CALL FOR ABSTRACTS NOW OPEN!

Are you a health professional, researcher, educator or community representative with a passion for Aboriginal health?

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Rural Health West welcomes abstract submissions with a focus on the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people. This year’s conference has five streams:

  • Chronic disease with an emphasis on end-of-life care needs
  • Technology
  •  Environmental health
  •  Early intervention – ear, eye, chest and child health
  •  Mental Health (including drug and alcohol use)

Abstract submissions are encouraged from:

  •  Health practitioners
  •  Researchers
  •  Policy makers
  •  Public health professionals
  •  Educational institutes (universities, schools, care providers)
  •  Community groups and organisations.

We invite you to submit your research projects and projects of interest addressing the streams. Special interest stories with a positive impact are also welcome.

Abstracts must be submitted online using the abstract portal.

Abstract Submissions
We welcome abstract submissions for ORAL and E-POSTER presentations: 

Oral presentations (20 minutes)
Abstract presentations have been allocated 15 minutes to present and 5 minutes to answer questions.

The following resources will be available for oral presentations: laptop with MS PowerPoint software, data projector and screen, whiteboard and laser pointer. 

If a DVD presentation is proposed, this must be specified when you submit your abstract.

Poster presentations: E-posters
We would like to invite you to use this exciting new format to present your poster at the conference. There will be a large touch screen to project your poster, which enables you to use your fingers rather than use a mouse to navigate around the screen. E-posters are very easy to create and step-by-step instructions on how to do this will be provided.

The advantages of e-Posters are:

  • no need to provide space for posters to be displayed
  • no need for poster to be printed in big form
  • can include media (movie, audio, animations)
  • during the meeting people can browse the posters at their own pace
  • poster is reusable beyond the life of the meeting 

Review process
Abstracts will be reviewed by our Education Steering Committee. Abstracts that fulfil the requirements as outlined in the Abstract Submissions Guidelines will be considered. Due consideration will be given to originality and quality. Receipt of abstracts will be acknowledged within one week of them being received and successful applicants will be notified by 15 May 2020. Successful abstracts will be published in the Conference Program. 

Closing date for abstract submissions is Friday 3 April 2019. 

Registration
All presenting authors must register and pay to attend the conference. 

Registrations will be offered at the early bird rate until Friday 5 June 2020. ​Please visit the registration page for further information on registration fees and conference details.

Travel support
Rural Health West will provide travel support (flights or fuel reimbursement) for currently practising medical practitioners, nurse, midwives and Aboriginal health workers who work and live in rural and remote Western Australia.

Travel allowances are available for registered conference participants PLUS partners. The allowance is capped at a value based on region. For further information on travel support eligibility visit the travel page.

Please note
FULL attendance at the conference is a condition of payment of flights and travel reimbursement by Rural Health West. If you are not in attendance for the full conference program, you will be charged for the cost of your travel. Tickets booked prior to full registration payment being received by Rural Health West will not be authorised.

Additional financial support
If your Abstract Submission is selected you may be eligible for funding towards your conference fee, travel and accommodation through the Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP). The HWSP provides scholarships and bursaries to help health professionals in remote and rural Australia retain and enhance their skills, capacity and scope of practice.

Eligibility criteria:

  • Working in the field of medicine, nursing, midwifery, dentistry or allied health (including Aboriginal health practitioners) providing primary care
  •  Working or intending to work within Western Australia, in a MM 3-7 location (ie. you have a service or employment agreement)
  •  Working in private practice, an Aboriginal Medical Service or non-government organisation. You are not eligible if you are employed solely by the state government.
  • Skills or knowledge gained through intended study must help address an identified health need in the community.

If you are working outside of WA, you will need to contact the relevant Rural Workforce Agency in your state or territory.

NSW | VIC | TAS | SA | NT | QLD

How to apply:
Applicants should read the full Program Guidelines before applying.

Apply online through this link.

The Health Workforce Scholarship Program is an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Health, administered in WA by Rural Health West.