Virtual Healthcare - Cafe MED Inverness

Cafe Med Inverness talk from Mr David Heaney from the Centre for Rural Health in Inverness about 'virtual healthcare' on the 10th of September 2013.

What if you get ill but help is far away? Digital tools are enhancing healthcare services for remote and rural communities across the Highlands and Europe yet are still not commonplace. Come and discuss what the future may hold in this exciting area of medical care.

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A new series of FREE discussion events bringing together the public and leading figures in medicine and biosciences.

Organised by the University of Aberdeen Public Engagement with Research Unit and Centre for Rural Health. 

http://www.engagingaberdeen.co.uk/

Are we all on the Autism Spectrum? Cafe Med Inverness with speaker Professor Christopher Gillberg

This podcast was recorded live at Cafe Med Inverness on the 14th of August 2013. Professor Christopher Gillberg, a world leading psychiatric researcher, spoke about the key features of autism and overlap with other brain development problems along with "normality". After the talk a question and answer session with the audience was also recorded.

For details of community cafe talks from the University of Aberdeen visit www.engagingaberdeen.co.uk and find out more about Cafe Med Inverness on Facebook.

This talk was organised by the University of Aberdeen Public Engagement with Research Unit with the Centre for Rural Health. Supported by the Scottish Government.

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How the Highlands Pioneered the NHS

This podcast was recorded live at Cafe Med Inverness on the 18th of June 2013. Speakers Dr Miles Mack and Steve Mccabe from the Dewar Group gave a fascinating insight into the lessons that can be learnt for the NHS today from the Dewar Report of 1912 and how the Highlands have contributed to our modern day NHS.

For details of community cafe talks from the University of Aberdeen visit www.engagingaberdeen.co.uk

This talk was organised by the University of Aberdeen Public Engagement with Research Unit with the Centre for Rural Health. Supported by the Scottish Government.

You can listen to the podcast by pressing play

Dr Miles Mack and Dr Steve Mccabe talking at Cafe Med Inverness