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Foundation workshops and exhibits conference-bound in October

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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September 16 program covers oral health in the bush

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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Older adults await September 9 program with breathless expectation

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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Aurora TV to air four Foundation programs during Indigenous Health Month in September

August 11, 2008

Aurora Community Channel has chosen four of the Rural Health Education Foundation’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health programs to air as part of its Indigenous Health Month broadcast schedule.

Aurora, now available through the digital versions of Austar, Foxtel and …

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Rheumatoid arthritis program inspires Australian Rural Doctor article

August 1, 2008

Australian Rural Doctor magazine has based a clinical treatment article on the Rural Health Education Foundation’s Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Joint Approach program.

How to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis is a four-page pull-out section in Australian Rural Doctor’s August 2008 edition. It covers diagnosis, treatment …

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SBS to re-screen Foetal Alcohol program on August 5

July 23, 2008

SBS television has selected a Rural Health Education Foundation program on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder for an encore screening at 2.30pm on Tuesday 5 August.

Drinking for Two? is a 26-minute documentary which poses the question “Is it safe to drink at all while you’re pregnant?”

The August 5th broadcast will …

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Foundation resources trained on August GPET convention

July 10, 2008

The Rural Health Education Foundation has targeted the 2008 General Practice Education and Training Convention as an opportunity to distribute free educational resources to Australia’s GP training providers.

Maurie O’Connor, the Foundation’s Senior Project Manager for Education, along with Foundation Promotions Manager Clair North, will head the Foundation’s presence at …

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Foundation extends satellite footprint with 31 new sites

July 7, 2008

In a concerted push to grow its already extensive satellite footprint, the Rural Health Education Foundation has added 31 new receiving sites to its rural satellite network in the last year: eight each in Queensland and Victoria; seven in New South Wales; five in the Northern Territory; two in …

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Program on Overseas Trained Doctors returns on July 15

June 24, 2008

A repeat Rural Health Education Foundation program airing on Tuesday July 15 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 …

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Community prevention the focus of July 29 child abuse program

A new Rural Health Education Foundation television program airing on Tuesday 29th July, It Takes a http://www.rhef.com.au/assets/images/813c.jpgCommunity: Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect, explores the shift to a preventive focus for child abuse and neglect, emphasising protective community services which aim to support …

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