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Anne-Marie Scully   Kowanyama PHCC had to rethink its nurse workforce; pose the question “what is in the best interest of the communities?” So in Kowanyama we identified the need for a transformative nursing workforce because we were not meeting...

Andrew Hughes   Introduction The Nursing and Midwifery Exchange Program is an innovative workforce program. NMEP inspires candidates to try different areas and arms aspiring leaders with the skills required to lead. NMEP journeys our workforce to different places; both...

Dr Felicity Croker1 1James Cook University, Cairns, Australia   The Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) at James Cook University (JCU) was established in 2009 as a socially accountable program with the mission to address the population health needs and workforce...

Ms Emma Bugden1,2, Ms Jessie Anderson3 1Flinders University, Alice Springs, Australia, 2Menzies School of Health Research, Alice Springs, Australia 3Centre for Remote Health, ALICE SPRINGS   In response to the challenge of recruiting a nursing workforce to provide care in remote...

Ms Diana Mosca1 1Rheumatic Heart Disease Australia, Darwin, Australia   Rheumatic Heart Disease Australia (RHDAustralia) is funded under the Australian Government’s Rheumatic Fever Strategy to support the control of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Australia. The aim of this hotspot...

Ms Lauren Gale1, Mrs Marita Box1 1Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia   Purpose: This year, the RFDS celebrates 90 years of delivering essential health services to rural and remote Australians, and our research shows these services are still needed...

Ms Sonia Girle1, Mr Matt Cleary1, Dr Nikki Blackwell1,2 1ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action), Dakar, Senegal, 2Department of Critical Care, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia   Purpose Providing medical care in remote, fragile contexts like rural Niger presents...

Prof. Sabina Knight1 1Centre For Rural And Remote Health, James Cook University, Mount Isa, Australia   This presentation explores the rapidly changing face of rural nursing and midwifery practice in the context of outback Queensland. The evolution of funding models,...

Mrs Rachel Sargeant1, Ms Michelle Maguire2, Mrs Natalie Thaiday3 1Torres And Cape Hospital And Health Service, Cairns, Australia, 2Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, Australia, 3Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, Australia   Coordination of complex...

Ms Kristy Hill1, Ms Tarneen Callope 1CRANAplus, Cairns, Australia   Promoting the safety of the primary health care workforce in remote Australia poses many challenges. One area that is not well understood is the workforce safety issues pertinent to the...