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February 2010
CUCRH Seminar Presentation
CUCRH Seminar Presentation Thursday 18 March - 5.00pm refreshments; 5.30pm presentation
Dr Dorota Doherty will give a seminar on "Models for Improved Maternal Care for rural and remote Aborignal women: evaluation of clinical benefits and cost-effectiveness".
To be held at Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health, 157 Fitzgerald St, Geraldton. All welcome. Enquiries call Jacki Ward on 08 9956 0200
School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care: School Seminar
Thursday 25th February 2010 12.30 - 1.30pm
Presentation 1: New Procedures for Applying for Human Research Ethics Approval - Mr Peter Johnstone, Manager Human Research Ethics
Presentation 2: CUCRH - Possibilities for the road ahead - Winthrop Professor Sandra Thompson, Director CUCRH
Conference Room, N Block Faculty Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Building the Future of Rural Health - 4th Annual Rural Health Conference
5 - 8 May 2010 Cable Beach Club Resort, Broome WA
Conference partners The Rural Clinical School of Western Australia and Rural Health West invite you to be part of this the fourth annual Rural Clinical School conference and inaugural joint conference with Rural Health West, the Western Australian rural workforce agency. This year the conference will be held in Broome in collaboration with the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council and the Kimberley Division of GPs.The aim of the Conference is to provoke discussion on important issues in Indigenous health and in rural health more generally. Papers presenting research on: clinical and population health in rural and remote areas; workforce and training; and on policy and programs aimed at decreasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health disadvantage are encouraged.
Registration Brochure will be available March 2010. For more information contact: The Rural Clinical School of WA Broome Office at broome@rcs.uwa.edu.au Brochure will be available March 2010.
Online Cultural Orientation Plan for Health Professionals
Many health professionals have little or no knowledge of the post-colonial legacies and cultural values of Aboriginal people, yet the impact of poor understanding undermines respect and compounds communication barriers. The Cultural Orientation Plan, inclusive of information, videos, activities and links to further resources, consists of five self directed learning modules: • Culture, self and diversity• Aboriginal history
• Working with Aboriginal people
• Providing clinical services
• Improving cultural security
You can access the Cultural Orientation Plan at http://lms.cucrh.uwa.edu.au/moodle/ and best of all…..it’s free!
PHCRED Fellowship Grants 2010
Do you have an idea or a passion that you would like to turn into a research or evaluation project? CUCRH, as part of the Department of Health and Ageing Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development Program, has a number of Fellowships to offer throughout WA in 2010, ranging from $10,000 to $20,000.These are: 2 Fellowships for Aboriginal Primary Health Care workers, 1 Fellowship for a Remote Area Practitioner, and 2 Fellowships for Primary Health Care workers in any rural area of WA
CUCRH can assist with turning your ideas into a research or evaluation question, providing a mentor to guide you through the research process, interpreting data and writing up your results and attendance at a conference related to your area of research. If you would like more information or would like to discuss how CUCRH can help you, please contact: Jacki Ward, PHCRED Coordinator, on 9956 0242, e-mail jackiw@cucrh.uwa.edu.auChronic Disease Management and the Future of the Australian Health System - Call for Abstracts
Thursday 19th – Friday 20th August, 2010Crown Promenade, Melbourne
All Chronic Disease Management programs, services, research trials and all relevant initiatives including wellness, corporate health, self management and health coaching that have demonstrated outcomes are invited to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations.
For Other Information contact: ADMA 2nd Floor Feathers Building, Caulfield Hospital, 260 Kooyong Rd, Caulfield, VIC 3162 E-mail: info@adma.org.au or p.stoforidis@alfred.org.au
PHCRED Tri State Program Conference 16 - 17 September 2010
Warrnambool, Victoria
Theme: Research to Practice - how to make it happen
As the Tri State program passes its 5th year of operation, this is a time to look back and consolidate the achievements and move forward with new initiatives. Key Speakers will be announced later in the year and detail will placed on the Tri State web site. www.phcredtristate.org.au
