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June 2004 Short course offers plane languageAviation medicine specialist David Newman will lead a Monash Medical School Passenger Fitness to Fly short course at the Alfred Hospital. The seminar will address a variety of surgical and medical conditions, patient fitness to travel, aircraft cabin environment and current guidelines. It will include case discussions and decision-making exercises. Dr Newman is Head of the Aviation Medicine Unit at Monash University’s Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine. He spent 12 years in the RAAF as a medical officer and completed aviation medicine courses in the U.S. and UK, including the Diploma of Aviation Medicine through the Royal College of Physicians, London, and a PhD in physiology. The Passenger Fitness to Fly course will be held on Saturday, June 19 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. • For more information call 9903 0588 or email shortcrs@med.monash.edu.au. |
