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Seminars

Monash Disaster Health Forum

Short Courses, Research Seminars & Professional Workshops on Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Health

Forum Program

The Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice (DCEHPP) offers the Monash Disaster Health Forum comprising short courses, research seminars and workshops for professional development on specialist information on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Health. The short courses, seminars and workshops are open to all health professionals, emergency managers, humanitarian workers, disaster epidemiologists, health science professionals, researchers and students who have an interest in this area. All seminars offer Keynote speakers with international expertise from academic and hands-on- experience.

The RACGP offers QA & CPD for sessions in this forum.

The DCEHPP program for Semester 2, 2009 is below.

September
Educate09 Forum - Disaster Preparedness Across the Generations: From Natural Disasters to Global Health Security and Community SafetyThursday 10 (10am-12 midday).
October
Pre-Conference Workshop: Understanding the challenges of emerging health threats in Oceania

Note: Location will be in Auckland New Zealand		Thu 15 (1-5pm )
Workshop: Health disaster management: Guidelines for evaluation & research in the Utstein styleTues 20 - Wed 21 (9-5pm )
Research Seminar: Methodological Issues of undertaking health impact assessments following disasters - can we do better?Thurs 22 - Fri 23 (9-5pm)
Workshop: Nursing practice in disasters In partnership with Monash University School of Nursing and MidwiferyThurs 22 (10am - 4pm)
November
Short course: Disaster Epidemiology
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)		Mon 2 - Fri 6 (9-5pm)
4th Annual Intensive Short course: Introduction to Disaster Preparedness and Emergency HealthMon 23 - Fri 27 (9-6pm)

For Further Information and Registration

Dr Caroline Spencer PhD
Monash University
Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice
PO Box 527
Frankston, Victoria 3199

Phone: +61 3 9904 4092
Email: caroline.spencer@med.monash.edu.au

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Monash University reserves the right to alter this information should the need arise.