I have a great job. It is certainly the most challenging I have had. But it’s great. It is pretty unique in Australia and as a result I get asked to participate on a number of committees and reviews. There are also a few articles written in a number of pharmacy journals or magazines that include a bit about me or from me.
One article was titled “Shock and Awe” about remote Indigenous Health, written by Fran Molloy.
Andrew Roberts lost his real name on his first day in his new job “out bush” as a remote area pharmacist. His workplace spans a quarter of a million kilometres in Central Australia — and there, for the last four years, he’s been known simply as “Robbo”.
When he first introduced himself as Andrew, the local Aboriginal health worker responded, horrified, “That’s a Kunmarnarra name!”
Anyway, I thought some outside pharmacy may be interested in the read.
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I don’t get into civilisation much. This November when I venture out of the desert I will be a little busy.
I will be in Perth for six and Adelaide for two and a bit days to attend the SHPA Conference and give a few presentations.
Send me an email or a ‘tweet’ to @BiteTheDust if you want to catch up
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This seminar was presented by Peter Latz on the 26 August 2009 titled:
“The Future of Remote Australia An Ethnobotanist view of Aboriginal Bush Medicine – past, present and future”
Listen to the podcast here
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Centre For Remote Health Alice Springs
The Centre for Remote Health is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year. A joint venture between Flinders and Charles Darwin Universities it is based in Alice Springs with campuses in Katherine and Darwin.
As part of the celebrations they will be presenting a series of seminars and making them available online.
The Centre for Remote Health aims to contribute to the improved health outcomes of people in remote communities of the Northern Territory and Australia, through the provision of high quality tertiary education, training and research focusing on the discipline of Remote Health.
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This seminar was presented by Fred Chaney on the 19th August 2009 titled:
“The Future of Remote Australia Governance and service challenges of Remote Australia”
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Centre For Remote Health Alice Springs
The Centre for Remote Health is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year. A joint venture between Flinders and Charles Darwin Universities it is based in Alice Springs with campuses in Katherine and Darwin.
As part of the celebrations they will be presenting a series of seminars and making them available online.
The Centre for Remote Health aims to contribute to the improved health outcomes of people in remote communities of the Northern Territory and Australia, through the provision of high quality tertiary education, training and research focusing on the discipline of Remote Health.
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