Australian Rural Doctor magazine has employed content from the Foundation’s Chlamydia: Combating the Epidemic program in one of its recent How to Treat articles.
The Foundation program, first broadcast on 13 March 2007, alerts health practitioners to the high and increasing prevalence of …
Professor Paul Worley, board member of the Rural Health Education Foundation and one of the pioneers of Flinders University’s award-winning rural medical education program, has been appointed Dean of Flinders University’s School of Medicine.
Before being appointed Director of the Rural Clinical School …
A new Rural Health Education Foundation program airing on June 12 presents a series of case studies to explore the principles of prevention and multidisciplinary management of chronic disease and the practical application in rural and remote health services.
Multidisciplinary Management of Chronic Disease, funded by the Australian Government Department of …
read more »Pregnant women often say “I’m eating for two”. Eating enough of the right food is obviously a good thing to do when you’re pregnant, but what if a pregnant woman says “I’m drinking for two”?
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a group of disorders that may occur if a woman …
read more »A new Rural Health Education Foundation program airing on May 29 explores the Australian Government’s Better Access to Mental Health Care Initiative.
Better Access to Mental Health Care, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, discusses what the Initiative means for the General Practitioners, paediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists, social …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation has continued its commitment to women’s health and critical care education by scheduling its highly regarded Postnatal Depression and Clinical Toxicology programs for re-broadcast in July.
Postnatal Depression, which examines causes, risks, management and support systems for women with PND, will air on Tuesday 10 July …
read more »A new Rural Health Education Foundation program airing on May 22 tackles the prevention, treatment and management of metabolic syndrome in both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
“Syndrome X”: Update on Metabolic Syndrome, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, also examines key developments in the battle against metabolic …
read more »The Rural Health Education Foundation will broadcast three new, short programs dealing with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Indigenous Mental Health and Rheumatic Fever on Wednesday 6 June.
The three programs are:
Drinking for Two? - 8.00pm, 26 minutes.
Rheumatic Fever - 8.26pm, 6 minutes.
Indigenous Mental Health: An Interview with Professor Ernest Hunter - …
In response to significant need and popular demand, a new Rural Health Education Foundation program airing on Tuesday 8 May 2007 provides GPs, nurses, pharmacists, podiatrists, Aboriginal Health Workers and other health professionals with the latest wound management know-how.
Wound Management: A Holistic Approach and Practical Skills Update, funded by the …
read more »Beginning Thursday 17 May, SBS Television will re-broadcast three Rural Health Education Foundation documentary programs on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health issues.
The programs - Start Strong, Grow Strong and Keep Safe - were initially broadcast by SBS in November 2006.
“We’re delighted that the November broadcasts proved popular enough …
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