RHAC Newsletter: Healthy Bites Jan-Mar 2010 - School of Rural ...

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Announcements...
BABY NEWS:
Congratulations to our very own Nicole Van Riet and husband Greg on the birth of their
first child, a beautiful and precious baby girl named Annika Grace (pictured left) , born at
12.01pm on 22nd January 2010 weighing 8lb, 3oz..
Annika Grace Van Riet
Congratulations also to our ex– employee , Amy Moloney who with hubby Richard are
reported to be expecting their third child in early October.
A Big Thumbs Up...
If you know of anyone who deserves a big thumbs up, let Lucia
know so that we can make them suitably embarrassed! Ph: 5823
4503, or send an email to luciar@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Les Bolitho (Photo by Cheryl
Browne, Courtesy of The Chronicle
27/01/10 p 4)
Dr Raf Ratinum (Photo by Julie
Mercer, Courtesy of The Shepp
News)
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula Photo by
AAP Image/Sport the Library, jeff
Crow, Courtesy of The Shepp News)
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The Academic Centre for Rural Health, Melbourne Medical School,
congratulates Dr Les Bolitho (pictured left) for his Australia Day award of
Member of the Order of Australia. The award is for service to medicine as a
clinician and educator and through the development of rural and regional health
services in north east Victoria. Dr Bolitho has been a key supporter of the Rural
Clinical School and teaches clinical medicine at the University’s Wangaratta
Campus.
Congratulations to ex-RCS student Dr Seikisi Mosenki who has joined the
Tatura Medical Centre as an employee. All the very Best, Six.
Congratulations also to Dr Clare Gordon, an ex-RCS student from our very first
cohort, who discovered why pregnant women are more susceptible to
contracting the swine flu. Clare is working as a trainee infectious disease
specialist in the intensive care unit at the Austin Hospital. An article was
published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal.
Congratulations to the RCS Academic team who through shear hard work have
not only won the Program Development Award for their submission of ‘Setting
Students Up to Succeed: A Multi-faceted Clinical Education Program in a
Teacher Shortage Environment’, but they have also jointly won the Norman
Curry Award 2010 for the Australian Learning & Teaching Council Citations for
Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning & the Awards for Programs that
Enhance Learning. We would like to particularly recognise the following
professional staff Jo Brown, Lorraine Olsson and Linda Foottit for their
assistance in submitting the application.
Congratulations to ex– RCS student Raf Ratinam (pictured left) who was
among 21 new interns who were set for a hands on experience as they began
their intern placement at GV Health on January 11th 2010.
Congratulations to Shepparton Physiotherapist and a previous RCS physio
student Cameron Rahles– Rahbula who was selected to carry the flag at the
Winter Paralympics closing ceremony on Monday 22nd March. Cameron, 26,
had earlier won two bronze medals on the ski slopes of Whistler. Cameron
spent four weeks on his Rural rotation at the SRH and worked closely with Liz
Williams.