rural health. We warmly welcome the participation of international students and academics. For further information
contact: Margaret Dunkley,
Symposium Convenor
Riverland Community Based Medical Education (CBME) Study Tour Friday 26 to Sunday 28 April 2002 Experience..."OUTBACK EDUCATION ON THE MIGHTY MURRAY RIVER..” Relax on the deck of a luxury river houseboat. Marvel at the majestic Murray river. Sample the fine wines of Australia’s largest grape growing region. Set at the site of the Parallel Rural Community Curriculum (PRCC), Australia's pioneering undergraduate rural community-based education program. The PRCC enables senior medical students to study for an entire clinical year in rural general practice in the Riverland region of South Australia. The tour will be led by Professor Arthur Kaufman, Professor of Family Medicine at the University of New Mexico, Professor John Bligh, Professor of Medical Education at the University of Liverpool, and Professor Paul Worley, Director of the Flinders Rural and Remote Community Clinical School. The tour will include presentations of the latest international research and experience in Community Based Medical Education. Delegates will sleep and travel from Berri to Renmark, along the Murray River, on a fleet of luxury houseboats. For enquiries
please contact: The First World Rural Internal Medicine Specialists Conference Shepparton, Victoria - Friday 26 to Sunday 28 April 2002 Shepparton, in the heart of the wondrous Goulburn North-East region of Victoria, with glorious sunshine and a pollution free environment, will provide an excellent setting for this First World Rural Internal Medicine Conference. There are a number of excellent wineries and food venues throughout the region, the weather will be fine and warm to hot, so bring your summer gear and relax in this wonderful rural setting. The Conference is hosted by the Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand, the Victorian Rural Physicians Network and the University of Melbourne Department of Rural Health based in Shepparton. The program provides an exciting and innovative focus on the management of the critically ill patient and the many issues in the management of the emergency patient with speakers from North America, Samoa, New Zealand and Australia. Insights into the management of patients in the rural setting and the need for excellent communication between rural and urban and international colleagues will be presented. The program will occur over two days: day one is an update on issues relating to rural specialist practice and issues while day two includes a sessions of interest to other members of the multidisciplinary specialist team. For further
information contact: Rural Nurses Working Together to Improve Rural Health Melbourne, Monday 29 April 2002 Here is an opportunity for you to meet and network with Australian rural nurses just prior to the Wonca conference. You are invited to attend the Inaugural Seminar for the Association for Australian Rural Nurses [AARN] - Victorian Branch. We will be exploring the theme ‘Rural Nurses Working Together for their Communities’. A wide variety of speakers will share their vision for rural nursing in the future, discuss nursing practice from the rural nurse clinician perspective and explore issues for rural nursing. Following a delicious lunch, at a venue with superb views of Melbourne, you can join in a forum discussing ‘Innovations in Rural Practice and Education’ and be part of forming recommendations for Rural Nursing in the future. For further information
contact: Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine 2nd Scientific Forum & Rural Workforce Agency Victoria (RWAV) Conference Carlton Crest Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria - Tuesday 30 April 2002 Held immediately prior to the Opening Ceremony for the 5th Wonca World Conference on Rural Health, the ACRRM Scientific Forum and RWAV Conference will perfectly complement your stay in Melbourne and provide you with an inspirational insight into the current developments and initiatives in rural and remote medicine in Australia. The ACRRM Scientific Forum and RWAV Conference will be open to all delegates to the 5th Wonca World Conference on Rural Health. The theme, Integration: Working Together for Rural Medicine, will focus upon the following issues:
For further information contact: Maggie Bryan, The
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, Veeraja Uppal, Rural
Workforce Agency Victoria, Tasmanian Rural Health: Collaboration in Action Saturday 4 May to Wednesday 8 May 2002 Head south for four days of touring Australia's only island state for a taste of rural life at its very best - gourmet food, fine wines and some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. This multi-disciplinary program provides an insight into collaborative health projects around the state and takes you on a coast to coast tour that kicks off at Agfest - the biggest agricultural expo in the country. See first-hand how Tasmania's health community has tapped into technology to deliver health and education services to regional areas. You'll meet with urban and rural health professionals and volunteers who are working together to provide emergency medical services to local communities. Community/local government partnerships and initiatives aimed at recruitment and retention of rural health professionals form part of a dynamic program of leisure and learning, in a unique destination. For enquiries
contact:
Conference - Working Together, Sharing Experiences Alice Springs, the Cultural Heart of Australia - Saturday 4 May to Monday 6 May 2002 Alice Springs is not only the heart of outback Australia - with magnificent gorges, deserts and Uluru (Ayers Rock) a few hours away – but is also rich with Aboriginal culture. Local and international remote health care providers, representatives from remote and Indigenous communities, researchers and policy makers in Remote and Indigenous health will experience the unique opportunity to meet and share their experiences, create links and learn lessons from one another. Hosted by the Centre for Remote Health, the conference will showcase successful strategies in Remote and Indigenous Health from Australia and abroad. Program streams are: Indigenous comprehensive primary health care; Working cross-culturally; and Remote Health education with papers and workshops offering an interactive learning environment. Experiential learning opportunities, including tours of health services in Alice Springs, the Royal Flying Doctor service and a study visit to a remote community, will also provide delegates with an insight into Remote and Indigenous Health in Australia. Keynote speakers from New Zealand, North America and South Africa have been invited to share their experiences. For further
information contact: Medical Education for Rural and Remote Medical Practice Townsville, in Tropical North Queensland - Saturday 4 to Sunday 5 May 2002. Have you wondered how a regional medical school established to address rural and remote workforce issues functions? Up in the tropics, adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef is James Cook University, whose School of Medicine opened in 2000 with a very different program to those of Australia’s other medical schools. We focus on recruiting academically bright rural background students with a commitment to working in the region. The program is innovative, integrated, web-based and small group-based and places in a dispersed clinical school network across northern Australia. Several senior academic staff are role models of successful rural medical professionals. This post-conference workshop will combine the attractions of the tropical north with an interesting, student-driven program that demonstrates the power of combining education and workforce strategies for which there is research evidence. Participants will be invited to join in an excursion to the Great Barrier Reef called "Marine dangers in the tropics". For further
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