Associate Professor Fred McConnell, an academic specialising in Indigenous health, says Aboriginal people from remote communities could be trained like apprentices to become doctors, rather than using traditional methods of study. Click here to read the full story on the ABC Rural website.

All 2012 Health Professionals Teaching and Learning Conference delegates that register online via this website prior to 06 February 2012 are invited to attend a special dinner in Alice Springs on the evening of 31 March, following the conference.

This dinner is in recognition of NTGPE’s milestone of ten years quality medical and cultural education services in the NT.

For more information click here

GP Trainers provide a major role in GP Registrar teaching and supervision in a clinical setting. If you are an established GP with three years experience and are considering the rewarding role of being a GP Trainer contact Dr Nigel Gray on [email protected] or 0429 774 975 for more information.

Abstract submissions from health professionals will now be accepted up till 12 December 2011, related to the conference themes below:

• Clinical supervision
• Vertical integration
• E-learning
• Inter-professional education (IPE)
• Work place assessment
• Reflective teaching and learning
• Teaching in rural and remote contexts
• Teaching in the Indigenous context

Abstracts are due by 12 December 2011 and must be submitted online at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/abstract2012

Presenters with accepted abstracts for a 2 hour workshop presentation will receive a $75 discount off their registration fee.

For further information, including abstract presentation formats and submission guidelines, click here

Meet the life-sized human simulator that can be programmed via laptop to simulate the symptoms of real patients - it’s the new tool that trains rural doctors to respond to emergency and trauma situations in the field.

Just purchased by the Northern Territory General Practice Education, the simulator will move between Alice Springs, Darwin and eventually remote communities as well.

Blinking, sweating, vomiting, crying, pupil dilation and convulsions are only some of the lifelike symptoms the simulator can perform to mimic a wide range of physical and neurological symptoms.

Armed also with the capability of speech, he’s completely wireless and comes with his own IP address.

To learn more and listen to the ABC Rural radio interview with NTGPE simulation trainer Irywn Shepherd, click here.

To register your interest for the next round of Medical Simulation training (to be held in Darwin in March and May 2012), please contact Tamsin Cockayne, NTGPE Director Medical and Cultural Education on [email protected]