Table of contents - Flinders University

Annual Report compiled by Lila Loveard July 2010 

Front cover photos: Top left- Year 3/5 students suturing workshop; 

Top right- NTMP Letter of Intent signing at CDU, pictured from left: Professor 

Michael Barber (Vice-Chancellor, Flinders University); Kon Vatskalis (NT 

Government - Minister for Health); the Hon Nicola Roxon MP (Federal Government 

Minister for Health and Ageing); Mr Damian Hale MP (Member for Solomon); and 

Professor Barney Glover (Vice-Chancellor, Charles Darwin University); 

Bottom left- Alice Springs. Photo by Peter Wyllie, GEMP student; 

Bottom right- Trephina Gorge. Photo by Peter Wyllie, GEMP student. 

NT CLINICAL SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT 2009 2

Table of contents 

THE NT CLINICAL SCHOOL .......................................................................................... 4 

MESSAGE FROM THE CLINICAL DEAN ...................................................................... 6 

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS .................................................................................................... 7 

FUTURE DIRECTIONS ................................................................................................... 9 

2009 AT A GLANCE ..................................................................................................... 11 

KEY RESULT AREAS FOR 2009 ................................................................................. 14 

…MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ................................................................. 14 

…MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING.............................................. 20 

… INNOVATION AND RESEARCH .............................................................................. 23 

… NT HEALTH WORKFORCE ..................................................................................... 24 

… ORGANISATIONAL EXCELLENCE ........................................................................ 26 

THE YEAR THAT WAS: 2009 ...................................................................................... 27 

…FOR OUR PEOPLE ................................................................................................... 27 

…FOR OUR FLINDERS ACADEMIC STATUS HOLDERS .......................................... 29 

…OUR PARTNERS AND ADVISORS .......................................................................... 31 

APPENDIX A ................................................................................................................. 33 

APPENDIX B ................................................................................................................. 41 


The NT Clinical School 

… about us 

The Northern Territory Clinical School (NTCS) is a department of Flinders 

University School of Medicine. The NTCS was created in 1996 through 

collaboration between the Northern Territory Government and Flinders 

University. It has campuses at the Royal Darwin Hospital, Alice Springs 

Hospital, Katherine and Nhulunbuy. The NTCS teaches Flinders Year 3 

and Year 4 graduate entry medical (GEMP) students and James Cook 

University (JCU) Year 5 and Year 6 undergraduate medical students. It 

also coordinates and supports clinical placements for Flinders University 

final year students in audiology, speech pathology and nutrition / 

dietetics. 

The Northern Territory Rural Clinical School (NTRCS) is a program within 

the NTCS that is funded under a separate grant from the Commonwealth 

Department of Health and Ageing. The NTRCS has sites in Katherine, 

Alice Springs and Nhulunbuy. Some Year 3 NTCS students spend six 

months based in the Katherine or Alice Springs NTRCS sites, and Year 4 

students have the choice of completing rotations in all sites. 

… our mission 

The NT Clinical School is committed to enhancing the health workforce 

and practices in the NT through the provision of an academic 

environment enabling high quality, appropriate, culturally safe, clinical 

education to medical and allied health students, reflecting the social, 

political, economic and geographic contexts in which health care is 

delivered in the NT. 

… our goals 

Our goals are to: 

Provide high quality medical teaching and training to medical 

students to prepare them for future medical practice in rural and 

remote areas of Australia, particularly the NT; 

Provide high quality pre- and post-graduate support to allied health 

students to prepare them for future practice in rural and remote 

areas of Australia, particularly the NT; 

Contribute to the evolution of clinical and allied health education 

through innovative curriculum development and identification of 

contextual learning opportunities in the NT; 


Undertake in its own right, and in collaboration with other 

organisations, research that contributes to improved health 

outcomes and quality of life for Northern Territorians; 

Enhance the workforce stability, capacity and diversity of the NT in 

primary, secondary and tertiary health care settings; 

Promote rural and remote medical and allied health practice as 

positive and rewarding career options for all students of the School; 

and 

Maintain an organisation that reflects best practice and excellence 

in administration, people management and operational efficiency. 

… our values and principles 

The NT Clinical School pursues its mission and goals in a manner 

underpinned by the following values and principles: 

An articulated and demonstrated culture of excellence in teaching, 

learning and research; 

A respect for and a commitment to promoting and working within a 

culturally safe and sensitive environment; 

An innovative, open and responsive approach to change within the 

School’s operational and strategic environments; 

A commitment to improving the health status and quality of life of 

all Northern Territorians, in particular those living in rural and 

remote communities. 


Message from the Clinical Dean 

2009 was a very eventful year for the Northern 

Territory Clinical School. The NTCS secured funding 

to allow the full four-year Flinders University 

Graduate Entry Medical Program to be offered in the 

Northern Territory as the Northern Territory Medical 

Program (NTMP). This will commence in 2011. 

In preparation for the commencement of the NTMP, 

staff were immediately employed in the planning 

phases of this ground-breaking development. This 

included site and architectural planning for building 

developments at Charles Darwin University and 

Royal Darwin Hospital; contextualization of the 

GEMP curriculum for the Northern Territory; 

formation of working parties to manage the NTMP 

development, marketing activities and employment 

of new staff. 

At the same time as this planning was taking place, the School continued 

with its regular responsibilities of placing and teaching medical and allied 

health students; offering research support to academic staff; undertaking 

research activities; regularly evaluating our programs and services; 

marketing; and liaising with local community advisory groups and with our 

numerous stakeholders. 

Many thanks to the NT Clinical School and NT Rural Clinical School staff for 

their support and efforts during such a demanding year. 

Professor Michael Lowe 

Clinical Dean, Northern Territory Clinical School 


Key Achievements 

Key achievements of 2009 were: 

A successful funding submission led to the Australian Government 

committing $27.8 million towards the Territory’s first full medical 

education program: the Northern Territory Medical Program (NTMP); 

The development of an NTCS brokered letter of intent regarding the NT 

Medical Program between Vice Chancellors of Flinders University and 

Charles Darwin University (CDU), which was signed in the presence of 

Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon; 

Initial planning for NTMP included: preliminary planning for the delivery of 

the Flinders Curriculum for the NT; establishing and engaging working 

parties; marketing and making foundation appointments; 

Collaboration between Flinders University and CDU lead to development of 

the NTMP Building Plan for the CDU campus (building under construction in 

2010); 

Established the Graduate Diploma in Indigenous and Remote Child Health 

(first students enrolled in 2010); 

Completed NT Rural Clinical School building, a joint project with the Baker 

Heart Foundation (the Rubuntja Building opens in 2010); 

Upgraded videoconference links to Katherine and Nhulunbuy; 

Completed feasibility study for a GP Teaching Practice in Nhulunbuy (this 

led to a successful grant application in 2010 for the Medical and Allied 

Health Education Centre); 

NTRCS Local Advisory Groups assisted with student functions, offered 

information on local workforce issues and participated in student-based 

research; 

Hosted NTRCS Community Advisory Board (CAB) meeting in Nhulunbuy, 

attended by the Vice Chancellors of both Flinders University and CDU; 

Hosted Flinders University Regional Community Week for Year 2 students 

at all Rural Clinical School sites; 

Completed Allied Health Work-Integrated Learning (AHWIL) project data 

collection and presented preliminary results at the ANZAME and HERDSA 

education conferences; 

Graduation of three Allied Health students who completed their study 

programs through Flinders University under the NT Quota. The group 

included two dietitians and one speech pathologist and in 2010 all three 

gained employment in the Northern Territory; 


Provision of full-day professional development workshops on ‘best practice 

clinical education’ in Central Australia and the Top End for NT allied health 

staff; 

Membership of the SARRAH steering group that produced the ‘Transition to 

remote and rural practice’ website under a successful RHSET grant 

application. (www.sarrah.org.au/site/index.cfm?display=132724); 

Began holding inter-professional tutorials for medical students and 

community and hospital pharmacy interns; 

Offered Mini CEX training to staff and ran several ‘Teaching on the Run’ 

modules; 

Supported research by academic staff through the NTCS Research Officer 

and Menzies School of Health Research; 

Collated publications by Flinders University (NTCS) staff for 2009; 

Increased library resources and access across sites; 

Commenced development of Indigenous Health curriculum and alignment 

to CDAMS objectives; 

Employed Aboriginal Cultural Advisor in Alice Springs; 

Reached a new agreement with Rio Tinto/Alcan for provision of short-term 

student accommodation in Nhulunbuy; 

Teaching agreement signed with Bath St Medical Practice in Alice Springs; 

Established NTCS Database AXON for student, staff, supervisor and site 

information; 

Updated NTCS website and website incorporated with the Flinders 

University site; 

Provision of Smartboards at majority of teaching sites; 

Incorporated the use of the Flinders University Wiki for a multitude of 

collaborative projects including the setup of the NTMP; 

Sponsored & initiated activities through NTCS Green Fund: 

• 5 Ride to Work events, 

• One Mobilemuster mobile phone recycle station, 

• Battery recycle boxes in all campuses, 

• Extra recycling facilities in Darwin office, 

• Purchase of sustainable and recycled office and catering products and 

• Global Warming seminar at RDH; 

Finalist in Power and Water Authority Melaleuca Awards - which recognises 

environmental excellence; 

‘Healthy People, Healthy Planet’ poster awarded best poster at Tertiary 

Education Management Conference. 


Future directions 

Key drivers of change within the NTCS for 2010 are: 

Medical Education and Training 

Planning for the NT Medical Program. Years 1 and 2 of the Flinders 

Medical Program will be offered for the first time in Darwin in 2011; 

Indigenous Pathways funding and new Indigenous support staff; 

New Indigenous Entry Stream (IES) to the Flinders GEMP program; 

CDU and Flinders University collaboration on pathways to NT Medical 

Program; 

Flinders University to manage clinical services at the Palmerston Super 

Clinic (due to open in September 2010); 

Increased opportunities for interdisciplinary training through 

collaborations with CDU, CRH, Baker Institute, NTGPE, Menzies School of 

Health Research, Endeavour Medical Centre and the Palmerston Super 

Clinic. 

Allied Health Education and Training 

The need to reduce fragmentation of allied health professional placements 

by developing centralised systems and strengthening regional networks; 

Establishment of new inter-professional placements. 

Innovation and Research 

Changing learning environments to better meet student learning needs; 

Incorporating complex but simple to use audio visual capabilities into 

new buildings; 

Developing new research support framework; 

Further progress towards eLearning as a viable alternative or 

supplement for some current methods. 

Northern Territory Health Workforce 

Major focus of the NT Medical Program will be the recruitment and 

training of Northern Territory and Indigenous people to become doctors 

in the Northern Territory; 


NT Medical Program places to be sponsored by NT Government and 

graduates will undertake their internships and residency in the NT as 

part of a bonding arrangement with the NT Government; 

Collaborating with remote health clinics to enhance their training 

potential (this includes the planned Medical and Allied Health Education 

Centre in Nhulunbuy); 

Continuing development of data sources to provide strong knowledge 

bases about optimal health education leading to career uptake in the NT; 

Developing suitable attraction and retention packages for health staff 

engaged in academic activity with NTCS in the NT. 

Organisational Excellence 

Offering opportunities for staff to build on their cultural awareness 

practices; 

Increasing the number of clinicians with either full or adjunct academic 

status with Flinders University; 

Developing infrastructure across all four sites of the NTCS, with 

particular emphasis on information and communication technology; 

Further developing evaluation processes which provide seamless results 

and feedback and monitor ensuing changes; 

Building relationships with other workforce and educational and research 

stakeholders, particularly Centre for Remote Health; Charles Darwin 

University (CDU);Northern Territory General Practice Education Limited 

(NTGPE); Menzies School of Health Research; General Practice Network 

NT (GPPNNT); Department of Health and Families and Batchelor 

Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education; 

Continuing NTCS Green Fund and our support of environmentally 

sustainable initiatives across all campuses. 


2009 at a glance 

Medical Students 

The NTCS provided educational activities to long-term (> six months) and 

short-term students from Flinders University, James Cook University, other 

Australian universities, and some overseas universities, across four 

campuses in the NT. 

In providing these services, the NTCS implemented the following programs: 

Year 3 Flinders Students 

6 months Royal Darwin Hospital Placement and 

6 months Community Based Medical Education (CBME) placement in 

Darwin, Alice Springs or Katherine 

Year 4 Flinders Students 

Numerous 6 week rotations offered at Darwin and Alice Springs Hospital 

Rural package made up of 2 x 6 week rotations in Alice Springs and 2 x 6 

week rotations in Nhulunbuy 

Year 5 JCU students 

One year of rotations at Royal Darwin Hospital Placement 

Year 6 JCU students 

Three core rotations at Royal Darwin Hospital 

Year 3 Flinders / Year 5 JCU Students 

In 2009 there were 21 Flinders University Students and 10 James Cook 

University Students 

Table 1: Year 3/5 Student Numbers 2009 

Semester 1 Semester 2 

Katherine 2 3 

Alice 4 4 

CBME 4 4 

RDH Flinders 

University 

11 10 

JCU 10 10 


Year 4 Flinders / Year 6 JCU/Interstate/International Students 

Table 2: Numbers of students and numbers of affiliations with medical teams 

(short rotations) undertaken by Year 4 Flinders, Year 6 JCU, Interstate and 

International Students in 2009 

Curriculum 

No of 

Students 


Short 

Rotations 

NTCS – RDH – JCU Year 6 7 49 

- RDH – Flinders 43 94 

- RDH – Interstate Universities 42 42 

- RDH – Overseas 5 5 

SUB TOTAL Darwin 97 190 

NTCS – ASH – Flinders 48 64 

ASH - JCU 3 6 

ASH – University of Sydney 11 11 

ASH – University of Queensland 4 4 

ASH – Interstate Other 28 28 

ASH – Overseas 0 0 

SUB TOTAL ALICE SPRINGS 94 113 

NTCS – Nhulunbuy – Flinders 8 16 

TOTAL ALL 199 319 

Table 3: Numbers terms taken at RDH and ASH by Year 4 Flinders students 


terms 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

RDH 

2009 

ASH 

2009 

22 9 4 0 7 0 1 

34 12 2 0 0 0 0 

Allied Health Students 

The Allied Health Academic team supported 188 weeks of training in 30 

placements across three disciplines (speech pathology, audiology and 

nutrition / dietetics). Third year NT quota dietetics student, Bethany Prosser, 

was academic top of her class. 


Research 

The Allied Health Work-Integrated Learning (AHWIL) project of the Northern 

Territory Clinical School and the Department of Health and Families was 

completed. The study focused on allied health student placements and their 

impacts on the workforce. 

NTCS support to academic staff included: 

Subsidized places in Menzies School of Health Research courses; 

Dissemination of information about research funding and 

opportunities; 

Tailored support for individual projects; 

Assistance with grant applications. 

Student Projects 

In 2009, the NTCS offered the following support to our students: 

Streamlined process for registration of student Clinical Audits (for full 

list of audits undertaken, refer to Appendix B 

Further elucidated the process of Clinical Audit (the Clinical Audit 

Cycle) and disseminated to staff and students (see diagram below). 


Key Result Areas for 2009 

Performance of the NTCS is measured against the Key Performance 

Indicators (KPI) identified in the Strategic Plan 2007-2009. 

…Medical Education and Training 

KPI 1.1 Students at NTCS perform at least as well in formal 

examination, including interim assessments, as their peers outside 

NTCS. 

Analyses of 2009 exam results of Flinders University Yr 3 and JCU Yr 5 

students showed NTCS students performed at least as well as their 

peers. 

Final year student Prizes: 

Of the final year JCU Medical students, Kirsty Campbell shared the 

Critical and Crisis Care Year 6 Prize and Claire Shanahan was awarded 

the Mick McLoughlin Bursary. 

Of the Flinders medical students Janice Ku, Jeremy Wells, Vanessa 

Acero and Sheree Cross all received Dean’s Congratulatory letters and 

Sheree Cross graduated with Honours. 

KPI 1.2 Students report satisfaction overall with the teaching of 

the curriculum of the NTCS, its organisation and scheduling. 

Royal Darwin Hospital Based Medical Education (Flinders Yr 3, JCU Yr 5 

students; 66% response rate): 

Students reported satisfaction overall. 

Comments regarding Clinical Supervisors were generally positive. 

Categories that attracted the most agreement were: "have been 

approachable and available", "have assisted me in my learning needs 

and "have treated me with respect". 

Some students suggested informing students of names of registrars 

and interns, and having a designated rotation supervisor who knows 

the student learning goals and monitors student progress and can be 

contacted at any time. 

When students were asked about skills and competencies in 15 

categories, more than 80% of responses indicated improvement. 


Students were asked to complete paper questionnaires following 13 

teaching sessions with 13 different tutors. The response rate was 64%. 

Ninety-three percent of ranks allocated to "Overall, how would you rate 

this teaching session?" were Excellent, Very Good or Good. 

Ten JCU students were placed in general practice and with DMOs 

servicing remote communities. Students valued the independent 

consulting experience that they gained within these community 

placements. 

Darwin Community Based Medical Education (Flinders Yr 3 students; response 

rate 50%): 

Eight Flinders students were placed in urban general practices and 

other community-based health providers. 

Satisfaction with the student role was generally good in all sites. 

Consistent satisfaction was reported with the quality and breadth of 

learning in the GP setting. 

Students reported high quality clinical teaching. 

In response to student feedback, timetabling was streamlined and new 

strategies were implemented to reduce timetabling complexity. 

When students were asked about skills and competencies in 15 

categories, 67-78% of responses indicated improvement. 

NTRCS Katherine (Flinders Yr 3; 83% response rate) 

Students reported high quality teaching. 

When students were asked about skills and competencies, 64-71% of 

responses indicated improvement. 

NTRCS Alice Springs (Flinders Yr 3; 100% response rate) 

Satisfaction with student role was generally good in all sites. 

Students reported high quality teaching and teachers. 


responses indicated improvement. 

Short Rotations at Alice and Darwin (Flinders Yr 4, JCU Yr 6, interstate and 

international) 

Students reported high quality clinical teaching. 


responses indicated improvements. 


KPI 1.3 The cultural sensitivity and safety of the NTCS is assessed 

annually to be appropriate for patients, students, academics, 

staff and communities. 

In 2009 the cultural sensitivity and safety of the NTCS was measured by 

surveying students: 

The skill which Alice Springs short rotation students felt they had 

improved in most was cultural sensitivity (94% of respondents); 

78% of RDH short rotation students who responded reported 

improvement in cultural sensitivity; 

All Year 4 students placed in Nhulunbuy reported improvement in 

cultural sensitivity; 

70% of HBME students who responded reported improvement in 

cultural sensitivity; 

Year 3 CBME Flinders students undertook an intensive two week 

placement in the Laynhapuy Homelands. In this setting, students have 

the opportunity to experience first-hand the delivery and complexity of 

health care in a resource poor setting, working with the local medical 

service and aboriginal health workers. Most students reported 

‘Excellent’ or ‘Good’ learning opportunities in relation to most of the 15 

CDAMS Indigenous Health Curriculum framework standards. All 

students rated the organisation of the placement as ‘satisfactory’ or 

‘excellent’; 

Year 3/5 students enjoyed increased access and frequency of visits to 

Indigenous and remote clinics. Visits included: District Medical Officer 

visits to Tiwi Islands and Daly River (Darwin students), visits with a 

dedicated staff member to Sunrise West communities (Katherine 

students) and remote clinic visits to Santa Teresa, Hermannsberg and 

Amooguna (Alice Springs students). 

KPI 1.4 Longer term career choices of both students and academics 

reflect enhanced likelihood of return to the NT to practice. 

Of the Year 3/5 students, 36% responded to this survey. Of these 

students, 36% reported a career goal of rural practice and 64% urban; 

36% planned to practice in NT in the long term and 64% elsewhere. 73% 

found their interest in practicing in the NT increased after this years’ 

experience (Chart 1); 

53% of students on short rotations responded to a post placement survey; 

63% of these reported increased interest in a career in the NT (Chart 2). 


Chart 1: No. of Yr 3/5 students responding to each 

category of career question 

Chart 2: No. of Short Rotation students responding to each 

category of career question. 


KPI 1.5 Students report overall satisfaction in evaluation surveys 

regarding support services. 

Royal Darwin Hospital Based Medical Education: 

Student support, administration and communication from NTCS staff were 

highly ranked. 

Chart 3: Extract from HBME September Year 3/5 Progress Survey 

NTRCS Katherine: 

Students reported high satisfaction with the administrative and academic 

support provided before and during the placement. 

NTRCS Alice Springs: 

Students were satisfied with the administrative support provided before 

and during the placement. 

Short Rotations at Alice Springs Hospital: 

Students reported high satisfaction with the administrative support 

provided before and during the placement. 


Short Rotations at Royal Darwin Hospital: 

Students assigned high ratings for the quality of their clinical placements 

as well as the administrative support provided by NTCS. 

KPI 1.6 Students report overall satisfaction in annual feedback 

regarding efficacy, reliability and suitability of technology-based 

media for learning and studying. 

Of 13 teaching sessions, video-conferenced sessions were associated with 

a lower probability of attracting Exceptional or Very Good ratings than 

face to face sessions. In response to this result, NTCS is improving 

and monitoring video-conferenced sessions. 


…Multidisciplinary Education and Training 

KPI 2.1 Students report satisfaction overall with the placement 

through NTCS, its organisation and scheduling. 

All ratings of the overall experience were good or excellent 

97% of responses indicated the student would recommend a practicum in 

the Northern Territory to other students. 

KPI 2.2 The cultural sensitivity and safety of the NTCS is assessed 

annually to be appropriate for patients, students, academics, staff and 

communities. 

In 2009 the cultural sensitivity and safety of the NTCS was measured by 

surveying students: 

Chart 4: Extract from Post Placement survey of allied health placements: 


KPI 2.3 Longer term career options of both students and academics 

reflect enhanced likelihood of return to NT to practise. 

All three 2009 Allied Health NT Quota graduates chose to join the local 

workforce, satisfying one of the main aims of the NT Quota program – 

to boost the local Allied Health workforce. 

76% of responses to the survey of allied health placements (see KPI 2.1) 

demonstrated students’ increased interest in pursuing a career in the 

NT after their placement. 

Chart 5: Number of responses to career question in survey of allied health 

placements 


KPI 2.4 Students report overall satisfaction in evaluation surveys 

regarding support services. 

88% of responses indicated students were provided with adequate prearrival 

information; 

60% of responses indicated students were provided with an orientation 

upon arrival by a NTCS academic mentor; 

70% of responses indicated the NTCS academic mentor was approachable 

and available. 

KPI 2.5 Students report overall satisfaction in annual feedback 

regarding efficacy, reliability, and suitability of technology-based 

media for learning and studying. 

89.5% of responses indicated students were happy with their 

computer/internet access. 

KPI 2.6 Students report overall satisfaction with accommodation 

provided by NTCS. 

96% of responses indicated students were provided with adequate and 

affordable accommodation. 


… Innovation and Research 

KPI 3.1 The School undertakes at least two NT-specific health 

research projects during 2007-09: 

NTRCS employed a Senior Research Fellow (50%) and a Research 

Assistant (100%) who researched topics that directly address the health 

and quality of life of remote NT populations; 

Members of the NTCS academic faculty produced 74 publications in peerreviewed 

journals in 2009 (see Appendix A 

KPI 3.2 The School undertakes at least two NT-specific educational 

research projects during 2007-09. 

The Allied Health Work-Integrated Learning project was completed in 

2009. Preliminary results were presented at the ANZAME and HERDSA 

conferences. 

KPI 3.3 The School collaborates actively with at least two other 

organisations for research projects during 2007-09. 

The Allied Health Work-Integrated Learning project was generated through 

collaboration between NTCS and Department of Health and Families. 

KPI 3.4 The Dean SOM reports satisfaction with the research 

activity demonstrated by NTCS. 

Not assessed in 2009. 


… NT Health Workforce 

KPI 4.1 NTCS is engaged on a regular basis, at least twice per year, 

with workforce-related activities auspiced by the NT Government 

and its agencies / partners. 

NTCS met and communicated on a regular basis with members of the 

Department of Health and Families in regards to the NT Medical 

Program, student accommodation and the Palmerston Super Clinic. 

KPI 4.2 NTCS shares joint clinical / academic / research 

appointments with at least four other affiliated organisations at any 

one time. 

NTCS shares joint clinical academic staff positions with Royal Darwin 

Hospital and Alice Springs Hospital. 

NTCS shares joint clinical academic staff positions with Menzies School of 

Health Research in Darwin. 

NTCS shares joint Cultural Liaison Officer positions with NT Department of 

Health and Families (one located in Darwin, one in Alice Springs). 

KPI 4.3 NTCS engages at least annually with at least two general 

practice organisations in the NT, addressing workforce issues. 

NTCS collaborated with NTGPE in the development of an NTCS database 

which provides details of students, supervisors and teaching sites. 

KPI 4.4 NTCS participates in at least one project, specifically 

addressing workforce in a remote community of interest, with 

other affiliated organisations. 

NTCS commissioned a feasibility study to develop a GP Teaching Practice 

in Nhulunbuy (this led to a successful grant application in 2010 for the 

Medical and Allied Health Education Centre). 


KPI 4.5 At least 75% of all teachers involved with NTCS, in private 

and public settings, are recognised with academic or adjunct 

status with Flinders University and / or James Cook University. 

This was not measured in 2009, though a large number of teaching staff 

have Academic status with Flinders University (please refer to table of 

academic status holders). 


… Organisational Excellence 

KPI 5.1 -5.8 

As we were planning for organisational change, these KPIs were not 

evaluated in 2009. 

KPI 5.9 The School demonstrates an enhanced public profile through 

increased media contact, expanded spheres of influence, and 

greater participation in activities in affiliated organisations. 

During 2009, the NTCS began marketing the NT Medical Program. Several 

public events were held including the signing of a Letter of Intent for 

the NT Medical Program between CDU and Flinders University and 

information sessions; 

NTCS collaborated with Flinders and CDU marketing teams; 

NTCS arranged marketing for the Graduate Diploma in Indigenous and 

Remote Child Health; 

NTCS held booths at four NT Careers Expos, the 2009 NTGPE Teaching and 

Learning Conference in Alice Springs, the 2009 GPNNT Annual CPD 

Conference in Darwin and the Garma Festival in Arnhemland; 

Produced quarterly Newsletter and disseminated to students, staff and 

stakeholders. 


The year that was: 2009 

…for our people 

Clinical Dean Professor Michael Lowe Also Medicine RDH 

Director NTRCS & 

CBME 

Associate Professor Sarah 

Strasser 

Also Associate Dean Rural and 

Remote Cluster, School of 

Medicine; resigned 

Executive Officer Mrs Mary Pocock NTCS Darwin 

Executive Officer Mr Geoff Veness NTRCS 

NTCS Academics Dr Alan Ruben Graduate Diploma in Remote 

and Indigenous Child Health 

Mr Richard Sager 

Lecturer AH, Rural and Remote 

Medicine 

Dr Gurmeet Singh 

JCU Academic 

Coordinator/Menzies 

Ms Narelle Campbell CBME Academic Coordinator 

Dr Anna Smedts 

Research and Evaluation 

Dr Trish Bate 

Pre Clinical Science 

Professor Bart Currie Menzies / Infectious Diseases 

Dr Peter Morris 

Menzies / Paediatrics 

Dr Trish Nagel 

Psychiatry 

Dr Robert Parker 

Psychiatry 

Dr Emma Kennedy 

GP 

Dr Paul Rivalland 

GP / Family Planning 

Dr Chris Watson 

GP/DMO DHF 

Dr Kishan Pandithage GP / Northlakes 

Dr Martha Finn 

Women’s Health RDH; resigned 

Dr Gina Wulf 

Women’s Health RDH 

Ms Angela Bull 

Midwifery Educator RDH 

Dr Phil Blum 

Anaesthetics RDH 

Mr John Treacy 

Surgery RDH 

NTCS Administration Ms Eliza Gill 

PA Clinical Dean 

Ms Virginia Comitalo CBME Administration; resigned 

Ms Gillian Paynter 

Placement Coordinator 

Ms Lila Loveard 

Administration Officer 


Ms Karla Karpenko 

Ms Marika Broomfield 

Mr Des Gellert 

Mr Matthew Turner 

Mr Tom Kalikajaros 

Mrs Heather Burton 

Ms Linda Ward 

Junior Administration Officer 

Year 3/5 Student Support 

Multimedia Technical Officer 

ACAP Officer/ DHF 

Darwin 

Administration Officer SA 

Research Assistant/Menzies 

NTRCS Academics Dr Anne Cawley Senior Lecturer Alice Springs 

Dr Kathy Williams 

Dr Lloyd Einsiedel 

Dr Megan Halliday 

Dr Deborah Fearon 

Dr Jacob Jacob 

Ms Kathy Kuipers 

Dr Charles Mutandwa 

Dr Fred McConnell 

Dr Jenny Brown 

Lecturer Alice Springs 

Research Fellow Alice Springs 

Women’s Health ASH 

Paediatrics ASH 

Surgery ASH 

Allied Health Alice Springs 

Lecturer Katherine 

Lecturer Katherine 

Lecturer Nhulunbuy 

NTRCS Ms Velda Mazoudier Administration Officer Katherine 

Administration Ms Colleen Hayes ACAP Officer, Alice Springs/DHF 

Ms Sheela Joseph 

Research Officer, Alice Springs 

Mrs Tracey Briscoe-Mitchell Administration Officer, Alice 

Springs 

Mrs Caroline Gouws 

Ms Debbie McIntyre 

Student Placement Officer, Alice 

Springs 

Administration Officer, 

Nhulunbuy 


…for our Flinders academic status holders 

ACAP Officers Ada Parry NTGPE 

Eileen Van Iersel 

Alice Springs Hospital 

Anaesthetics Brian Spain Royal Darwin Hospital 

Audiologists Amarjit Anand NT Hearing 

Cardiologist 

Tristam Smyth 

Darwin Private Hospital; 

resigned 

Clinical Nurse 

Educators 

Ivor Alexander 

DHF Centre of Disease Control 

Nhulunbuy 

Directors Robert Roseby Alice Springs Hospital 

Dan Murphy 

Bairo Pite Clinic- Dili 

Leonard Notaras 

Royal Darwin Hospital 

Disease Control Victoria Krause Department of Health & Families 

Emergency Elizabeth Mowatt Alice Springs Hospital 

Paul Helliwell 


Didier Palmer 


Mark De Souza 


Endocrinologists Dianne Howard Royal Darwin Hospital 

Sridhar Chitturi 


ENT Garret Hunter Royal Darwin Hospital 

Suresh Mahendran 


GPs Ciara O'Sullivan Alice Springs Hospital 

Michele Luey 


Vikas Jasoria 


Wendy Zerk 


Koen de Decker 

Central Australia Aboriginal 

Congress 

Lone Andersen 


Congress 

Peter Tait 


Congress 

Neil Davidson 

Endeavour Medical Centre 

Bradley Gray 

Katherine Hospital 

Christopher Burgess Menzies 

Nigel Gray 

Freds Pass Medical Centre 

Danielle Butler 

Wurli Wurlinjang Aboriginal Med 

Service 

Hematologist Ferenc Szabo Royal Darwin Hospital 

ICU Dianne Stephens Royal Darwin Hospital 

Paul Goldrick 


Infectious Disease 

Physicians Nicholas Anstey Menzies 

Malcolm McDonald 


Manager 

Jeff Cook 

Laynhapuy Homelands 

Association Inc. 


Medicine Nadarajah Rajabalendran Alice Springs Hospital 

Sarah Chalmers 

Laynhapuy Homelands 

Association Inc. 

Vinothini Sathianathan Royal Darwin Hospital 

Microbiologist Matthias Maiwald Royal Darwin Hospital; resigned 

Nephrologist John Killen Royal Darwin Hospital 

Obs and Gynae Clara Marin Royal Darwin Hospital 

Karen Leemen 


Nader Gad 


Preeti Khillan 


Regina Wulf 


Sujatha Thomas 


Yvonne Cunningham Royal Darwin Hospital 

Oncologist Mathew George Royal Darwin Hospital 

Ophthalmologists 

Mahendrarajah 

Tharmalingam 


Orthopaediatricans Bandulasena Palapitige Alice Springs Hospital 

Sumedha Amarasekara Alice Springs Hospital 

Janak Mehta 


Paediatricians Annie Whybourne Darwin Private Hospital 

Michael Williams 

Darwin Private Hospital 

Angraj Pal Khillan 


Ben Dayaratne 


Carolyn MacLennan 


Charles Kilburn 


Keith Edwards 


Naor Bar-Zeev 


Paul Bauert 


Physicians Stephen Brady Alice Springs Hospital 

Louise Maple-Brown Menzies 

Psychiatrists Girijashanker Kandath Royal Darwin Hospital 

Lawrence Dadd 


Sharon Crabbe 


Ashok Abhyankar 

Tamarind Centre 

Public Health Ross Bailie Menzies 

Joan Cunningham 

Menzies 

Rheumatologists Mary Samuel Royal Darwin Hospital 

Surgeons Fred Boseto Alice Springs Hospital; resigned 

David Gawler 


David Read 


Fadi Nuwayhid 


Mahiban Thomas 



…Our partners and advisors 

During 2009, the NTCS collaborated with the following organisations and 

individuals: 

Dr David Ashbridge 

Dr Michael Wilson 

Associate Professor John 

Wakerman 

Ms Jeanne Tahini 

Mr David Meredyth 

Ms Sue Woolf 

Ms Pam Dixon 

Dr Jan Schmitzer 

Professor Graham Pegg 

Dr Len Notaras 

Dr Peter Satterthwaite 

Ms Vicki Taylor 

Dr Tony Watson 

Dr Tamsin Cockayne 

Professor Jonathan Carapetis 

Professor Richard Murray 

Professor Lee Kennedy 

Professor Yik Hong Ho 

Mr John Paterson 

Dr Latisha Petterson 

Mr Mick Gooda 

Dr Leigh Trevalian 

Dr David Brummitt 

Ms Stephanie Bell 

Dr Ben Bartlett 

Dr Wendy Zerk 

Dr Ameeta Patel 

Dr Neil Davidson 

Dr Andrew McDonald 

Dr Kishan Pandithage 

NT Department of Health and Families 

Northern Territory General Practice Education 

Limited (NTGPE) 

Centre for Remote Health (CRH) 

Australian Government Department of Health 

and Ageing 

Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary 

Education 

Charles Darwin University 



Katherine Hospital 

Gove District Hospital 

Menzies School of Health Research 

James Cook University 

School of Medicine 

Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT 

AIDA 

CRC Aboriginal Health 

Wurli Wurlinjang Aboriginal Medical Service, 

Katherine 

Kintore Clinic, Katherine 

Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Alice 

Springs 

Central Clinic, Alice Springs 

Bath St Medical Centre 

Endeavour Medical Centre, Nhulunbuy 

Northlakes Medical Centre 

Vanderlin Drive Medical Centre 


Dr Keith Forrest 

Dr Lata Boyce 

Dr Mervyn Perera 

Dr Lionel Crompton 

Dr Sirima Tilikaratne 

Dr James Stephen 

Dr Kim Manias 

Ms Janice Diamond 

Dr Emma Fitzsimons 

Ms Sarah Gobbert 

Ms Anne Bastien 

Dr Lorraine Lydiard 

Dr Kangaharan Nadarajah 

Farrar Medical Centre 

Casuarina Family Practice 

Arafura Fred’s Pass Medical Centre 

Arafura Casuarina Village 

Oasis Palmerston 

Moil Medical Centre 

Danila Dilba Aboriginal Medical Service 

Stuart Park Surgery 

Aged Care Assessment Team 

Danila Dilba and Juninga Centre 

Alcohol and Other Drugs 

Asthma NT 

Breastscreen NT 

NT Cardiac 

Ms Belinda Davis Clinic 34 

Ms Linda Rennie 

Dr Catherine Holmes 

Ms Chris Clarke 

Dr Jessie Johnston 

Dr Chris Watson 

Dr Rosemary Lee 

Dr Peter Bowman 

Health Living NT 

Larrakia Nations 

Specialist Wound Care 

District Medical Officers, DHF 


Appendix A 

Publications by NT Clinical School staff 

**Publications authored by NTCS staff which acknowledge NTCS or give 

NTCS as institutional affiliation. 

1. Anderson K, Yeates K, Cunningham J, Devitt J, Cass A. They really 

want to go back home, they hate it here: The importance of place in 

Canadian health professionals' views on the barriers facing Aboriginal 

patients accessing kidney transplants. Health & Place 

2009;15(1):390-3 

2. Andrews RM, Kearns T, Connors C, Parker C, Carville K, Currie BJ, et 

al. A Regional Initiative to Reduce Skin Infections amongst Aboriginal 

Children Living in Remote Communities of the Northern Territory, 

Australia. PLoS 2009;3(11):e 554. 

3. Andrews RM, McCarthy J, Carapetis JR, Currie BJ. Skin disorders, 

including pyoderma, scabies, and tinea infections. Pediatr Clin North 

Am 2009;56(6):1421-40. Review 

4. Anstey NM, Russell B, Yeo TW, Price RN. The pathophysiology of 

vivax malaria. Trends Parasitol 2009 May;25(5):220-7 

5. Baeza J, Bailie R, Lewis JM. Care for chronic conditions for indigenous 

Australians: Key informants' perspectives on policy. Health Policy 

2009;92:211-7. 

6. Bailey EJ, Maclennan C, Morris PS, Kruske SG, Brown N, Chang 

AB.Risks of severity and readmission of Indigenous and non- 

Indigenous children hospitalised for bronchiolitis.J Paediatr Child 

Health. 2009 Oct;45(10):593-7. Epub 2009 Sep 14. 

7. Bailey EJ, Cates CJ, Kruske SG, Morris PS, Brown N, Chang AB 

Culture-specific programs for children and adults from minority 

groups who have asthma.Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Apr 

15;(2):CD006580. Review 

8. Bailie RS, Stevens M, Armfield JM, Ehsani JP, Beneforti M, Spencer J. 

Association of natural fluoride in community water supplies with 

dental health of children in remote communities – implications for 


policy. Aust NZ J Public Health 2009;33(3):205-11. 

9. Bailie RS, Si D, Dowden MC, Selvey CE, Kennedy C, Cox R, et al. A 

systems approach to improving timeliness of immunisation. Vaccine 

2009 Jun 2;27(27):3669-74. 

10. Burgess CP, Johnston FH, Berry HL, McDonnell J, Yibarbuk D, 

Gunabarra C, Mileran A, Bailie RS.. Healthy country, healthy people: 

the relationship between Indigenous health status and "caring for 

country". Med J Aust 2009 May 18;190(10):567-72. 

11. Cairney S, Maruff P, Currie J, Currie BJ. Increased anti-saccade 

latency is an isolated lingering abnormality in Sydenham chorea. J 

Neuroopthalmol 2009 Jun;29(2):143-5. PMID: 19491640 ** 

12. Campbell N, Smedts A. Work-integrated learning: Mapping the 

islands in rural and remote Australia. ANZAME. Conference paper. 

Launceston, Tasmania, 2009. 

13. Campbell N, Smedts A. Allied health work-integrated learning in the 

NT: Student placement experience and outcomes. Higher Education 

Research Development Society of Australia Conference paper. Darwin, 

Northern Territory, 2009. 

14. Canale E, Isbister GK, Currie BJ. Investigating pressure bandaging 

for snakebite in a simulated setting: bandage type, training and the 

effect of transport. Emerg Med Australas 2009 Jun;21(3):184-90** 

15. Carson, P Providing Specialist Services in Australia Across Barriers of 

Distance and Culture World Journal of Surgery Official Journal of the 

International Society of Surgery/Société Internationale de 

16. Chang CC, Singleton RJ, Morris PS, Chang AB.Pneumococcal vaccines 

for children and adults with bronchiectasis.Cochrane Database Syst 

Rev. 2009 Apr 15;(2):CD006316. Review 

17. Cheng AC, Currie BJ, Peacock S. Letter to the Editor : Positive 

Serologic Test Results for Burkholderia pseudomallei in Asymptomatic 

Persons. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 

2009;80(6):1065. 

18. Currie BJ, Haslem A, Pearson T, Hornstra H, Leadem B, Mayo M, 

Daniel Gal, Linda Ward, Daniel Godoy, Brian G. Spratt, and Paul 

Keim Identification of Melioidosis Outbreak by Multilocus Variable 

Number Tandem Repeat Analysis. Emerg Infect Dis 2009;15(2):169- 

74** 


19. Currie BJ. Dangerous bacteria in unexpected locations; Burkholderia 

pseudomallei and melioidosis in Australia. Microbiol Aust 

2009;30(5):195-6.** 

20. Davies W R, Bate P J. Relative radio-opacity of commonly consumed 

fish species in South East Queensland on lateral neck x-ray: an ovine 

model MJA 2009; 191 (11/12): 677-680 

21. Dais JS, Darcy CJ, Piera K, McNeil YR, Woodberry TW, Anstey NM. 

Ex-vivo changes in amino acid concentrations from blood stored at 

room temperature or on ice: implications for arginine and taurine 

measurements. BMC Clinical Pathology 2009;9(1):10. 

22. Davis JS, Yeo TW, Thomas JH, McMillan M, Darcy CJ, McNeil YR, et al. 

Sepsis-associated microvascular dysfunction measured by peripheral 

arterial tonometry: an observational study. Crit Care 2009 Sep 

25;13(5):R155. 

23. Dede A, Isaacs D, Torzillo PJ, Wakerman J, Roseby R, Fahy R, 

Clothier T, White A, Kitto P.Respiratory syncytial virus infections in 

Central Australia. J Paediatr Child Health. 2009 Nov 23 ** 

24. Gunasekera H, Morris PS, McIntyre P, Craig JC.Management of 

children with otitis media: a summary of evidence from recent 

systematic reviews.J Paediatr Child Health. 2009 Oct;45(10):554-62; 

quiz 562-3. Epub 2009 Sep 14. Review** 

25. Gunasekera H, Morris PS, Daniels J, Couzos S, Craig JC.Otitis media 

in Aboriginal children: the discordance between burden of illness and 

access to services in rural/remote and urban Australia.J Paediatr Child 

Health. 2009 Jul-Aug;45(7-8):425-30** 

26. Gunasekera H, Morris PS, Daniels J, Couzos S, Craig JC Management 

of children with otitis media: a survey of Australian Aboriginal Medical 

Service practitioners.J Paediatr Child Health. 2009 Jul-Aug;45(7- 

8):457-63** 

27. Handayani S, Chiu DT, Tjitra E, Kuo JS, Lampah D, Kenangalem E, 

Renia L, Snounou G, Price RN, Anstey NM, Russell B. High 

deformability of Plasmodium vivax-infected red blood cells under 

microfluidic conditions. J Infect Dis. 2009 Feb 1;199(3):445-450. 

28. Hasugian AR, Tjitra E, Ratcliff A, Siswantoro H, Kenangalem E, 

Wuwung RM, Purba HL, Piera KA, Chalfien F, Marfurt J, Penttinen PM, 

Russell B, Anstey NM, Price RN. In vivo and in vitro efficacy of 

amodiaquine monotherapy for chloroquine-resistant P. vivax. 


Antimicrob Agents Chemother. March 2009, p. 1094-1099, Vol. 53, 

No. 3 

29. Hudson L, White A, Roseby R.Tobacco smoke exposure in 

hospitalised Aboriginal children in Central Australia.J Paediatr Child 

Health. 2009 Apr;45(4):224-7. ** 

30. Jackson KE, Currie B, Cairney S, Maruff P, Snyder PJ. Hunger and the 

perception of the scent of petrol: A potential neurobiological basis for 

increased risk of petrol inhalation abuse. Addict Res Theory 2009 

Oct;17(5):518-24. 

31. Kaestli M, Mayo M, Harrington G, Ward L, Watt F, Hill JV, et al. 

Landscape Changes Influence the Occurrence of the Melioidosis 

Bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil in Northern Australia. 

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2009;3(1) 

32. Kerridge, I, Lowe M, Stewart C Ethics and Law for the Health 

Professions (3 rd ed) Book 

33. Leach AJ, Morris PS, McCallum GB, Wilson CA, Stubbs L, Beissbarth 

J, Jacups S, Hare K, Smith-Vaughan HC.Emerging pneumococcal 

carriage serotypes in a high-risk population receiving universal 7- 

valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and 23-valent polysaccharide 

vaccine since 2001.BMC Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 4;9:121** 

34. Lubell Y, Yeung S, Dondorp AM, Day NP, Nosten F, Tjitra E, et al. 

Cost-effectiveness of artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria. 

Trop Med Int Health 2009 Mar;14(3):332-7. 

35. Maguire GP, Anstey NM, Ardian M, Waramori G, Tjitra E, Kenangalem 

E, et al. Pulmonary tuberculosis, impaired lung function, disability and 

quality of life in a high-burden setting. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2009 

Dec;13(12):1500-6. 

36. Maple-Brown L, Hodge A, Cunningham J, Celermajer DS, O'Dea K. 

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease do not fully explain differences 

in carotid intima-media thickness between Indigenous and European 

Australians without diabetes. Clin Endocrin 2009 Aug;71(2):189-94 

37. Maple-Brown LJ, Cunningham J, Barry RE, Leylsey L, O'Rourke MF, 

Celermajer DS, et al. Impact of dyslipidaemia on arterial structure 

and function in urban Indigenous Australians. Atherosclerosis 2009 

Jan;202(1):248-54. 


38. McDonald E, Bailie R, Grace J, Brewster D. A case study of physical 

and social barriers to hygiene and child growth in remote Australian 

Aboriginal communities. BMC Public Health 2009;9:346. 

39. McDonald EL, Priest N, Doyle JL, Bailie RS, Anderson I, Waters E. 

Issues and Challenges for Systematic Reviews in Indigenous Health. J 

Epidemiol Community Health 2009 Dec 8. 

40. Minigo G, Woodberry T, Piera KA, Salwati E, Tjitra E, Kenangalem E, 

et al. Parasite-dependent expansion of TNF receptor II-positive 

regulatory T cells with enhanced suppressive activity in adults with 

severe malaria. PLoS Pathog 2009 Apr 24;5(4):e1000402. 

41. Morgan S, Smedts A, Campbell N, Sager R, Lowe M, Strasser S. 

From the bush to the big smoke--development of a hybrid urban 

community based medical education program in the Northern 

Territory, Australia. Rural Remote Health 2009; 9:1175. 

42. Morris PS.Upper respiratory tract infections (including otitis 

media).Pediatr Clin North Am. 2009 Feb;56(1):101-17, x. Review. ** 

43. Morris PS, Leach AJ. Acute and chronic otitis media.Pediatr Clin 

North Am. 2009 Dec;56(6):1383-99. Review. ** 

44. Morris PS, Richmond P, Lehmann D, Leach AJ, Gunasekera H, Coates 

HL. 

New horizons: otitis media research in Australia.Med J Aust. 2009 Nov 

2;191(9 Suppl):S73-7. 

45. Morse LP, Carson PJ, Currie BJ. Burkholderia pseudomallei Prostatic 

Abscess; 37 cases from a 10 year prospective melioidosis study. BJU 

Int 2009;103:35. NTCS Cited, Abstract, 

46. Morse LP, Moller CC, Harvey E, Ward L, Cheng AC, Carson PJ, 

Currie BJ.. Prostatic abscess due to Burkholderia pseudomallei: 81 

cases from a 19-year prospective melioidosis study. J Urol 2009 

Aug;182(2):542-7** 

47. Mounsey KE, Holt DC, McCarthy JS, Currie BJ, Walton SF. 

Longitudinal evidence of increasing in vitro tolerance of scabies mites 

to ivermectin in scabies-endemic communities. Arch Dermatol 2009 

Jul;145(7):840-1. No abstract available. 

48. Nagel T, Robinson G, Condon J, Trauer T. Approach to treatment of 

mental illness and substance dependence in remote Indigenous 


communities: Results of a mixed methods study. Aust J Rural Health 

2009 Aug;17(4):174-82. ** 

49. Nagel TM, Thompson C, Robinson G, Condon J, Trauer T. Two-way 

approaches to Indigenous mental health literacy. Aust J Primary 

Health 2009;15(1):50-5. ** 

50. Ng JS, Holt DC, Lilliebridge RA, Stephens AJ, Huygens F, Tong SY, 

Currie BJ, Giffard PM Phylogenetically distinct Staphylococcus aureus 

lineage prevalent among Indigenous communities in Northern 

Australia. J Clin Microbiol 2009 May 6;47(7):2295-300. 

51. Nickson CP, Waugh EB, Jacups SP, Currie BJ. Irukandji Syndrome 

Case Series From Australia's Tropical Northern Territory. Ann Emerg 

Med 2009 Apr 29;54(3):395-403. ** 

52. O’Grady KF, JB Carlin, AB Chang, PJ Torzillo TM Nolan, Ruben A & RM 

Andrews Vaccination of Australian Indigenous infants against 

pneumococcus Effectiveness of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate 

vaccine against radiologically diagnosed pneumonia in Indigenous 

infants in Australia Publication: Bulletin of the World Health 

Organization; Type: Research Page 1 of 18 Article ** 

53. Paradies Y, Cunningham J. Experiences of racism among urban 

Indigenous Australians: findings from the DRUID study. Ethn Racial 

Stud 2009;32(3):548-73 

54. Parker RM Why Australia needs a national college of Aboriginal and 

Torres Strait Islander health. Med J Aust. 2009 Jan 5;190(1):34-6. 

PMID: 19120007 ** 

55. Parkes HM, Shilton C, Jerrett I, Benedict S, Spratt BG, Godoy D, 

O'Brien CR, Krockenberger MB, Mayo M, Currie BJ, Malik R. Case 

Report : Primary ocular melioidosis due to a single genotype of 

Burkholderia pseudomallei in two cats from Arnhem Land in the 

Northern Territory of Australia. J Feline Med Surg 2009 May 

8;11:856-63. 

56. Pearson T, Giffard P, Beckstrom-Sternberg S Auerbach R, Hornstra H, 

Tuanyok A, Price EP, Glass MB, Leadem B, Beckstrom-Sternberg JS, 

Allan GJ, Foster JT, Wagner DM, Okinaka RT, Sim SH, Pearson O, Wu 

Z, Chang J, Kaul R, Hoffmaster AR, Brettin TS, Robison RA, Mayo M, 

Gee JE, Tan P, Currie BJ, Keim P. Phylogeographic reconstruction of 

a bacterial species with high levels of lateral gene transfer. BMC Biol 

2009 Nov 18;7(1):78. (NTCS Cited) 


57. Poespoprodjo JR, Fobia W, Kenangalem E, Lampah DA, Hasanuddin A, 

Warikar N, Paulus Sugiarto, Emiliana Tjitra, Anstey NM and Ric N. 

Price Vivax malaria: a major cause of morbidity in early infancy. Clin 

Infect Dis 2009 Jun 15;48(12):1704-12 

58. Price RN, Douglas NM, Anstey NM. New developments in Plasmodium 

vivax malaria: severe disease and the rise of chloroquine resistance. 

Curr Opin Infect Dis 2009;22(5):430-5. 

59. Pridmore S, Abusah P Derailment between opposites: a subclass 

Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2009 Jan;43(1):87. No abstract available. 

60. Quilty S, Kwok G, Hajkowicz K, Currie B. High incidence of 

methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sepsis and death in 

patients with febrile neutropenia at Royal Darwin Hospital. Intern Med 

J 2009 Aug;39(8):557-9. Letter to editor ** 

61. Ralph AP, Anstey NM, Kelly PM. Tuberculosis into the 2010s: is the 

glass half full? Clin Infect Dis 2009 Aug 15;49(4):574-83. 

62. Ruben, A Undernutrition and obesity in indigenous children: 

epidemiology, prevention, and treatment. Pediatr Clin North Am. 

2009 Dec;56(6):1285-302. Review** 

63. Russell RC, Currie BJ, Lindsay MD, Mackenzie JS, Ritchie SA, Whelan 

PI. Dengue and climate change in Australia: predictions for the future 

should incorporate knowledge from the past. Med J Aust 2009 Mar 

2;190(5):265-8. 

64. Smith-Vaughan H, Marsh R, Mackenzie G, Fisher J, Morris PS, Hare 

K, McCallum G, Binks M, Murphy D, Lum G, Cook H, Krause V, 

Jacups S, Leach AJ An age-specific cluster of serotype 1 

pneumococcal carriage in remote Australian Indigenous communities. 

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2009 Feb;16(2):218-21 ** 

65. Snelling TL, Schultz R, Graham J, Roseby R, Barnes GL, Andrews RM, 

Carapetis JR. Rotavirus and the indigenous children of the Australian 

outback: monovalent vaccine effective in a high-burden setting.Clin 

Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 1;49(3):428-31. 

66. Steer AC, Kearns T, Andrews RM, McCarthy JS, Carapetis JR, Currie 

BJ. Ivermectin worthy of further investigation. Bull World Health 

Organ 2009 Oct;87(10):A 

67. Steer AC, Tikoduadua LV, Manalac EM, Colquhoun S, Carapetis JR, 

Maclennan C. Validation of an Integrated Management of Childhood 


Illness algorithm for managing common skin conditions in Fiji.Bull 

World Health Organ. 2009 Mar;87(3):173-9. 

68. Tait P Next move on a burning planet.Aust N Z J Public Health. 2009 

Dec;33(6):583 

69. Tay L, Duncan E, Singhal D, Al-Qunfoidi R, Coghlan D, Jaksic W, 

Szabo F, McRae S, Lloyd J.Twelve years of experience of acquired 

hemophilia A: trials and tribulations in south Australia. Semin Thromb 

Hemost. 2009 Nov;35(8):769-77. Epub 2010 Feb 18 

70. Tong SY, Lilliebridge RA, Holt DC, McDonald MI, Currie BJ, Giffard 

PM. High-resolution melting analysis of the spa locus reveals 

significant diversity within sequence type 93 methicillin-resistant 

Staphylococcus aureus from northern Australia. Clin Microbiol Infect 

2009 Apr 15;15(12):1126-31. 

71. Tong SYC, Bishop EJ, Lilliebridge RA, Cheng AC, Spasova-Penkova Z, 

Holt DC, Giffard PM, McDonald MI, Currie BJ, Boutlis CS Community- 

Associated Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and 

Methicillin-Susceptible S. aureus in Indigenous Northern Australia: 

Epidemiology and Outcomes. J Infect Dis 2009 May 15;199(10):1461- 

70** 

72. Towers RJ, Bolm M, Currie BJ, Chhatwal GS, Fagan PK. Autoantigens 

identified by screening a human heart cDNA library with acute 

rheumatic fever sera. Ann NY Acad Sci 2009;1173:83-91 

73. Woodberry T, Pinzon-Charry A, Piera KA, Panpisutchai Y, Engwerda 

CR, Doolan DL, Ervi Salwati, Enny Kenangalem, Emiliana Tjitra, Ric N 

Price,Michael F Good and Nicholas M Anstey Human T cell 

recognition of the blood stage antigen Plasmodium hypoxanthine 

guanine xanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGXPRT) in acute 

malaria. Malar J 2009 Jun 7;8(1):122. 

74. Yeo TW, Lampah DA, Tjitra E, Gitawati R, Kenangalem E, Piera K, 

Granger DL, Lopansri BK, Weinberg JB, Price RN, Duffull SB, 

Celermajer DS, Anstey NM. Relationship of cell-free hemoglobin to 

impaired endothelial nitric oxide bioavailability and perfusion in severe 

falciparum malaria. J Infect Dis 2009 Nov 15;200(10):1522-9 


Appendix B 

Clinical Audit Reports by Year 4 Flinders students 

Primary Secondary Title 

Investigator 

Investigator 

(Surname) 

(Surname) 

Pawar Oliver‐Landry A clinical audit evaluating anaemia rates in 

patients with end stage renal failure 

commencing dialysis in central Australia. 

Jacob Farrow A clinical audit evaluation cessation of 

Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet agents prior 

to elective surgery at the Alice Springs 

Hospital 

Tong Goldstein A Precious Drug: How Do Vancomycin 

Patterns of use at the Royal Darwin 

Hospital Compare to recently published 

guidelines 

Thomas Callahan Treatment and Outcomes of Head and Neck 

Abscesses 

Thomas Bayly An analysis of patient follow up post 

transurethal resection of bladder tumours 


Brent Jones An analysis of unplanned returns to theatre 

between 1/04/09 and 30/06/09 

Fearon Wake An Audit of meningitis presentations to ASH 

paediatrics cept. Between 01/05 and 01/09 

Blum Walsh, Gladwin, Freihaut An audit of smoking cessation counseling 

by anesthestists at Royal Darwin Hospital 

and compliance by patients pre‐operatively 


Stuart Toro Are all ICU patients receiving thrombo 

prophylaxis and stress ulcer prophylaxis 

Henry 

Audit in Transfusion Mismatch 

Brown Garcia Audit of Anaemia in Children of Nhulunbuy 

aged between 6months and 5 years of Ag 

Gourley Gittens Audit of Anaemia in Children of Nhulunbuy 

aged between 6months and 5 years of Age 

Halliday Walker Clinical Audit of A.S.H protocol 

Carson Carson Clinical audit of percutaneous 

nephrolithotomy conducted at RDH 

between 2004 and 2008 (inclusive) 

Thumm Ku Conversion rate of labour epidurals to 

general anaethesia in patients having 

Caesarean section at Alice Aprings Hospital 

Walsh 

Tucker 

Do all eye patients need to see an 

anaesthetist? 

Fordyce Seabrook Does the Northern Territory Aerial Medical 

Service (NTAMS) night‐time activation for 

retrieval to the Royal Darwin Hospital 

(RDH) match the no‐fly period & clinical 

scenario protocols? An investigation of 1 

month of retrievals during January 2009 

between 

Ilton Acero Evaluation of discharge medications for 

patients diagnosed with acute coronay 

syndromes at the Coronay Care Unit at 

RDH. 

Ou Patel Is there any added benefits in graft survival 

rate by peforming additional cortical 

mastoidectomy to myringoplasty 


Brady Stimmler Prevention of opportunistic infections in 

patients undergoing treatment in Alice 

Springs 

Ilton Wilson Time line to treatment in patients admitted 

with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) 

Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at RDH 

Fearon Patterson Ultrasound follow up rates for babies at risk 

of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip 

Bborn at Alice Springs Hospital between 

2006 and 2009 

Sharland Ramilton Use of thromboprophylaxis in orthopaedic 

trauma patients at Royal Darwin Hospital in 

2009 

Gawler Robin Use of total contact casts (TCC) and other 

off‐loading techniques to aid diabetic and 

non‐diabetic foot ucler healing at Royal 

Darwin Hopsital. 

Patel Gardiner What is the frequency of octoscopy and 

facial nerve function examination in the 

Emergency Department at RDH for 

temporal bone fractures 

Burrow Baranyay What proportion of our patients experience 

an adverse event whilst being treated in 

hospital

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