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Welcome to the website of the
International Skills and Training
Institute for Health (ISTIH).
The
International Skills and Training Institute for Health (ISTIH)
was established in 2005 to provide assistance in training of
health workers.
Following the Indian Ocean
Tsunami in late 2004 it became clear that a significant
proportion of the teaching staff in Aceh had died and some of
the health training facilities destroyed. So a number of
individuals formed ISTIH with a view to providing staff to the
region to help with existing training programs in medicine,
nursing and allied health areas as well as developing new
programs. ISTIH has since expanded its activities to involve
many areas of training in the region, particularly concentrating
on 'train the trainer' approaches.
Founding Members:
Professor Bruce Robinson
Professor of Medicine,
School of Medicine and
Pharmacology
4th Floor, G-block,
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital,
Nedlands, Perth, 6009,
Australia.
Telephone: 61 8 9346
2098/2005 Fax: 61 8 9346 2816
E-mail: bwsrobin@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Professor Linda Kristjanson
Deputy Vice-Chancellor,
Research
Curtin University
Director, The Centre for
Nursing Research,
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Telstra Business Woman of the
Year 2002
Professor Michael V Henderson
Chairman
MEDSCI International Healthcare
Telephone:
61 8 93818088 Fax 61
8 93881445
E-mail:
medsci@iinet.net.au
The ISTIH Team
The International Skills and
Training Institute in Health (ISTIH) brings together leaders in
health training and education and the provision of outstanding
health services in Western Australia. They have experience with,
commitment to and outstanding track records in disaster
management in third world countries. ISTIH Members have given
their time, skills & knowledge in times of emergency &
appreciate the opportunity to help return Aceh to self
sufficiency in the provision of health services. They will also
develop training programs in other regions.
ISTIH’s major strengths are:
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Over 30 doctors, nurses and allied health workers, most with
extensive experience in health training, including Indonesia
including, post-tsunami Aceh;
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Skills in assessing needs plus developing and evaluating
health education programs;
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Major Indonesian hospitals & Medical Schools as partners,
giving access to >500 Indonesian specialists & nurses &
established under- & postgraduate training programs
- A
substantial number of bahasa Indonesia speakers
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Strong leadership skills/experience in developing programs
of work across many disciplines and locations
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Innovative technological approaches leading to
sustainability & replication in other locations eg.
e-Medicine & Clinical Training and Education Centre (CTEC).
ISTIH has the experience and
capacity to undertake education & training activities in
Indonesia with programs that will provide sustainable
arrangements.
Management
structure:
ISTIH has been developed as an
independent institute linked to the University of Western
Australia, Curtin University and the Health Department of WA.
A Board of Management manages
all projects and funds.
HARAP
One of the first projects that
ISTIH had been involved in is the
Health Assistance
Rehabilitation - Aceh Program (HARAP). The following is
information derived from the HARAP website of JTAI (http://www.jtai.com.au)
Aceh
is Indonesia’s northern most province located on the Island of
Sumatra. Despite being resource rich, many years of
internal conflict and decentralisation has resulted in the
little investment by the government within the Health Sector.
In
the aftermath of Tsunami on December 26 2004, more than
150,000 deaths have been confirmed with many more still missing
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406,000 people were displaced.
The goal of HARAP is to strengthen the
provision of health system services through capacity
building and human resource development of key health sectors
including Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacy, Strategic Health Planning
and Workforce Development.
ISTIH team
members have
provided training in Disaster and Emergency Medicine to teams
from Banda Aceh both in Australia and in Banda Aceh [see photo
below]
ISTIH has
also provided other training in Indonesia in areas such as
evaluation of inhalational lung diseases, diet and lifestyle
effects on cardiovascular health, cancer control, asthma and
other conditions.
ISTIH is
partnered in Indonesia with the Sekolah Kedokteran [School of
Medicine], University of Indonesia and has close links with 2
other Indonesian Universities and 4 hospitals. ISTIH
welcomes other partnerships in training activities, plus
donations [tax deductible].
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