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New program on rural aged care assessments on February 23rd

February 1, 2010

A new Rural Health Education Foundation television program airing on Tuesday 23rd February explores aged care assessments in rural and remote communities.

The broadcast on the Aged Care Assessment Program looks at the role of rural primary health care professionals in the comprehensive assessment of the needs of the ageing …

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Juvenile arthritis program launches new four-part musculoskeletal guideline series

January 20, 2010

An interactive television broadcast and simultaneous webcast on Tuesday February 9th about juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the first program in a new four-part Rural Health Education Foundation television series which explores the national musculoskeletal clinical guidelines. 

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Clinical Guideline for Diagnosis and Management covers the recommendations for the …

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Foundation seeks new health and medical project officer

January 15, 2010

The Rural Health Education Foundation is seeking a new health and medical project officer, to be located in its Canberra office.

Announcing the advertising for this position, Rural Health Education Foundation CEO Don Perlgut said:  “Following a re-structure, the Foundation has decided to advertise for a new position.  We are looking …

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It Takes a Village features on Aurora TV on 31st January

January 14, 2010

The Foundation’s program It Takes a Village which focuses on preventing child abuse and neglect will be screened on Aurora TV on the 31st January 2010.

Aurora TV, now available through the digital versions of Austar, Foxtel and Optus TV, will show the half hour program, which highlights successful community initiatives for …

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Foundation welcomes announcement of new satellite services

January 11, 2010

The Rural Health Education Foundation has welcomed the announcement of a new satellite service to provide digital television to viewers in regional blackspot areas.  This was announced on 5 January 2010 by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy.

In making the announcement, the …

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Rural childbirth program to be reborn on January 19

January 4, 2010

Due to popular demand, a panel-style Rural Health Education Foundation program about childbirth in rural and remote areas has earned an encore screening on January 19th. 

Birthing in the Bush, a highly-regarded program which initially screened in March 2009, will return to the Foundation’s nationwide satellite broadcast network at 8pm …

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Musculoskeletal series forms backbone of Foundation’s early 2010 program schedule

December 21, 2009

Four new programs about musculoskeletal issues will feature in the Rural Health Education Foundation’s early 2010 broadcast schedule, along with new educational television programs on aged care, childbirth, acne, otitis, mental health and acute coronary syndromes.

The Foundation’s preliminary schedule of accredited satellite television broadcasts for the period January to …

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Free posttraumatic stress disorder DVDs back by popular demand

December 11, 2009

Due to high demand, the Rural Health Education Foundation is again offering two programs about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to health workers and community members on DVD for free.

The first of the free resources, Australian Guidelines for the Treatment of Adults with Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic …

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Type 2 diabetes guideline series available free on DVD

December 7, 2009

The Rural Health Education Foundation’s series of programs about the Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) Clinical Guidelines will soon be available on DVD for free.

Thanks to funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, bona fide Australian health professionals can now order a four-disk set of the four-program …

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PTSD program wins prestigious international award

November 29, 2009

A co-production from the Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health (ACPMH) and the Rural Health Education Foundation on trauma recovery was the only program outside North America to win a “FREDDIE” statuette at the prestigious 2009 International Health and Medical Media Awards.

The program, entitled Recovery …

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