- Title
- Nourishing networks: using information technology and mentoring to promote interdisciplinary education and training in rural areas
- Creator
- Brown, Leanne; Little, Fiona
- Relation
- A Bright Future For Rural Health: Evidence-Based Policy And Practice In Rural And Remote Australian Health Care p. 82-84
- Relation
- http://www.arhen.org.au/links/publications.html
- Publisher
- Australian Rural Health Education Network (ARHEN)
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- Identifying gaps in knowledge may be half the battle, but what is the most effective way to facilitate the education and interdisciplinary collaboration that rural and remote health professionals need? The Nourishing Networks program was developed in response to a lack of access to eating disorder specialist education for rural clinicians in northern New South Wales. The model had two main purposes: to increase health professionals' knowledge about eating disorders through flexible education and build interdisciplinary networks of general practitioners (GPs), psychologists, dieticians, nurses, social workers and other health care professionals who could work together to help people with eating disorders. This program included a 10-week self-directed learning packaging that was supported through group mentoring via video conferencing and a variety of workshops targeted towards learning needs of primary health care professionals.
- Subject
- rural and remote health professionals; Nourishing Networks; eating disorders; interdisciplinary collaboration
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/931908
- Identifier
- uon:11203
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780977568734
- Language
- eng
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