Table of contents - Flinders University

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;
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