Women and Birth
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 60-66 , June 2010

Evaluating the long-term effectiveness of the Maternity Emergency Care course in remote Australia

  • Suzanne Belton

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School for Health Practice, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina Campus, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 8 8946 6896; fax: +61 8 8946 6311.
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  • Marcel Campbell

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Remote Health, Alice Springs Campus, Cnr Simpson & Skinner Sts, PO Box 4066, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia
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  • Sally Foxley

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Remote Health, Alice Springs Campus, Cnr Simpson & Skinner Sts, PO Box 4066, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia
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  • Bev Hamerton

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Remote Health, Alice Springs Campus, Cnr Simpson & Skinner Sts, PO Box 4066, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia
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  • Justin Gladman

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Remote Health, Alice Springs Campus, Cnr Simpson & Skinner Sts, PO Box 4066, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia
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  • Sally McGrath

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Remote Health, Alice Springs Campus, Cnr Simpson & Skinner Sts, PO Box 4066, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia
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  • Neil Piller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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  • Nathan Saunders

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Remote Health, Alice Springs Campus, Cnr Simpson & Skinner Sts, PO Box 4066, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia
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  • Fran Vaughan

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Remote Health, Alice Springs Campus, Cnr Simpson & Skinner Sts, PO Box 4066, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia

Received 20 March 2009 ,Revised 14 August 2009 ,Accepted 21 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2009.08.004

Women and Birth
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 60-66 , June 2010