November saw the last flurry of activity for 2015 with AAMH’s POST program, as a workplace based training, the crucial professional development opportunities look to align carefully alongside the priorities of clinical work. Our last Fellows, a group of nurses from Hong Kong’s Pamela Youde... Read more
The Thomas Trauer Grant has been announced through St Vincent's Foundation to support the development of mental health services in the Asia Pacific region. Applications will be received from 1 August to 30 September 2015. The aim of the Thomas Trauer Grant is to build capacity in the mental health... Read more
Dr. Engelina Groenewald from Cape Town, South Africa joined the POST Program for the month of April to observe aged mental health and neuropsychiatry. Engelina is the most recent recipient of the Frances Ames Scholarship named after St Vincent’s Mental Health Chair of Psychiatry Prof David Castle’s... Read more
Dalian is the southernmost city in North Eastern China. With an estimated population of over 6 million people the seaport of Dalian is the second largest city in the Liaoning Province. Psychiatrist’s Dr. Wang Xiaoming and Dr. Zhang Liang from The Dalian 7th People’s Hospital joined the POST Program... Read more
POST Program alumnus and Malaysian Psychiatrist Dr. Umi Adzlin Silim will soon showcase the Optional Health Program in Kuala Lumpur. During her 9 month clinical attachment at St Vincent’s Mental Health Service (SVMHS) and Austin Health in Melbourne, Dr. Silim attended the Optimal Health Program, a... Read more
Asia Australia Mental Health (AAMH) in collaboration with St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne), Mental Health Department and The University of Melbourne offers clinical training fellowships in mental health for overseas psychiatrists, nurses and allied health professionals. Since inception in 2001 over... Read more
Asia Australia Mental Health were delighted to be in Melbourne for the first Global AIDS Conference in Australia, and to support a mental health presence at AIDS 2014 in Melbourne Delegates to this prestigious global health event included the 10 mental health leaders who are currently undertaking an... Read more
Over the first half of 2013, the POST Program hosted 11 Fellows from Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. Clinical attachment fields have included psycho-geriatric care, neuropsychiatry, accreditation and quality and post-traumatic stress disorder. The purpose of their visit was to learn about a... Read more
