Refugee Health Fellows Program

The Department of Health in Victoria has funded Refugee Health fellow positions to provide support and advice to health professionals. Fellows are available by telephone and can often arrange to see you in your practice. Fellows can offer assistance with diagnosis and management, and can provide information on referral pathways for refugee and asylum seeker clients.

The Refugee Health Fellows program exists to assist health care providers, health services and practitioners in outer metropolitan, rural and regional Victoria to support newly arrived refugee populations. Fellows are available by telephone and can often arrange to see you in your practice. Fellows can offer assistance with diagnosis and management, and can provide information on referral pathways for refugee and asylum seeker clients.  Fellows can offer assistance with diagnosis and management and can provide information on referral pathways for refugee and asylum seeker clients. They also provide education sessions as requested.

There are three paediatric fellows based at the Royal Children’s Hospital, two adult health fellows at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and a refugee health fellow at Monash Health. Their work includes education, secondary consultations, support and referral information to primary care providers, assistance with management of urgent health issues in airport arrivals.

 

Refugee Health Fellows

There is one Refugee Health Fellow for the South East of Melbourne at Monash Health. The Fellow is pivotal to the region’s capacity-building activity and is available to support organisations/providers in meeting their learning and development needs. Please refer to their website for contact details to receive advice or coordination.

Adult Refugee Health Fellows 

There are two adult health fellows at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, please refer to their website for contact details to receive advice or coordination.

Paediatric Refugee Health Fellows

There are three paediatric fellows based at the Royal Children’s Hospital, please refer to their website for the contact details to receive advice or coordination.

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