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Autumn broadcast schedule strengthened by new musculoskeletal programs

March 1, 2010

Three new programs about musculoskeletal issues will feature in the Rural Health Education Foundation’s autumn 2010 broadcast schedule, along with new educational television programs on acute coronary syndromes, otitis media and mental health in relation to both prostate cancer and carers. 

The Foundation’s preliminary schedule of accredited satellite television broadcasts for the period March to June 2010 also includes a new program about tackling chronic disease in Indigenous communities, a premiere broadcast of a consumer program on trauma recovery and an encore screening of a popular program on eating disorders.

March to June broadcast highlights

The Foundation’s autumn schedule begins in early March with a broadcast about early rheumatoid arthritis, the second program in the four-part Musculoskeletal Guideline Series.  The final two programs in that series - one focusing on hip and knee osteoarthritis and the other on osteoporosis - will premiere in late-March and mid-April.

Each of these 60-minute programs are presented as simultaneous live webcasts and broadcasts:

On March 16 there will be the premiere broadcast of the award-winning consumer program Recovery from Trauma: What Works, a half-hour broadcast designed for people who have experienced a traumatic event, or are close to someone who has, and need help to cope with the experience.  This program won a coveted “Freddie” International Health and Media Award in the USA in late 2009.

New broadcasts scheduled for April include Sharing Solutions: Indigenous Communities Tackling Chronic Disease (April 27), a new live program in the Foundation’s highly regarded Indigenous health series.

Debuting in May are Finger on the Pulse: Acute Coronary Syndromes (May 11), which discusses the barriers to achieving better outcomes for people with heart attack, and A Sticky Issue: Otitis Media and Indigenous Children (May 25).

Two programs co-produced with beyondblue: the national depression initiative will premiere in May and June. The first is a program on prostate cancer, depression and anxiety (May 18), which assists health professionals to identify depression and anxiety disorders in men with prostate cancer, and the second is a program on carers and mental health entitled Caring for Carers: Anxiety, Depression and the Impact of Caring (June 29).

And a repeat screening of the popular 2008 program Eating Disorders: A Holistic Approach, which examines eating disorders such as binge eating, bulimia and anorexia nervosa, is slated for June 8.

Autumn schedule should have wide appeal

“The Foundation’s schedule of satellite broadcasts over the next four months offers distance education opportunities to a wide range of Australian health professionals,” says Rural Health Education Foundation CEO Don Perlgut. “The musculoskeletal theme which we began in February continues with three new programs, and is complemented by one-off programs covering a diverse spectrum of other important health issues.”

Multiple viewing options

The 2010 programs will be broadcast across the Foundation’s national satellite viewing network, usually live on a Tuesday evening, with repeats during the daytime on the following Friday.

After the initial broadcast, each program is available free on the Foundation’s website for viewing via web-streamed video or listening via an audio podcast.  DVD copies of each program can be purchased via our website - and in some cases are available free of charge for Australian health professionals.

More information

Broadcast times and other program details are available on the Foundation’s upcoming programs page.  To find a satellite viewing site near you, go to our viewing sites page.

For other information about the Foundation’s programs and activities, please browse our website or contact the Foundation.