Flinders NT Matters April 2014

 Vol 8 Issue 1| April 2014
Welcome
research in models of remote
health service delivery. He is
currently the Deputy Chair of the
Central
Australian
Hospital
Network Governing Council.
It is with great pleasure that I
announce that Professor John
Wakerman has been appointed as
the new Associate Dean of
Flinders NT and commenced in the
role on Monday 24 March 2014.
Thank you to Professor Tim Neild
for acting in the role of Associate
Dean,
Flinders
NT,
since
December 2013.
Professor
Wakerman
was
the inaugural Director of the
Centre for Remote Health in Alice
Springs and has now relinquished
that position and
relocated to
Darwin to take up the position of
Associate Dean, Flinders NT.
Professor Wakerman, a practicing
public health clinician, has an outstanding academic track record,
and a strong commitment to
Indigenous health. He is a past
President of the National Rural
Health Alliance and past Chair of
the Australian Rural Health
Education
Network.
He
is
recognised internationally for his
Flinders NT acknowledges
the traditional owners and
custodians across the lands
on which we live and work
and we pay our respects to
elders past, present and
future.
Professor Wakerman has overseen huge changes at the Centre
for Remote Health since he was
appointed inaugural Director in
1999. Because the Centre for
Remote Health is now in what he
calls
“a
sustainable
state”,
Professor Wakerman is confident
his departure won’t shift the tide of
progress there. Professor Tim
Carey is currently the acting
Director of Centre for Remote
Health and I welcome him to this
role.
Professor Wakerman has already
outlined several matters he would
like to consolidate within Flinders
NT—collaboration across all Flinders NT sites and streamlining
some management processes
within Flinders NT.
Please join me in welcoming
Professor Wakerman to his new
role as Associate Dean, Flinders
NT.
Regards,
Inside this issue:
Muster 2014
2
Honorary Doctorate
Infrastructure Update
3
NTMP Student Welcome
4
Staff and student awards
5
NTMP News
6
NTMP News
7
Indigenous Transition Pathways to
Medicine News
8
Indigenous Transition Pathways to
Medicine News
9
Alice Springs News
10
Poche Centre for Indigenous Health
11
Poche Centre for Indigenous Health 12
From Katherine to Ireland
Katherine News
13
Katherine News
14
Katherine News
15
Remote Health Experience
16
CRH News
17
CRH News
18
Research
19
StARRH Update
20
Flinders NT Updates
21
Professor Paul Worley
Dean of Medicine
Events
UMAT registrations open from early
April to 6 June 2014
Welcome to the first edition of
Flinders NT Matters for 2014.
Compass Teaching and Learning
Conference, Darwin: 12-15 June
2014
National Sorry Day, 26 May
If you have any articles you would
like to submit for the second
edition of the Newsletter for 2014,
please email the editor,
Lila Loveard on
lila.loveard@flinders.edu.au
Barunga Festival, 8-10 June
NAIDOC Week 6-13July 2014
2014 Muster 27-30 October 2014
Muster 2014 Update: Register Now for Earlybird Rate

The Global Community Engaged
Medical Education Muster will take
place from 27-30 October 2014 at
Voyages Ayers Rock Resort at
Uluru.
The Muster will bring together
internationally recognised leaders
in community engaged medical
education and will stimulate
important discussions about key
concepts and practices at the forefront of medical education through
the themes:
Professor
Lambert
Schuwirth, Professor of
Medical Education, Flinders
Innovation in Clinical Education/Health
Professions
Education,
School
of
Medicine, Flinders University, South Australia
Local Ngangkaris (Indigenous
healers) will also be fully engaged
in the conference.
Pre-Conference Workshops

Longitudinal Learning,

Community Engagement,
Plenary Speakers

Social Accountability and


Aboriginal Health.
We are pleased to announce the
following
confirmed
plenary
speakers:
Health Literacy Workshop,
Friday 24 October, Alice
Springs
Abstract Submission


Abstract submission for the Muster
closed on 1 April 2014. A large
number of abstracts have been
received from around the world.
Dr Patricia Miller AO, CEO
of the Central Australian
Aboriginal Legal Aid Service
LIC
101
(Longitudinal
Integrated Clerkships 101),
Monday 27 October, Uluru

Ms Donna Ah Chee, CEO of
the
Central
Australian
Aboriginal Congress

Long Way Round trip
between Alice Springs and
Uluru

Professor Stephen Billett,
Professor of Adult and
Vocational Education, ARC
Future Fellow 2011-2015,
Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
Keep Updated
Muster 2014 Registrations
Registration is now open, but get
in quick - the early bird rate applies
to the first 75 applicants, so register as soon as possible to take
advantage of this great price.
Registration includes three exciting
social functions: Uluru Sunset Welcome, Sails in the Desert Welcome
Dinner and Sounds of Silence
Farewell Dinner. During these
relaxed evening activities you will
truly feel part of the local
environment, immersed in a
stunning and safe location.
Registration is now open for
Muster
2014
Pre-Conference
Workshops including:
To sign up to the 2014 Muster
mailing list, please complete the
short form at
www.flinders.edu.au/muster2014

Dr
Rachel
Ellaway,
Assistant Dean Curriculum
and Planning, Associate
Professor, Acting Director of
Simulation, Northern Ontario
School of Medicine, Canada

Dr Agnes Soucat, Director
for Human Development,
African Development Bank

Dr Fortunato L. Cristobal,
Dean of School of Medicine,
Ateneo
de
Zamboanga
University, Philippines
Photos above and top left of Uluru are
courtesy of Tourism NT.
14/04/2014 2 Honorary Doctorate
It was my pleasure to attend the
School of Medicine end of year
graduation ceremony in December
2013.
Degrees were awarded to our first
cohort of Master of Occupational
Therapy graduates, and for the
first time many of our medical
graduates qualified with an MD
(Doctor of Medicine) – rather than
Paul Worley
a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of
Surgery (BMBS).
An honorary doctorate was awarded to Aboriginal health pioneer and
advocate Ms Pat Anderson. Ms
Anderson is an Alyawarre woman
from the Northern Territory with a
national and international reputation as a powerful advocate for
disadvantaged people, with a
particular focus on the health of
Flinders NT Infrastructure Update
NTMP Building at Royal Darwin
Hospital.
Funded by HHF ($12.4m)
Estimated date to commence
operating from the new building
end of April 2014.
NT Sim Lab Royal Darwin
Hospital
An acoustic upgrade, funded by
Health Workforce Australia (HWA),
has been completed.
Palmerston Super Clinic
Extensions are complete and
operation out of new area
commenced on 24 March 2014.
The extensions have allowed for
the creation of several additional
consultation rooms. The project
was funded by HHF.
Nhulunbuy Administration and
Education Centre
Gove District Hospital.
Funded by REID funding pool.
3 Operation from the building
commenced on 26 March 2014.
Katherine
O’Keefe
House
Provision of conference room
facility at O’Keefe House at
Katherine District Hospital funded
by HWA.
Construction to be
completed by the end of April
2014.
Katherine Binjari Community
Provision of accommodation and
teaching facility at Binjari Aboriginal Community funded by HWA.
This project is currently in
construction with completion due
11 April 2014.
CRH refurbishment
Provision of Simulated Consulting
rooms 1 & 2 at the Centre
for Remote Health, Alice Springs
funded by HWA. This project is
completed.
Australia’s First Peoples. Chair of
the Lowitja Institute, she has
extensive experience in all aspects
of Aboriginal health, including
community
development,
advocacy, policy formation and
research ethics, and has had a
close association with Flinders for
many years.
Congratulations to Ms Anderson
and to all our 2013 graduates.
Diane Seres
Alice Springs Housing Project
Purchase of two unit Properties
for housing students funded by
HWA and installation of Solar Power Systems. This project has been
completed.
Alice Springs
Remote Indigenous Community
student accommodation funded by
HWA. Due to be completed end
June 2014.
Central Australian Aboriginal
Congress – Renovation of consultation rooms has been completed.
This renovation was funded by
Health Workforce Australia (HWA).
Below left and right:
The Flinders University Nhulunbuy
Administration and Education Centre
has recently been completed.
3 4 NT Medical Program News
NT Medical Program Student Welcome
On Thursday 13 February 2014,
Flinders NT hosted a welcome
function for Northern Territory
Medical Program (NTMP) students
at the Darwin Trailer Boat Club.
The wet season rain ebbed for the
evening, allowing students and
staff of the NT Medical Program to
witness a fantastic sunset over
Darwin Harbour.
NT Medical Program students and
staff, stakeholders and clinicians
were welcomed to country by
Larrakia elder Mrs Bilawara Lee.
MC Dr Anne Kleinitz and Acting
Associate Dean of Flinders NT,
Professor
Tim
Neild,
also
welcomed staff and students.
Professor Paul Worley, Dean of
Flinders School of Medicine,
announced several prize winners,
including a number of Flinders and
JCU final year prize winners who
completed their studies in the
Northern Territory.
The welcome function was attended by the Honourable Robyn
Lambley MLA, NT Minister for
Health and Mr Nathan Winn,
Adviser for Young Territorians from
Minister Peter Style’s office.
The AMA NT Year 2 award was
presented, as was the Tanya
Davies Equity Grant.
More
information on these prize winners
Lila Loveard
follows on page 5 of Flinders NT
Matters.
Photos top row l-r: Mrs Bilawara
Lee and Dr Anne Kleinitz; Yr 1
BCSC and Yr 2 NTMP students
with Prof Worley; Prof Worley
addresses the group;
Centre photo: Year 1 NTMP
students 2014
Bottom row l-r: Ian Lee, Jess
Lopes, Ronald Chou, Nikhil Kundu;
Franceska Edis, Pascale Detwiller,
Karen Lillywhite, Helen Wozniak,
Cyndie McCarley and Carole
Reeve; Dr Anne Kleinitz, Amber
Revell and Eliza Gill
414/04/2014 4 4 NT Medical Program News
AMA NT Year 2 Award
Dr Peter Beaumont, President of
the Australian Medical Association
NT (AMANT), presented the
Flinders AMANT Award to 2013
NTMP second year student Felix
Ho at the student welcome function at Darwin Trailer Boat Club on
13th February.
The award is presented to a
student recognised as having the
potential to make an outstanding
contribution to healthcare and who
personifies attributes the AMANT
holds true; the ability to improve, to
show initiative and to embrace
leadership.
Photo l-r: Felix Ho and Dr Peter
Beaumont
Dr Tanya Davies Equity Grant
Two recipients of the Dr Tanya
Davies
Equity
Grant
were
announced at the NTMP Student
Welcome Function.
The 2013
grant winner was awarded to Kane
Vellar (current Year 4 NTMP
student) and the 2014 award was
presented to Amber Revell (current
Year 3 NTMP student).
The Tanya Davies Equity grant
was established in 2011 for Aboriginal students enrolled in their
clinical years with the Northern
Territory Medical Program. The
annual bursary is made possible
through a generous donation by
philanthropists into the Dr Tanya
Davies Equity Grant, which is managed by Charles Darwin University
through the Trikojus Education
Fund
The purpose of the grant is to
provide a bursary to Aboriginal
students studying Medicine in the
NT Medical Program who are likely
to contribute in the long-term to the
health of the people of the Northern Territory. The grant aims to
address the immense inequity in
the relative numbers of Aboriginal
and
non-Aboriginal
medical
doctors.
Photo above: Amber Revell with Alex
Ehrlich, Manager of Darwin Trailer
Boat Club, who presented the award
on behalf of Dr Tanya Davies.
Deans Award for NT Surgeon
The 2013 Dean’s Award recipients
were announced at Flinders
School of Medicine in December
2013. Local Darwin orthopaedic
surgeon Dr Janak Mehta was the
recipient of one of the Dean’s
Awards. Janak has been working
behind the scenes – often after
hours – giving voluntary tutorials
and support, and taking students
5 around the wards. Janak has been
recognised again and again by
Flinders NT staff and students as
one of those quiet achievers who
has really made a difference to our
program.
ber, regularly taking on administrative functions for the University in
the NT. Since his arrival he has
contributed
many
hours
of
personal time to lecturing and
tutoring students”.
Excerpt from Janak’s nomination:
“Janak is a very diligent, enthusiastic and committed faculty mem-
Congratulations Janak and thank
you for the commitment to our
students.
5 6 NT Medical Program News
2013 Graduating Student Awards
Flinders University Student Awards
Year 4 Students
The Australian Chinese Medical
Association Award
Benjamin Middleton
Jane Preston Memorial Prize in
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Melissa Rogers
The Paediatrics Clinical Prize
Emma Hazelton
The Jillian Teubner Memorial Prize
Iain Law
Graduating with Distinction
Amanda Freeman
Kyra Sierakowski
JCU Student Awards
Year 6 Students
Whole Time Medical Specialist Prize
Timothy O’Sullivan
(shared prize)
The Therapeutic Guidelines Prize for
Clinical Pharmacoloy and Therapeutics
Timothy O’Sullivan
Photo above: Professor Paul Worley
with some of the Flinders University
prize-winning students after the
2013 graduation ceremony.
L-R:
Courtney
Speight,
Kyra
Sierakowski,
Melissa
Rogers,
Professor Paul Worley, Chaka Tang,
Lauren Dawes, Rachel Dawson.
The Townsville Hospital Emergency Department Christopher Symmons
Trust Fund Critical and Crisis Care Prize
Simulation Training Sessions
The NHET-Sim program is holding
further workshops in Darwin and
Alice Springs facilitated by a
distinguished overseas facilitator
Dr Nancy McNaughton Associate
Director and Director of Research
at the Standardized Patient
Program, University of Toronto.
Two workshops will be held over
the course of a day; S9 Debriefing
in simulation 9-1 pm and S10
Developing scenarios 1-5 pm.
The workshops will be offered in
Darwin on 8 and 9th May and in
Alice Springs on 12 May.
The courses are being run by
National Health Education and
Training in Simulation (NHET Sim)
who are hosting these courses all
across Australia and are free
(funded by Health Workforce
Australia).
the booking process it is best that
you contact the really helpful
program staff at NHET-Sim
(03) 9905 0221.
This is a really great opportunity to
enhance your skills with an expert
from Canada in an area which will
become increasingly important to
us all over the coming months and
years.
If you have any questions about
these workshops, your eligibility or
614/04/2014 6 6 NT Medical Program News
Embarking on my first GP Placement
This year, for the first time ever,
the NTMP arranged a five week
General Practice placement at
Danila Dilba Health Service
(DDHS), and I was lucky to be the
first person to undertake the placement.
Danila Dilba Health Services is a
unique organisation that is not only
the largest Aboriginal Medical
Service (AMS) in Darwin, but it
also caters for many multidisciplinary services such as dental,
men’s and women’s health,
children’s health and specialist
clinics such as renal and cardiac.
DDHS also have a dedicated team
who deal with chronic disease, and
whose care also fully encompasses the social and emotional
wellbeing of the client.
During my placement with DDHS I
was truly treated as part of the
team, right down to wearing the
dedicated uniform. My supervisor,
Dr James Stephen, provided a
placement that was a valuable
learning experience ensuring my
personal goals for the placement
were met. Any issues that arose
were addressed appropriately and
always professionally.
At each service area of DDHS the
Doctors, nurses and Aboriginal
Health Workers were willing to
Mental Health First Aid Course
Congratulations to the eight medical students who gave up part of
their last weekend in February to
complete the ‘Mental Health First
Aid Course for Medical Students’.
You have all gained valuable skills
and knowledge which will help you
assist people showing signs of
mental health crises or developing
mental illness.
Early
intervention
and
destigmatising mental illness are big
Amber Revell
teach me and provide support.
This provided opportunities for me
to complete my assessments as
well as participate in education and
teaching and be given feedback. I
had the opportunity to participate
in the specialist clinics, and gained
valuable learning lessons from
attending these.
Amber Revell
Year 3 Flinders University
NT Medical Program Student
Leigh Moore
steps in improving quality of life
and reducing disease burden. Well
done!
Any other students interested in
more information or completing the
course can contact Leigh by email
ljmoore1@bigpond.net.au.
This
course is funded by the Australian
Government Department of Health
and Ageing (DoHA) until June 30th
2014 and there is no cost to
students.
NT Young Achiever Award
Former JCU medical student, Dr
Brenton Wilson, has been awarded
the Australian Super Career Kick
Start Award, one of the NT Young
Achiever Awards for 2014. Brenton
completed the final two years of
his
undergraduate
degree
(Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of
Surgery) through James Cook University at the NT Medical
7 Program. With a passion to work
within Indigenous health in the
area of Trauma, Brenton is trying
to enhance the treatment opportunities for alcohol–related trauma
including facial injuries. He continues to raise awareness, share
knowledge and encourage patients
to think about making lifestyle
changes to improve their health.
Brenton has completed a thesis
investigating facial trauma in Indigenous males of the Northern Territory for a postgraduate honours
degree and presented at the International Conference of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery in Barcelona,
Spain.
7 8 Indigenous Pathways to Medicine News
Community Engagement Activities
NT Medical Program has engaged
in
the
following
community
engagement activities this year:
Survival Day event, CDU basketball court, Friday 24 January
Indigenous and non-indigenous
people from different organisations
and the community came together
to celebrate survival of Indigenous
culture. The NTMP Indigenous
Pathways team organised the
event, which was attended by
around 150 people. Lunch was
shared and local organisations
shared information with community
members. Booths were held by NT
Medicare Local, Danila Dilba,
Larrakia Rangers, NLC and
StARRH.
CDU Orientation Week booth,
25 February
Flinders NT Medical Program held
a well-visited booth at
CDU
Orientation Day.
Indigenous
Entry
Information Evening
26 February
Stream
A number of Indigenous graduates
attended this session aimed at
Indigenous entry to the NT Medical
Program.
Menzies School of Health
Research Close the Gap Day
Charity Breakfast 20 March
NT Medical Program staff attended
the Menzies Close the Gap breakfast. Menzies once again partnered with the Rioli Fund for
Aboriginal Health and the Darwin
Convention Centre for the formal
charity breakfast to support
research to improve Aboriginal
lives.
The guest speaker was Emeritus
Professor MaryAnn Bin-Salik. MaryAnn was raised in Darwin from
the age of nine. She was the first
Aborigine to graduate as a trained
nurse from the old Darwin Hospital
(1961), the first Aborigine employed in Australia's higher educa-
Natasha Bertschi)
and NTMP
Indigenous students (Ian lee, Kylie
Parry and Belinda Washington)
gave information about year 12
entry and graduate entry pathways
to studying medicine. Dr Anne
Kleinitz gave an inspirational
presentation on studying medicine.
Students performed 3 practical
activities.
Below: Photos from the Centralian
College visit to NTMP.
Centralian College School visit
April 7th 2014
14 high achieving Centralian
Senior College Year 11 and 12
students from Alice Springs visited
NTMP. Bilawara Lee welcomed
the students to country with a
smoking ceremony. Cheryl Davis,
Indigenous Lecturer, gave an
introduction and overview of the
NTMP, StARRH medical students
(Khadijah Nadeem, Monica Mu,
Sanjay Joseph, Pawan Koirala,
International Women’s Day
A group of Flinders NTMP staff
attended the Women's Network
Northern Territory breakfast to
celebrate International Women's
Day on Friday 7 March at DoubleTree by Hilton.
Kelly-Anne Browne
tion sector and; the first Aborigine
to gain a Doctorate from Harvard
University. On retirement, CDU
made her an Emeritus Professor in
recognition of her distinguished
career. Despite her achievements,
she still considers herself to be of
average ability, and maintains her
success has been from always
being herself, creating opportunities, a sense of humour and not by
being the brightest crayon in the
box.
Kelly-Anne Browne
Photo Back row le to right: Maisie Aus n, Cheryl Davis, Bilawara Lee, Monica Barolits‐McCabe, MaryAnn Bin
‐Salik, Sandra Ma azio, Marion (Brogan) Anderson Front row le to right: Hon Bess Price MLA, Toni Ahsam 814/04/2014 8 8 Indigenous Pathways to Medicine News
Closing the Gap Day
Kelly-Anne Browne
Demonstrating community support
to end the Indigenous health crisis,
Flinders NT Medical Program and
StARRH attended the Closing the
Gap Day Community event hosted
by Danila Dilba Health Service
(DDHS) at Jingili Water Gardens in
Darwin on Thursday 20th March
2014. The day was well supported
by community members and local
organisations.
Flinders NT also held an afternoon
tea for staff and medical students
at the NTMP Building at CDU. The
30 for 2030 challenge pledge was
signed by all that attended. The 30
for 2030 challenge is unique to the
2014 Close the Gap campaign.
Each signatory agrees to collect 30
names and pledges, encouraging
others to show their support, and
most importantly, involve them in
the race to close the gap by 2030.
Photos top right: Close the Gap supporters at NT Medical Program Right: Christopher Parry, Lauren Thomas, Kylie Parry and Ian Lee Bo om right: Claire Chandler and Lauren Thomas with pharmacy and med lab science students from StARRH Below: Khadijah Nadeem and Pawan Koirala from StARRH supported the closing the gap day event. 9 9 10 Alice Springs News
First Clinical Dean in Alice Springs
Dr Debbie Fearon has been
appointed as the first Clinical Dean
for Flinders University at Alice
Springs Hospital (ASH). Dr Fearon
commenced work at ASH in 2007
as a paediatric consultant at the
same time beginning as a lecturer
for Flinders University. In January
2012, she was promoted to Senior
Lecturer in Rural and Remote
Medicine with her work including
the development of the first longitudinal integrated program for third
year medical students at ASH.
In her new role as Clinical Dean,
Debbie will oversee the clinical
education of medical students in
the Northern Territory Medical
Program. Dr Fearon believes that
Alice Springs Hospital provides
excellent education for medical
students who come from universities throughout Australia. She is
looking forward to working with the
ASH staff specialists who provide
excellent education and training. Debbie’s aim is to assist medical students to develop their skills
and make the most of the clinical
experiences in Central Australia,
enabling them to manage patients
with very complex medical and
social issues in the future.
Article and photo courtesy of NT
Department of Health.
Tennant Creek Student Placement
Deborah Fearon
As part of the Longitudinal
Integrated Flinders Training (LIFT)
program, four Year 3 medical
students have been placed in Alice
Springs for the whole of 2014.
placements were very well received by the students and further
placements in Tennant Creek may
be offered to LIFT students
throughout the year.
As part of the LIFT program, all
four students recently spent a
week in Tennant Creek. They travelled to Tennant Creek in pairs and
were based in the hospital, working in ED and the wards. The
Photo: LIFT student Heather
Sullivan
at
Tennant
Creek
Hospital. Photo courtesy of Dr
Anne Kleinitz, who spent several
days in Tennant Creek with the
students.
Health Workforce Australia films
Professor John Wakerman recently featured in two short films
produced by Health Workforce
Australia. The films bring to life
the outcomes delivered through
Health
Workforce
Australia’s
(HWA) Clinical Training Funding
(CTF) program. In the film, John
talks about how the HWA funding
enabled the CRH to enhance
Above: Dr Fearon (left) with Dr
Meredith Arcus, Executive Director
Medical and Clinical Services,
Central Australia Health Service.
existing
infrastructure
significant way.
Paul Worley
in
a
HWA’s CTF program funds health
profession courses around Australia to support sufficient training
places to meet Australia’s future
health workforce needs.
million towards clinical training and
consulting rooms in collaboration
with the Centre for Remote Health
and
the
Central
Australian
Aboriginal Congress.
Visit the HWA website http://
www.hwa.gov.au/ to view the
remainder of the films.
The
Australian
Government,
through HWA, contributed $1.29
1014/04/2014 10 10 Poche Centre News
Poche Centre for Indigenous Health (Alice Springs)
Kerry Taylor
Another year and Poche Alice
Springs has come out of the gates
with a burst, welcoming the medical students and providing cultural
safety and intercultural communication presentations to around 180
Alice Springs Hospital nurses, interns, registrars and other staff.
In January I presented a health
literacy lunch time seminar which
was well supported with attendees
from a range of services. The
February seminar ‘Six Years on
from the National Apology: What
now?’ was presented by Mr Harold
Furber, Deputy Chair Desert
Knowledge Australia, Chair Desert
People Centre and Foundation
Chair of the Stolen Generation &
Families.
Our intent with the
Poche Seminar Series in 2014 is
to prioritise Indigenous speakers
and issues. Mr Furber called on
those present at his seminar, to
consider our unique position in
Central Australia for intercultural
collaboration and for working out
solutions to our problems locally
rather than waiting to be led by
coastal urban perspectives. He
asked people present if they would
continue the ‘conversation’ to find
solutions to what has so far been
intractable or ‘wicked’ problems.
Poche Alice Springs hope to provide a virtual forum for continuing
discussions that will move beyond
current deficit approaches to Indigenous health and well-being.
Money Mob is an award winning
financial literacy education group
who work in the NT and remote
SA. Poche staff will support their
work through a series of cultural
safety
workshops
for
their
volunteer and other staff who work
with culturally diverse populations.
This year, we welcome Dr Lloyd
Einsiedel’s project team to the
Poche Centre with the intent of
collaborating on a knowledge
transfer phase of the HTLV1
research undertaken. While we
have said goodbye to Lena McCormick who has taken up a new role
with Tangentyere, the Poche team
now includes Clint Pepperill,
Magdalene Lynch and Hai Pham.
Above: Cultural educator Colleen Hayes ge ng to know the new Flinders medical students, (L‐R) Raed Khuffash, Katrina Queddeng and Terry Shen through Indigenous ways of visual story‐telling. Other research activity this year
includes supervision of five higher
degree students (including three
Indigenous
students)
from
Flinders, Sydney University and
University of Ballarat.
Poche update continued on next
page……….
Our community engagement continues to grow with numerous
requests for training and/or input to
research projects from groups
such as Medicare Locals, Alice
Springs Hospital and Money Mob.
11 11 12 Poche Centre News
Poche Update continued
I recently attended Health Workforce Australia (HWA) consultation
to discuss Indigenous content in
medical curricula. It was agreed
that Indigenous content should be
mandated across all health disciplines and that there needs to be
appropriate resourcing to ensure
quality delivery of content. There
was also agreement that teaching
about Indigenous health issues
should be a shared responsibility
between Indigenous and nonIndigenous staff.
We also had to say goodbye to our
admin officer Ella Bowring in
February. Ella goes with our best
wishes and thanks for all her help
over the last six months. Taking
over from Ella until the position can
be advertised, we welcomed Cy
Starkman to the role. Cy comes
with extensive administrative skills
and experiences and has already
made a positive contribution to the
team.
Finally our thanks to Professor Tim
Neild for filling in as Associate
Dean Flinders NT and congratulations to Professor John Wakerman
on his appointment to the role.
From Katherine to Ireland
In December 2013, Associate
Professor Pascale Dettwiller was
invited by Dr Lorraine McIlrath,
Director
&
Academic
Staff
Developer (Service Learning) of
the
Community
Knowledge
Initiative department at National
University of Ireland, as a guest
speaker
and
presenter
on
the community engagement initiatives Katherine Remote Clinical
School has implemented to
enhance students’ community
immersion and learning opportunities. The event was well attended,
with attendees coming from many
different parts of Ireland.
After presenting Brown and Isaacs’
Six ‘C’s model as a set of basic
principles to guide any engagement planning process, Pascale
spoke on the initiatives she and
her team successfully developed
and implemented with local com-
Above: L to r Colleen Hayes,
Maria Flynn, Maria Thompson,
Ella Bowring, Clinton Pepperill,
John Reid and Hai Pham.
Here’s to a happy and productive
2014, from the team at Poche
Centre Alice Springs.
Paul Worley
munity partners. Three examples
of such initiatives are multidisciplinary teaching and training events
such as the Remote Health Experience, traditional therapies teaching
‘under the tree’ presented by a
local Aboriginal Australian healer,
and student-led clinics in schools.
Pascale explained how community
engagement can be complex to set
up, but the resulting product strong
and solid when partners have
established sound relationships
and agreed on mutual benefit
when
engaging
together
in
education, research and community development strategies.
Congratulations to Pascale, who
has also been invited to write the
letter to the editor for the next
edition
of
the
Community
Knowledge Initiative journal on the
scaffolding principle underpinning
Above: Associate Professor Pascale De willer presen ng on community engagement in Ireland the Remote Clinical School’s
varied initiatives to create an
exciting and safe environment for
students to immerse themselves
into the community.
1214/04/2014 12 12 Katherine News
Chief Minister Visits Katherine
Pascale Dettwiller
Flinders NT in Katherine received
a visit from NT Chief Minister, Hon
Adam Giles MLA and Hon Willem
Westra van Holthe MLA (Katherine
local member) on Friday 7th
March. The Ministers liaised with
Flinders collaborative partners in
Katherine
over
breakfast.
The collaborative partners in
attendance were from Katherine
District Hospital; Good Beginnings;
Step Out; Human Service Training
Advisory Council (HSTAC-WELL);
Clyde Fenton School; Banatjarl
Wumin’s Grup; Binjari Corporation
and the Local Advisory Group to
Katherine Remote Clinical School.
Katherine site staff who also attended the breakfast included Kylie
Stothers, Raima Baker and Hayley
Jackson. Students in attendance
were Jessica Sandilands (JCU
Year 6 Medicine), Timothy Lane
(NTMP Year 3), Kai Chaivannacoopt (NTMP Year 3), Briony Willcocks (NTMP Year 4), Jessica
Taylor (JCU Year 4 speech pathology) and Megan Horner (JCU Year
4 speech pathology).
Chief Minister Adam Giles spent
one hour at the breakfast and was
impressed by the interagency
collaboration that is happening in
Katherine, which has an immediate
outcome for the community. He
then toured the NT Remote Clinical School at O’Keefe House with
Associate Professor Pascale Dettwiller and visited Binjari Community, where representatives of the
Binjari Corporation welcomed the
Chief Minister and took the group
for a drive to bottom camp. The
tour offered Associate Professor
Dettwiller a unique opportunity to
advocate for Flinders NTMP and
for workforce development in Katherine with the Chief Minister.
A very special ‘thank you’ to all the
partners
for
attending
and
engaging with the Chief Minister.
A special thank you to Betty
Mackay for her invaluable and relentless support since 2007 as a
Local Advisory Group member for
the Katherine Remote Clinical
School.
Photo above
Back row l-r: Dr Louise Harwood,
Timothy Lane, Briony Willcocks,
Jessica Sandilands, Chief Minister
Adam Giles, Minister Willem Westra van Holthe.
Front row l-r: Megan Horner, Kai
Chaivannacoopt, Jessica Taylor
and Dr Pascale Dettwiller.
Photo left l-r: Chief Minister Adam
Giles, Dr Pascale Dettwiller,
Evonne Booth, Binajri Corporation
representative and Betty Mackay
at Binjari Corporation premises.
13 13 14 Katherine News
Minister Lambley Visit s Katherine
On Monday 24th February the NT
Minister of Health, Hon Robyn
Lambley, and two advisors met
with the main players of the Katherine disability sector. The disability
sector partners had the opportunity
to advocate for their field and promote interagency collaboration
between the agencies; Step Out,
Kintore Special School, NT Friendship & Support, NT Disability
Services, Life without Barriers and
NT Remote Clinical School Katherine. Advocacy for more allied services for disadvantage clients was
the main theme voiced by all the
partners around the table together
with more training and education
required to build workforce capacity. The NT Remote Clinical School
Katherine- Broken Hill UDRH
Speech Pathology pilot implemented at Clyde Fenton Primary School
last year under a community service delivery model based on student-led clinics and strong partnerships was mentioned and attracted
some attention from the Minister
and her advisors.
On the following day, the Ministerial group travelled to Mataranka
and Jilkminggan where they met
with Christine Butler, WELLHSTAC* trainer and Milliwanga
Sandy, newly appointed assistant
evaluator for the WELL – HSTAC
program. The WELL – HSTAC
program evaluation funding is one
of the grants Associate Professor
P. Dettwiller was successful in
securing last year. Part of the
grant will assist in workforce
Pascale Dettwiller
development which is one of the
major aims for the WELL program
in the Katherine Region.
*Workforce English Language and
Literacy – Human Services Training Advisory Council ( NT Business).
Photo above l-r: Betty Mackay
(member of Katherine Local Advisory Group), Hon Robyn Lambley
(MoH), Pascale Dettwiller, Yvonne
Gisham (Board member, NT
Friendship & Support)
Photo left l-r: Christine Butler,
WELL
trainer,
Hon
Robyn
Lambley, MoH, Miliwanga Sandy,
WELL program evaluator for NT
Remote Clinical School, Katherine.
1414/04/2014 14 14 Katherine News
Katherine Student Welcome
At the Katherine site it is a tradition
since the centre opened in 2006 to
welcome all students each term at
a gathering where local advisory
group members, new comers and
old timers can meet and greet the
new students.
At this year’s student welcome Mr
David Laugher, Chief Executive
Officer for Katherine Town Council,
presented the opening speech and
emphasised the concept of the
‘university town’. Katherine has
two universities, Charles Darwin
University and Flinders University,
based permanently in town and
both are attracting young students
on placements to the town. David
noted that “having young students
in town is a stimulating reality that
should be embraced outside the
inner circle of the universities; having an interdisciplinary group of
students in town is enhancing their
learning and increasing the peer
support with the wish of seeing
Pascale Dettwiller
some of them come back to rural
and remote practice”.
The welcome event took place at
the Katherine district hospital
social club. The community welcomed the students and wished
them a positive experience and
pleasant stay in Katherine. This
link between students and the
Katherine community will now be
increased as part of a Flinders
Year 3 community engagement
assignment, which gives students
the opportunity to integrate humanities in their learning and gain a
better understanding of social
accountability.
Photo: Back row L-r David Smith (JCU
year 4 pharmacy student on elective
placement), A/Professor Pascale Dettwiller (Katherine Site Director), Megan
Horner (JCU year 4, Speech pathology), Timothy Lane (NTMP year 3
student).
Front row l-r: Jessica Sandilands (JCU
year 6 med student), Kai Chaivannacoopt (NTMP year 3 student), Jessica
Taylor (JCU year4 speech pathology
student).
Unexpected visitor
The Katherine Site hosted an unexpected medical student on
placement earlier in the year. Bob,
the preschool possum spent the
majority of his placement working
in the upstairs kitchen at O’Keefe
House. The staff were encouraged
by his ecofriendly attitude to waste
disposal but discovered that he
required deeper holistic support
than the University were positioned
to provide.
Hayley Jackson
the Wildlife Rescue base where he
was to receive holistic care and the
necessary support to further his
education.
Bob has since decided that medicine is not for him and he is now
perusing a career in hospitality
management.
The perks of working remote!
Wildlife Rescue Officer Colleen
Wakefield was called in to introduce Bob to an older, more experienced female professional back at
15 15 16 Katherine News
Remote Health Experience 2014
The Remote Health Experience
(RHE) was run over the weekend
of 28-30 March 2014. The RHE is
an inter-professional, experiential
learning activity where participants
learn about remote issues in
context. During the 2014 RHE
participants had the opportunity to
learn, problem solve, and discuss
remote
issues
across
four
disciplines in an environment led
by remote practitioners.
The activity involved Certificate IV
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Primary Health Care
Practice students from Batchelor
Institute of Indigenous Tertiary and
Education (BIITE), Yr 3 students
from the Remote Nursing stream
of the Charles Darwin University
(CDU), Yr 3 Bachelor of Pharmacy
students, and Yr 1 NTMP medical
students.
The training was designed by a
interagency collaborative group
from NTMP, CDU Nursing & Pharmacy, BIITE, remote clinical educators and staff from Flinders in
the Northern Territory and WurliWurlinjang and Sunrise Aboriginal
Medical Health Services. The
Remote Health Experience models
the inter-professional training and
practice that students will encounter in their course placements and
remote practice. In this sense it is
designed to focus attention on the
inter-professional relationships and
decision making in resource poor
environments necessary for health
service delivery.
station leader and Year 3 NTMP
student on placement in Katherine)
and Sandra Allwright, who is now a
qualified ATSIHP and working at
Wurli-Wurlinjang Services. Sandra
was enrolled in 2012 in the
Certificate IV in Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Primary
Health Care Practice.
Her Honour, The Honourable Sally
Thomas AC, Administrator of the
Northern Territory and Chancellor
of Charles Darwin University, and
Mr Duncan McNeill visited the
2014 Remote Health Experience.
Her Honour’s comments on the
event follow:
" .... Pascale, I
congratulate you on a well-run
event; it is very good to see
Flinders NT and Charles Darwin
University working together with
other local organisations on such a
big project ....I realise how
important it is that students learn to
work together in a team and mix
together.....Rural and remote work
is a very challenging environment
and we need practitioners well
prepared for the Northern Territory,
and
this
Remote
Health
Experience appears to achieve this
goal. I want to come and attend
next year's event if diary permits!"
Pascale Dettwiller
Photo above: Tim Lane, Mr Duncan McNeill, Her Honour, The
Honourable Sally Thomas AC,
Administrator of the Northern Territory, A/Professor Pascale Dettwiller, organiser of the Katherine
RHE for last three years, Sandra
Allwright and Kai Chaivannacoopt.
Photo above: Troop Carrier roll
over learning activity.
Photo below: Remote Health
Experience group photo with
facilitators and participants at the
Katherine Museum
This year we had the privilege to
welcome three former participants
(students) as facilitators: Tim Lane
(cannulation station leader and
Year 3 NTMP student on placement in Katherine), Kai Chaivannacoopt
(assistant
cannulation
1614/04/2014 16 16 17 Centre for Remote Health News
‘Remote Primary Health Care Manuals’ Team
The Remote Primary Health Care
Manuals (RPHCM) are a suite of
manuals designed to support high
quality clinical practice in primary
health care in Central, Northern
and remote Australia.
The manuals are produced for
primary health care workers –
including
Doctors,
Aboriginal
Health Workers, Remote Area
Nurses, Midwives, Nurse Practitioners, and Allied Health Professionals. They are widely used in
clinical care, health service
systems, education and orientation
in the Northern Territory, remote
South Australia, Ngaanyatjarra and
Kimberley regions in Western
Australia, and beyond.
including content and context
experts and front line clinicians.
The newly expanded RPHCM
team now consists of a Project
Manager, Coordinating Editor, two
Project Officers and a Support
Officer.
The RPHCM project has so far
developed 5 editions of the manu-
Sandeep Reddy
als with the latest editions of the
manuals (2014 editions) in line for
a launch in July 2014.
Below: RPHCM project team (l‐r): John Wakerman (Outgoing Chair‐Governance Commi ee), Stephanie MacKie‐Schneider, Allison Gray, Janet Struber, Sandeep Reddy and Sally Herring. The RPHCM team, based at the
Centre for Remote Health, Alice
Springs, coordinates the development of the manuals using the expertise of hundreds of volunteers
Upcoming CRH Short Courses
Fracture Management
May: Wednesday 14th, Darwin
July: Wednesday 9th, Alice
Springs
August: Tuesday 26th Alice
Springs
August: Wednesday 27th, Alice
Springs
October: Tuesday 7th, Darwin
Framing Indigenous Health
June: Monday 23rd – Friday 27th,
Alice Springs
July/August: Monday 28th JulyFriday 1 August, Alice Springs
August: Monday 11th - Friday
15th, Alice Springs
September: Monday 8th – Friday
12th, Darwin
Introduction to living in the Central Australian Context 2014
A one day workshop designed
specifically for people living and
working in Central Australia,
Relevant to everyone – not just
health professionals.
14th April, Alice Springs
19th May, Alice Springs
10th June, Alice Springs
28th July, Alice Springs
25th August, Alice Springs
29th September, Alice Springs
13th October, Alice Springs
17th November, Alice Springs
1st December, Alice Springs
Pharmacotherapeutics for RANS
May: 15th – 16th , Darwin
May: 19th – 20th, Darwin
June: 17th- 18th, Umuwa
July: 10th -- 11th , Alice Springs
July: T17th – 18th , Alice Springs
August: 14th – 15th, Alice Springs
October: 8th - 9th, Darwin
For more information on these and
other courses offered by the
Centre for Remote Health, please
visit http://www.crh.org.au/
1714/04/2014 17 17 Centre for Remote Health News
Remote Community Accommodation
Flinders University has signed a
ten year lease with the Laramba
Community to build a one bedroom
supervisor’s space and two bedroom medical student housing,
located around a secure central
courtyard space.
Brendan Meney
This project is viewed as critical to
realising the future objectives of
delivering quality training outcomes in Central Australia, which
are currently restricted due to the
lack of accommodation support for
clinical training placements within
remote community locations.
Laramba is an established Aboriginal Community on the Napperby
Pastoral Station and is located 205
km North West of Alice Springs,
which is 2.5 hours’ drive north
along the Stuart Highway. The
community has a population of
approximately 300 people and is
serviced by the Central Desert
Regional Council.
The use of the accommodation for
student placements will revolve
around academic semesters and
encompass two nursing students
working in the community clinic
between March and November
each year with supervisors visiting
at various intervals.
The decision to establish accommodation in the Laramba Community is based around the potential
for good training to occur within
the community. There are good
student learning opportunities, low
staffing turnover, and community
members are supportive
of
students and the infrastructure
project.
The accommodation at Laramba
Aboriginal Community is funded by
Health Workforce Australia (HWA)
under the Clinical Training Funding
(CTF) scheme with the aim to provide infrastructure which realises
the placement of students into
underutilized clinical sites. As a
joint centre of Flinders University
and Charles Darwin University the
Centre for Remote Health (CRH) is
committed to supporting NT
Photo above: An artists impression of the new student accommodation.
Government workforce planning
initiatives by ensuring students are
exposed to undergraduate learning
experiences in remote Aboriginal
clinics in Central Australia.
The construction contract
been recently awarded and
accommodation scheduled
completion at the end of June
year.
has
the
for
this
Brendan Meney
HWA Project Officer
Central Australia
Aged Care: an active and rapidly evolving multidisciplinary sector
The Australian Association of
Gerontology (AAG) is Australia's
peak
national
body
linking
professionals working across the
multidisciplinary fields of ageing.
The AAG's goal is to expand
knowledge of ageing in order to
improve the experience of ageing.
Members connect through forums,
workshops,
seminars
and
conferences, as well as through
participation on committees and
special interest groups.
18 The Northern Territory Division
was formed in late 2010, and two
Flinders NT staff members are on
the Division Executive: Melissa
Lindeman as President and
Pascale Dettwiller as Secretary.
The local Division has successfully
lobbied to hold the AAG National
Conference in the Northern
Territory in 2015, and a group will
start organising for this event
shortly. Further information about
the AAG including the NT Division,
and membership application forms,
can
be
found
at
http://
www.aag.asn.au/
Melissa Lindeman
18 19 Research
PhD Publication
Congratulations to David Campbell, Alice Springs PhD student,
for his most recent publication:
“Economic rationality in choosing
between
short-term bad-health
choices and longer-term goodhealth choices”, published in the
open-access International Journal
of Environmental Research and
Public Health, 2013.
Melissa Lindeman
The Faculty of Health Sciences
Research Committee recognised
the high quality of his work with a
cheque, and the chance for his
paper to be selected for a special
award by the Executive Dean of
the Faculty of Health Sciences.
David is in receipt of an Australian
Postgraduate
Scholarship
to
complete his PhD by publication
on the topic “Short and long term
economic behavioural responses
to stress among Aboriginal people
in remote Australia”. He is supervised by Dean Carson and Melissa
Lindeman (Flinders NT), Rolf
Gerritson (CDU), and Michael
Dockery (Curtin).
Melissa Lindeman
Allied Health Research
As part of her PhD research,
Director of Clinical Education at
the NT Medical Program, Ms
Narelle Campbell was first author
on an article in Volume 38 of the
Australian Health Review.
The title of the paper is
“Investigating personality and conceptualising allied health as person
or technique oriented”. Allied
health (AH) includes many diverse
professions, each with a unique
contribution to healthcare, making
it possible to consider these professions as person oriented (PO)
or technique oriented (TO). Narelle’s paper explores the personality traits of AH professionals from
the perspective of both the PO or
TO orientation and the individual
professions.
Below is a link to the paper:
http://www.publish.csiro.au/?
paper=AH13109
Medical Students in General Practice: Article published
Dr Anne Kleinitz is first author in
an article published in Volume 43
of the Australian Family Physician.
The article is about training
medical students in general
practice, under supervision of GP
registrars.
The article can be found online at:
Kleinitz, A., D. Campbell, and L.
Walters, General practice registrar
perceptions on training medical
students. Australian Family Physician, 2014. 43: p. 64-67.
Flinders Academic Promotion
Applications for Flinders Academic
Promotion are required to be
submitted to the Executive Dean,
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and
Health Sciences by the following
dates:
Academic Level B
April 2014
Academic Level C
April 2014
Friday 4th
Friday 11th
Academic Level D
May 2014
Friday 9th
Applicants are required to submit
their completed applications to
Human Resources before the
following dates:
Academic Level B
Tuesday
22nd April 2014
Academic Level C
Friday 2nd
May 2014
Academic Level D
May 2014
Friday 23rd
For more information and to be
emailed the Academic Promotion
forms,
please
email
eliza.gill@flinders.edu.au.
1914/04/2014 19 19 StARRH Update
StARRH, The Top End’s Rural
Health Club, had an exciting start
with a number of student and community focused events to launch
the 2014 academic year for
Flinders, CDU and JCU students.
The year kicked off with a stall at
the Survival Day celebrations at
CDU. StARRH members performed health checks and also
networked with other like minded
organisations. It was fantastic to
engage with the community and to
utilise some skills gained through
university to participate in such an
important and successful day to
support Indigenous health.
StARRH celebrated the incoming
first year medical class of 2014
with a casual lunch and networking
session with other Flinders and
JCU medical students at the Auditorium at RDH on Thursday 20
February. It was great to interact
and meet the new class and we
look forward to working closely
with the new first years in promoting rural, remote and Indigenous
health.
We were also active at the CDU
Orientation Exhibition on Tuesday
25 February, hosting a stall along
with other student, educational and
community organisations. We were
able to sign up 50 members during
the orientation days, which adds to
the amazing diversity of the
StARRH membership in engaging
students from all health disciplines.
A John Flynn Placement Program
information event was jointly held
with FURHS Rural Health Club
(Flinders Bedford Park) via video
conference encouraging all medical students to apply for the JFPP!
20 Finally, we were lucky to have
been involved in the Close The
Gap day at the Jingili Water
Gardens on Thursday 20 March
where StARRH members assisted
in providing health checks along
with Danila Dilba at this important
event to celebrate Indigenous
Health.
their time and energy this year to
bring these activities to all StARRH
members.
We’ve been quite active to kick off
the year, but thankfully, we have
plenty more to come:
> Allied Health Breakfast to celebrate the important role that allied
health professionals play in patient
care will be held on the morning of
Thursday 17 April. Come down to
the CDU basketball for a free and
entertaining breakfast!
Felix Ho
StARRH President 2014
To find out more about StARRH,
please visit our website at
www.starrh.com.au! Please feel
free to drop us a line anytime, we’ll
love to hear from you!
> ClinSkills 2014, StARRH’s biggest multidisciplinary clinical event
is back on the evening of Wednesday 30 April. Featuring much loved
skills like suturing and cannulation
while introducing some new skills,
this is an event not to be missed.
> International Nurses Day on 12
May
will
acknowledge
the
important contribution of nurses
and the vital complementary role
that all nurses and midwives play
in health care.
Abpve: StARRH members at the
Jingili Water Gardens Close the Gap
Day.
Thank you to all the amazing
StARRH members that donated
20 Flinders NT Updates
Flinders Career Counsellor Day
Flinders'
annual
Professional
Development session for high
school teachers, career counsellors and leadership staff will be
offered in Darwin for the first time
ever this year. The event will be
streamed live from the Bedford
Park campus in SA to Flinders NT
in Darwin on Thursday 5 June
2014.
The day is designed to update and
inform high school staff about
Flinders new courses, course
changes and entry pathways. Career Counsellor’s attending the
event at Flinders NT will also have
the opportunity to hear about the
Northern
Territory
Medical
Program (NTMP) and take a tour
of the facilities on campus.
Complimentary tea/coffee, morning
tea and lunch will be provided for
all guests. Attendance is free.
Registrations are essential.
Register at:
http://www.flinders.edu.au/events/
show/event/schools-professionaldevelopment-day-flinders-nt
Flinders Charity Morning tea
NT Medical Program at CDU
campus continues to run a Charity
Morning tea. In 2013 the morning
teas raised $500, which was
donated to the following charities:
Careflight
Beyond Blue
WWF
Lions Hearing Dogs
The Bedford Truck Restoration
Fund.
We are already on our way to
supporting charities for 2014, and
staff continue to bake and donate
on Thursdays at 10.30am at NT
Medical Program staff kitchen at
CDU campus.
Staff Updates
Commencing staff
Cy Starkman:
Poche Administrator
Clint Pepperill:
Poche Research Assistant
Hai Pham:
Poche Research Assistant
Frank Campbell: ITP Administrator, NTMP
Alice Snape:
NT Medical Program Receptionist, CDU Campus
Audrey Hill:
Transfer position from Preclinical Administration to Laboratory Technician (0.5), NTMP CDU
Allison Gray:
Support Officer Remote Primary Health Care Manuals, CRH
Sally Herring:
Project Officer Remote Primary Health Care Manuals, CRH
Sandeep Reddy: Project Management Remote Primary Health Care Manuals, CRH
Toby Speare:
Pharmacist Academic, CRH
Departing Staff
Ms Erin Liddle:
Admin Assistant (Reception), NTMP CDU
Lucy Goodacre: Program Manager, NT Simulation Lab, RDH
Barbara Gallagher: Lecturer, NTMP CDU
Bev Councillor:
ITP Administrator, NTMP
Lena McCormick: Poche Research Assistant
Three NT Medical Program staff will soon be taking maternity leave: Dr Anne Kleinitz, Esther Miller and Christine
Rioux. We wish them all the best with the delivery of their babies and a wonderful parental leave.
CONTACT FLINDERS NT:
P. 08 8946 7488
E. lila.loveard@flinders.edu.au
W. www.flinders.edu.au/medicine/sites/flinders-nt/
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