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This section contains links to a variety of web sites across a range of topics, which you might find useful.
Please note that the web sites listed here are not necessarily affiliated with RWAV and therefore RWAV has no control over any of the content.
If your website is not listed here and you would like us to include it, please send us an email telling us who you are, and where your website is. To contact us click here. |
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Aboriginal Health |
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
The peak organisation that represents the Aboriginal community controlled health sector in Victoria.
Wired - Working with Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities
Provides up-to-date information about a wide range of practical resources for allied health professionals and carers working with Indigenous peoples with disabilities living in remote areas of Australia. |
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Government |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information.
Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA)
DoHA has a diverse set of responsibilities, but throughout there is a common purpose, which is reflected in their vision statement - Better health and active ageing for all Australians.
Department of Health and Ageing Health Workforce
The Health Workforce Branch is responsible for leading and coordinating a strategic approach to medical workforce policy for Australian Government Health and Ageing programs.
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA)
The purpose of the DIMA is to enrich Australia through the well managed entry and settlement of people.
Health Workforce Australia
This site provides information on health workforce planning in Australia; the Australian health workforce and the activities of the various national health workforce advisory committees that report to the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC) and Australian Health Ministers.
Medicare Australia
A customer-focused service organisation delivering national health programs to the Australian community with a world wide reputation for reliable, secure and innovative delivery of health claims, payments and information management.
Victorian Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is committed to ensuring that all Victorians have access to quality services that protect and enhance the community's physical, mental and social well-being. |
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Publications and Research |
WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice
Literature Information Service for Australian Rural and Remote Health
Rural Health Research Register
Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas Classification (RRMA) Search Engine |
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Medical Education |
General Practice Education Australia (GPEA)
Implementing regionalised and contestable GP vocational training to meet the current and future health care needs of Australians, with particular emphasis on rural and remote areas.
Global Telehealth
Global TeleHealth is a private company that brokers providers of health services and professional development via videoconferencing.
Post-graduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV)
A non-profit association established to support the education, training and career development of hospital medical officers in their first two postgraduate years, and those in later years not in vocational training programs.
VICNET Education Page
A directory with links to Victorian School Websites. |
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Medical Organisations/Reference |
Australia Medical Association (AMA)
An independent organisation representing GPs across Australia.
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM)
The professional association for rural medical education and training in Australia.
National Rural Health Network (NRHN)
The National Rural Health Network represents 19 Rural Health Clubs with approximately 5,000 members located at universities throughout Australia. The NRHN is a multidisciplinary Network representing medical, nursing and allied health students aiming to increase the health workforce and health outcomes for rural and remote Australians.
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
Arbiter of standards for General Practice by other clinical colleges.
Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA)
The body representing rural doctors across Australia.
Rural Doctors Association of Victoria (RDAV)
RDAV represents the breadth of Victorian rural doctors in Victoria: specialist and generalist, public and private, procedural and non-procedural, Australian trained and overseas trained. |
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Rural Divisions of General Practice |
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Rural Workforce Agencies |
Rural Health Workforce Australia (RHWA)
A national non-government organisation that supports and represents rural health workforce agencies at the national level.
General Practice and Primary Health Care Northern Territory
Peak body representing the Territory’s general practice and primary health care sector.
Health Workforce Queensland
Promoting the recruitment and retention of general medical practitioners in rural and remote Queensland.
NSW Rural Doctors Network
Develop and administer a number of programs as well as provide a central information resource for rural medical support initiatives in NSW.
Rural Doctors Workforce Agency (SA)
Providing a focus for strategic direction in and improved coordination of all matters of relevance to the rural medical workforce in South Australia.
Tasmanian General Practice Divisions
The body dealing with rural workforce support, identifying health needs and improving outcomes and broadly supporting GPs across Tasmania.
Western Australia Centre for Rural and Remote Medicine (WACRRM)
WACRRM is a centre within the School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care (SPARHC) of the University of Western Australia with a Board of Governance to oversee policy development and strategic direction. |
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Sites of Interest |
Commonwealth Forum on Globalisation and Health (UK)
The UK Partnership for Global Health created this Forum, with the intention that use will be made of the opportunity to share ideas and concerns about the impact of globalisation on health and to help prepare common positions on key health issues.
Tourism Victoria
The official travel and accommodation site for Victoria.
VICNET
The Vicnet Division provides community internet services to Victorian not-for-profit organisations. Through Vicnet, the State Library of Victoria delivers information and communication technologies, and support services which aim to strengthen Victorian communities. |
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Support Services |
Bush Crisis Line & Support Services
This service aims to contribute to the well-being and retention of multi-disciplinary health practitioners by supporting them and their families to successfully manage the stress associated with remote and rural practice.
The Cancer Council
The Cancer Council funds and conducts research, delivers statewide support and prevention programs and advocates on important cancer issues.
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