The Rural Symposium at the 2010 RANZCP Congress in Auckland was another successful event organised by the Rural Special Interest Group (RSIG). The two sessions were well attended and the the RSIG were delighted to hear from a number of local New Zealand speakers who were able to show-case aspects of working in a rural NZ setting.

Presentations

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Session One

Key-Note Speaker

Dr Joanne Holdaway

"Evolving Mental Health and Addiction Services in Rural Northland , New Zealand"

Dr Lea Foo

"The Wilderness of East Arnhem Land: A Bountiful Environment for a Psychiatric Rural Expanded Settings Training Position"

Dr Justin Barry-Walsh

"Forensic Psychiatry in a New Zealand Rural Setting"

Session Two

      Key-Note Speaker

      Dr Ken Fielke

      "Virtual Psychotherapy - The Experience in South Australia"

      Dr Simon Shaw

      "Psychiatry at the Ends of the Earth - Shetland and Chatham Islands"

      Dr Scott Clark

      "Working in Partnership: A collaboration between NSW Health and the RANZCP NSW           Branch to support rural psychiatrists and rural psychiatry training in NSW"

      Ms Rachael Williams

      "Continuing Professional Development for Australian Rural Psychiatrists"