Foundation’s spring broadcast schedule released
August 10, 2010New programs about obesity, skin cancer and mental health will feature in the Rural Health Education Foundation’s spring 2010 broadcast schedule, along with premiere screenings of educational television programs about secondary breast cancer, difficult consultations and depression.
The Foundation’s preliminary schedule of accredited satellite television broadcasts for the period August to December 2010 also includes encore screenings of popular programs on breathlessness in older adults and autism.
August to December broadcast highlights
The Foundation’s spring schedule begins in late August with two new programs: Best Practice: Depression in Adolescents and Young Adults (August 24) and Secondary Breast Cancer: Finding Breast Cancer Outside the Breast (August 31).
September broadcasts include the premiere of Obesity: A Heavy Burden (September 28) and a repeat of the popular 2008 program Breathlessness in the Older Adult: Is It Asthma? (September 14).
The Foundation’s October schedule features the first screening of Skin Cancer: Keeping it in Check (October 26) and an encore screening of Helping Children With Autism (October 12).
Debuting in November are new programs Doctors and Mental Health (November 9) and Difficult Consultations (November 23).
The Foundation’s preliminary broadcast schedule for December 2010 includes the premiere of a new program on trauma (December 7).
Spring schedule covers a variety of health issues
“The Foundation has set out to provide distance education opportunities for a wide range of Australian health professionals over the next four months offers,” says Rural Health Education Foundation CEO Don Perlgut. “The preliminary schedule for our satellite broadcasts throughout spring 2010 covers a diverse spectrum of important health issues, and includes two programs focusing on the wellbeing of health workers.”
Multiple viewing options
The late 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 will be 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 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.