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Indigenous Health in the top end
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:24:17
Publish Date: 2016-10-03 03:09:03
Description: Image credit:  Jessica Tidswell Dr Nathan Trist, Senior Resident Medical Officer, talks to Dr Kerrie Jones, Emergency Medicine Consultant and Dr Jess Tidswell, Emergency Medicine Registrar, from the Royal Darwin Hospital on Indigenous Health in the Top End and the social and communication challenges associated with indigenous health. Summary:  Jess Tidswell Editor:  Bruce Way Kerrie Jones is a Senior Emergency Medicine specialist with postgraduate qualifications in advanced paediatric emergency medicine, family planning, counselling, and humanitarian aid. She is a senior lecturer at Flinders Medical School, and has served as Director of Emergency Medicine training at Royal Darwin Hospital. As Clinical Dean of the Northern Territory medical program, Kerrie is committed to providing better healthcare to rural and Aboriginal communities. Jess Tidswell is an Emergency Registrar, currently working in the Top End, at Royal Darwin Hospital's Emergency department. She started her training in her home town of Adelaide, at the University of Adelaide, completing her undergraduate degree in 2012. Jess then interned at the the Royal Adelaide Hospital, before heading north to work in the Northern Territory. For the past few years Jess has worked in a variety of areas of the Royal Darwin Hospital and the Top End, including remote communities. She committed to Emergency training last year and plans to continue her training in the Top End, where she finds the work fascinating, the people diverse and the lifestyle enjoyable. Nathan Trist is Senior Resident Medical Officer with an interest in indigenous and remote health. If you enjoyed listening to this week’s podcast feel free to let us know what you think by posting your comments or suggestions in the comments box below.
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