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NEW TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS DISTANCE EDUCATION

Released on March 9, 1999

Associate Minister of Health Judy Junor today praised new technology

as an effective tool in helping health providers and other interested

individuals in remote locations improve their skills so they can offer

better health care to residents in the north and other remote areas.



Minister Junor said distance education workshops over the past year

have reached more than 1,200 individuals who might not have been able

to participate in specialized discussions and training sessions

without the live satellite telecasts organized by Saskatchewan Health.



A distance education workshop on tobacco reduction will be telecast

Wednesday, March 10 from Saskatoon to 38 sites across the province on

Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN). The workshop is expected

to attract about 400 registrants.



"Traditionally, giving residents in these areas access to specialized

training is very difficult and costly," Junor said. "Modern

technology has brought people together."



Wednesday's workshop also will be available through Health Canada for

satellite telecast to groups across Canada.



Minister Junor said Saskatchewan Health can attract

internationally recognized authorities on workshop topics because

the workshops give speakers an opportunity to speak to large

audiences facing diverse health issues.



She stressed these workshops are excellent examples of

co-operative partnerships where government, community

organizations and health districts work together for the good of

the citizens of our province.



Wednesday's workshop is hosted by Saskatchewan Health, in

co-operation with Health Canada, Saskatchewan Education, the

Saskatchewan Interagency Council on Smoking and Health and

representative health districts.



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For more information, contact:



Jeff Brown

Communications Branch

Saskatchewan Health

Regina

Phone:(306)787-4088





Distance Education Background



Since 1995-96, Saskatchewan Health has been using the Saskatchewan Communications Network to narrowcast free distance education workshops across the province. Its most recent workshop, "Building Strengths in our Communities: An Integrated Case Management Approach" was telecast to 36 sites across the province and reached more than 800 health providers and other interested individuals.



All workshops are videotaped and available to individuals and groups for ongoing reference.



It's Time to Clear the Air: Tobacco Reduction is Saskatchewan will be televised to the following sites on March 10, 1999.



Canora: Parkland Regional College

Davidson: Carlton Trail Regional College

Duck Lake: Stobart High School

Estevan: Southeast Regional College

Fort Qu'Appelle: Parkland Regional College

Glen Ewen: Glen Ewen Communiplex

Gronlid: Gronlid School

Hudson Bay: Cumberland Regional College

Humbolt: Carlton Trail Regional College

Ile-a-la-Crosse: Rossignol High School

Kindersley: Prairie West Regional College

Kipling: Southeast Regional College

La Ronge: Northlands Regional College

LeRoy: LeRoy School

Lloydminster: Lakeland Regional College

Lucky Lake: Lucky Lake School

Maidstone: Maidstone High School

Maple Creek: Cypress Hills Regional College

Melfort: Cumberland Regional College

Moose Jaw: SIAST Palliser Campus

Nipawin: LP Miller High School

North Battleford: Comp. High School

Outlook: Prairie West Regional College

Prince Albert: SIAST Woodland Campus

Regina: SIAST Wascana Campus

Rosetown: Rosetown and District Civic Centre

St. Walburg: St. Walburg Seniors' Centre

Saskatoon: (Broadcast Studio - two rooms) DAVS - University of Saskatchewan

Spiritwood: North West Regional College

Swift Current: Cypress Hills Regional College

Unity: Unity Comp. High School

Watrous: Carlton Trail Regional College

Weyburn: NW entrance to Souris Valley Hospital

Wilcox: Notre Dame College

Willow Cree: Willow Cree School

Whitewood: Whitewood High School

Yorkton: Parkland Regional College



Workshop titles from April 1995 to the present are:



FAS/FAE

Mental Illness Awareness

Infection Control Program

Eating Disorders: Prevention & Early Intervention Strategies

Breast Health

Infection Control - Everyone's Concern

Planning for Health, What Determinants

Treatment and Management of Youth

Eating Disorders: Treatment and Management

Community development: From Principles to Practice

Building Resiliency in Youth

Creating Healthy Workplaces

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