News

National

November 2008

• AHWI supports visit from Professor James Buchan from Faculty of Social Sciences and Health Care, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Prof Buchan will deliver several seminars and public lectures on primary health workforce and nurses in primary care roles in various locations in Australia. Contact     bmmo@unimelb.edu.au for further details.

• AHWI hosts a colloquium with key national and international opinion leaders on health on  'Incentives in Health Workforce Policy' at the University of Melbourne.

October 2008

• AHWI holds Advisory Board Meeting

September 2008

•  AHWI welcomes new research assistant, Ms. Georgia Savage  

August 2008

• AHWI hosts workshop on 'Creating Health Workforce Sustainability in Vietnam' at the  Melbourne Institute, the University of Melbourne. See Events for photos.

• Dr. Lucio Naccarella to give presentation to APCHRI on generalism in primary healthcare.

• AHWI welcomes PhD Scholarship student, Mrs. Erica Higbie who is writing her dissertation on the effects of international migration on the health workforce.

International

September 2008

16-20 September

• Professor Peter Brooks and Dr. Lucio Naccarella will represent AHWI at the
  11th Annual Conference of the International Medical Workforce Collaborative, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK