The Rural Health Education Foundation has produced a series of learning guides for selected programs, designed to augment the Foundation’s materials and increase useability of the television programs in a variety of health and medical education and training settings.
Expansion into text-based learning materials
Launching the first of the learning guides, …
read more »A new Rural Health Education Foundation program airing on Tuesday 13 November looks at best practice multi-disciplinary interventions for depression in older Australians
Another Shade of Blue: Depression in Older Australians, funded by beyondblue - the national depression initiative, assists health professionals to challenge some of the myths and promote a …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has sent out new smart cards to its Australia-wide network of more than 650 viewing sites to ensure ongoing access to Foundation satellite broadcasts.
Any site not receiving a new smart card by mid-October should contact the Foundation.
Optus Aurora platform smart cards
All smart cards used …
read more »A new Rural Health Education Foundation program airing on Tuesday December 4 looks at the various challenges and opportunities for Overseas Trained Doctors working in rural and remote Australia.
Over the Seas & Into the Bush: Overseas Trained Doctors in Rural Australia, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and …
read more »Free audio podcasts of most Rural Health Education Foundation programs produced in 2003 are now available for download onto your computer - ready for listening at any time.
New Foundation podcasts now available include:
303 - Dementia: What’s It All About
304 - Diabetes: Identifying and Treating the Complications
306 - New Directions in …
A new Rural Health Education Foundation program airing on Tuesday October 23 equips health professionals to deal with effects of “Ice” (crystal methamphetamine) use in rural and remote Australia.
“Ice” - Out in the Cold, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, looks at issues surrounding the illicit …
read more »A new Rural Health Education Foundation program airing on Tuesday 25 September discusses promising areas of future research into prevention and reversal of glaucoma and macular degeneration.
Seeing into Old Age: Glaucoma and Macular Degeneration, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, discusses traditional and emerging diagnosis and …
read more »Rural Health Education Foundation CEO Don Perlgut has published a review of the writings of Nicholas Rothwell, who provides unique reporting and analysis of issues facing those living in northern and remote Australia.
Nicholas, a Darwin-based journalist with The Australian, has produced many works dealing with remote Australia, including the book …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation will mount exhibits at a number of health and medical conferences and symposia during October and November 2007.
The events are:
RACGP Indigenous health Working Together to Close the Gap conference at the Sydney Convention Centre on Wednesday 3 October.
RACGP 50th Annual Scientific Convention at the Sydney …
August 2007 - In an article entitled Alcohol in pregnancy: how safe is it?, Clinical Geneticist Ian R Walpole from King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth reviewed the Foundation’s Drinking for Two? DVD on the The Medical Journal of Australia’s eMJA website. [read the review]
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