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qualifications: BTeach, MPH&TM;, PhD
position: Director, Katherine Campus, Flinders University
department: College of Medicine and Public Health
Australia
Sue Lenthall is an academic with practice background as a remote area nurse. She was one of the first teachers with the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Education Program in Queensland, was the Executive Officer for the Council of Remote Areas Nurses of Australia before working as the education coordinator with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in Townsville. She was the foundation course coordinator of the Remote Health Practice program at the Centre for Remote Health and has developed curriculum for a variety of health professionals in rural and remote Australia. She has completed numerous evaluations and research projects related to remote health practice. She completed a PhD in ‘’reducing occupational stress among nurses in very remote Northern Territory and is currently the director of Katherine Campus, Flinders NT. Sue has won a number of awards, including two national teaching awards, a CRANAplus Research and Education award and the Aurora Award for leadership and outstanding contribution to remote area health in Australia.
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Research Letter 6 October 2023
Professional registration for tracking student placement workplace locations
Project Report 18 November 2022
Reflections on an evaluation of the ‘Remote Health Experience’ – an interprofessional learning, cultural immersion program
Original Research 27 July 2014
The value of best-practice guidelines for OSCEs in a postgraduate program in an Australian remote area setting
Letter to the Editor 9 November 2012
Treating mental health in remote communities: what do remote health practitioners need?
Original Research 7 May 2012
Voices from the bush: remote area nurses prioritise hazards that contribute to violence in their workplace
Review Article 8 April 2011
Culture shock and healthcare workers in remote Indigenous communities of Australia: what do we know and how can we measure it?
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