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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>The Australia Council for the Arts and the ARC Centre of Excellence for<BR>
Creative Industries and Innovation are delighted to invite you to the launch<BR>
of<BR>
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'Getting Creative in Healthcare<BR>
The contribution of creative activities to Australian healthcare'<BR>
By Janet Pagan, Peter Higgs and Stuart Cunningham<BR>
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To be launched by Dr Norman Swan, host of the Health Report on ABC Radio<BR>
National<BR>
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Date: Tuesday 7 October 2008<BR>
Time: 5.00pm for 5.30pm start<BR>
Venue: Rover Thomas Auditorium<BR>
Australian Council for the Arts<BR>
372 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills<BR>
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RSVP: By Monday 6 October to Colleen or Courtney<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>infocci@qut.edu.au</U></FONT> <<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="mailto:infocci@qut.edu.au">mailto:infocci@qut.edu.au</a></U></FONT>> or (07) 3138 3556<BR>
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About the report:<BR>
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The contribution of creative occupations to Australian healthcare was<BR>
examined using a mix of statistics and case studies. Creative occupations<BR>
were found to be making significant, growing and widespread contributions to<BR>
the development and delivery of healthcare goods and services, the initial<BR>
training and ongoing professionalism of doctors and nurses and the effective<BR>
functioning of healthcare buildings. Key functions that creative activities<BR>
addressed were information management and analysis and making complex<BR>
information comprehensible, assisting communication and reducing<BR>
psycho-social and distance-mediated barriers, and improving the efficiency<BR>
and effectiveness of services.<BR>
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Janet Pagan's current research is into the contribution of Australia's<BR>
creative capability to healthcare services and products and to innovation in<BR>
healthcare. A particular focus is the opportunities offered by newer<BR>
technologies such as multimedia, 3D modelling and broadband. Janet Pagan<BR>
has been a senior policy adviser in the Commonwealth government where she<BR>
worked on several major policy developments in relation to innovation,<BR>
science and information and communication technology. She has a PhD in<BR>
biochemistry from the Australian National University.<BR>
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Peter Higgs’ is a Senior Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for<BR>
Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology.<BR>
Currently managing the Creative Economy Mapping programme he has a<BR>
background as a business manager and marketer in the software, digital media<BR>
and computer industries.<BR>
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Professor Stuart Cunningham is Director of the Australian Research Council<BR>
Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland<BR>
University of Technology. Known for his contributions to media,<BR>
communications and cultural studies, he works to promote their relevance to<BR>
industry practice and government policy. He is the author or editor of<BR>
several books and major reports, the most recent of which include The Media<BR>
and Communications in Australia (with Graeme Turner, 4th ed, 2006), What<BR>
Price a Creative Economy? (2006) and Beyond the creative industries: mapping<BR>
the creative economy in the United Kingdom (with Peter Higgs and Hasan<BR>
Bakhshi, NESTA, 2008). A collection of essays, In the Vernacular, is<BR>
published in September 2008.</SPAN></FONT>
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