At Congress 2007, the Rural Special Interest Group held two symposiums on rural issues. You can download the audio files and powerpoint presentations from these two symposiums below.

The first symposium included three paper presentations:

Dr David Kavanagh, University of Queensland
“Increasing capacity and improving access to support in the bush: The Aimhi (rural) experience”

Presentation (PPT)    Download

Dr Trish Nagel, Chair of the RSIG
“Brief interventions in mental health in remote NT communities: AIMHI-NT”

Presentation (PPT)    Download

Rachael Williams and Ass. Prof. Jim Greenwood
“Continuing professional development for Australian rural psychiatrists”

Presentation (PPT)    Download

The second rural symposium included four short presentations and lots of questions, comments and discussion between the audience and panel. The four panel members included:

Dr David Kavanagh
Ass. Prof. Jim Greenwood
Dr John Hoskins
Dr Brian Parsonage


Presentation (PPT)    Download

(Please note that there may be some sections of silence during the panel discussion where the microphones did not pick up the audience discussion).