The theme of the 2004 Annual Papua New Guinea (PNG) Medical Symposium, held at the University of PNG (UPNG) in Port Moresby in September, was “Medical and Health Education”. Running through the symposium were the threads of the many impressive and innovative developments in health education occurring in the country, and the ever-present threats to these having an optimal impact on the health service. Keynote speakers included Professor Leslie Eastcott (Vice Chancellor, UPNG), Professor (Sir) Isi Kevau (Professor of Medicine, UPNG), Professor Wame Baravilala (Dean, Fiji School of Medicine [FSM]), Professor Ian Maddocks (Emeritus Professor, Flinders University) and Professor Ian Riley (Professor of Tropical Health, University of Queensland). PNG’s Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare, opened the symposium.
- 1 Centre for International Child Health, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC.
- 2 School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Boroko, NCD, Papua New Guinea.
- 3 Fiji School of Medicine, Suva, Fiji.
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