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Awards 2007: Carrick Award: Programs that Enhance Learning

Flinders University Rural Clinical School's Parallel Rural Community Curriculum (PRCC) has won a 2007 Carrick Award for Programs that Enhance Learning in the category 'Educational Partnerships and Collaborations with Other Organisations'. This is the first time that a Flinders University program (as distinct from a teacher or group of teachers) has won a Carrick Award.

For more information about the Carrick Institute see http://www.carrickinstitute.edu.au

For more about the PRCC program see http://furcs.flinders.edu.au/carrick (prepared as support material for our Carrick Award application) and http://furcs.flinders.edu.au/education/med_stud/y3/med_stud_y3_PRCC.htm

Opening of FURCS building in Mt Gambier

After years of planning the new FURCS building in the grounds of the Mt Gambier hospital was opened on Monday 4 June 2007. The photo shows the Hon. Tony Abbott MP, Minister for Health, with Prof Paul Worley unveiling the plaque for the new building. Full details and photos

Awards 2006: Carrick Citation, Business Higher Education Round Table, SA Great Award

The national and internation significance of the Flinders University Rural Clinical School's Parallel Rural Community Curriculum (PRCC) program has been recognised in several prestigious awards. Full details.

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TV News clips

Video clips from TV reports of FURCS activities. Note that these are large files, not suited for dial-up connections.

• Regional Community Week at Renmark (WIN TV, 26 Sept 2006, used with permission. 22MB, mpeg1 format)

Updated December 20, 2007

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