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Foundation celebrates 14 years of service

August 30, 2006

On 29 August 2006 the Rural Health Education Foundation held a reception in Canberra to celebrate 14 years of successful education and support to rural and remote health, and to formally open the Foundation’s new premises in Deakin.

Guests were welcomed by the Chairman of the Foundation’s board of directors, Dr …

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Foundation extends satellite reach across Queensland

August 29, 2006

The Rural Health Education Foundation has added seven new receiving sites to its satellite network in Queensland, expanding the number of viewing sites in the state to 147.

The new sites, a mixture of aged care homes and Queensland Health facilities, are in Charters Towers, Kippa Ring, Kirwan, Rockhampton, Rockhampton North, …

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Podcasts now available for Renal Disease and Autism programs

August 23, 2006

Free audio podcasts of the Rural Health Education Foundation’s Chronic Renal Disease and Learning Difficulties and Child Behaviour: Autism Spectrum Disorder programs are now available for download onto your computer - ready for listening at any time.

Both programs can also be viewed via online video webstreaming and are available …

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TV program equips doctors with the skills needed to begin tackling autism

August 17, 2006

In order to better equip rural and remote health professionals across Australia with the information and skills they need, the Rural Health Education Foundation will re-broadcast its Learning Difficulties and Child Behaviour: Autism Spectrum Disorder program, presented by a panel of experts, on Tuesday 12 September 2006.

“Autism” is a word …

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Subsidies available for organisations to join Foundation satellite network

August 8, 2006

The Foundation is pleased to announce that subsidies are again available to rural and remote health and medical organisations that wish to join the Foundation’s satellite network.  The funding has been provided by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

Relevant organisations are encouraged to apply.

The Rural Health Education Foundation …

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Burn Injury program provides foundation for Australian Rural Doctor articles

July 20, 2006

Australian Rural Doctor magazine has employed content from the Foundation’s Burn Injury: Rural Perspectives broadcast in two of their recent How to Treat articles.

The Foundation program, first broadcast on 22 February 2006, was facilitated by 2005 Australian of the Year Dr Fiona Wood and featuredpanellists Dr Erik La Hei, Dr …

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Executives head to USA to present at WONCA World Rural Health Conference

July 19, 2006

Foundation CEO Don Perlgut and Head of Program Development Amanda Little will present at the 7th WONCA World Rural Health Conference in Seattle this September.

The conference, which runs from September 8th through 15th, is organised through the University of Washington School of Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine and WWAMI program, …

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ADGP CEO takes Can Do approach to program on mental health and substance use combination

July 11, 2006

ADGP CEO Kate Carnell will facilitate The “Can Do” Initiative: Managing Mental Health and Substance Use in General Practice, a new program airing on the Rural Health Education Foundation’s satellite network on Tuesday 10 October, providing practical advice to health professionals servicing patients with both mental health and substance use …

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Foundation to exhibit at SARRAH conference in September

July 10, 2006

The Rural Health Education Foundation will have an exhibition booth at the 2006 National SARRAH Conference in Albury from Wednesday 13 to Friday 15 September 2006.

This year’s four-day National SARRAH Conference, the seventh to be staged, will take place at the Albury Convention and Performing Arts Centre.

Foundation CEO Don Perlgut …

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Foundation announces 600th satellite receiving site

June 15, 2006

The Rural Health Education Foundation is pleased to announce that it now has more than 600 satellite receiving sites for its health and medical professional development television programs.

Beginning with nine sites along the east coast of Australia back in 1992, the Foundation has now expanded its network to 612 sites …

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