October 31, 2008
Thanks to generous funding provided by Rural Health Education Foundation program partners, two recent titles have been added to the Foundation’s list of educational programs available free on DVD.
Smoking and Pregnancy: Womb to Breathe explores the health impact of smoking on pregnant women, their unborn child, and young children. …
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The Rural Health Education Foundation will be represented by two board members and acting CEO, Amanda Little at the Australian General Practice Network (AGPN) Forum in Darwin from Wednesday 29 October.
In the Foundation’s final conference activity for 2008, Foundation Director Ms Margaret Norington will attend the AGPN Forum in Darwin, …
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October 21, 2008
The Rural Health Education Foundation is now actively seeking additional partners to help grow its educational services to Australia’s rural and remote health professionals in 2009 and beyond.
The Foundation would like to hear from organisations – philanthropic groups, professional associations, health-related NPOs, pharmaceutical and medical suppliers – who are …
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September 16, 2008
The Rural Health Education Foundation will be represented by four senior staff at the National Planning in the Rural and Remote Health Sector symposium in Canberra on Monday September 22.
Amanda Little, the Foundation’s Acting Chief Executive Officer, and Georgina Springer, the Foundation’s Client Relationship Manager/Fundraising Executive, will attend the symposium …
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September 12, 2008
Rosemary Sinclair, the Managing Director of the Australian Telecommunications User Group (ATUG), has joined the Rural Health Education Foundation’s board of directors.
Rosemary Sinclair officially began her new role as a Foundation director at the Foundation’s board meeting on Tuesday August 26.
“I’m delighted to have Rosemary …
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September 1, 2008
A Rural Health Education Foundation program on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is in contention to win a “FREDDIE” statuette at the 2008 International Health and Medical Media Awards.
The program, entitled Drinking for Two?, has been selected as a finalist in the Behavioural Diseases category, with the winner to be …
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August 14, 2008
The Rural Health Education Foundation will present educational workshops at one Australian health conference, and mount exhibits at two, during October 2008.
Building on the Foundation’s contribution to the 2008 GPET Convention in Wollongong in late August, the Foundation will present two workshops at the combined WONCA/RACGP Conference in Melbourne, …
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August 13, 2008
A new Rural Health Education Foundation television program airing on Tuesday 16th September, Open Wide: Oral Health in the Bush, explores the special circumstances faced by people living in rural and remote areas, where the dental workforce shortage is particularly acute.
Open Wide: Oral Health in the Bush also looks …
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August 12, 2008
A new Rural Health Education Foundation television program airing on Tuesday 9th September, Breathlessness in the Older Adult: Is It Asthma?, explores the differential diagnosis and management of asthma in older adults who suffer breathlessness.
Breathlessness in the Older Adult: Is It Asthma? also presents an interrelated discussion of chronic …
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