ICTEC is modelled on the Clinical Training and Education Centre (CTEC) at the University of Western Australia (UWA), and operates within the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital at the University of Indonesia, Jakarta. It was established through a collaborative partnership between ISTIH, UWA, Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo Tertiary Hospital, the University of Indonesia and the Indonesian Government.

The $40 million, fully equipped clinical teaching facility commenced its training programmes from June 2010. The collaboration between ISTIH and its Indonesian partners has assisted in allowing Indonesian doctors to travel to Perth for training, and for Perth doctors to train health professionals in Indonesia.

ICTEC delivers an extensive range of clinical skills training courses tailored to many groups of practitioners, ranging from medical students and residents to certified surgeons and specialists. Many ISTIH volunteers have contributed their time and expertise to the Centre, including Perth based Dr Hairul Ahmad, who ran a successful laparoscopic procedural course for students and practicing GPs in December 2011.

Over 100 hospitals across 33 Indonesian provinces currently benefit from the work of ICTEC.

Dr Ahmad is an upper Gastrointestinal and General Surgeon and Endoscopist. He is also a senior clinical lecturer with the University of Western Australia School of Medicine.

Dr Ahmad’s visit to ICTEC followed a recent visit by a delegation from the Indonesian Ministry of Health to Perth. Dr Teddy O.H Prasetyono, ICTEC Chairman and Plastic Surgeon with the Department of Surgery at the University of Indonesia’s Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, accompanied the delegation.

The visit was hosted by ISTIH, CTEC and UWA. During their time in Perth the delegation members were able to see Dr Ahmed conduct the same training course at the Clinical Training and Education Centre (CTEC) on the UWA Nedlands campus.

Dr Ahmad’s course was delivered to a group of medical students and practising GPs looking to improve their skills in performing laparoscopic procedures.

During the Indonesian visit Dr Prasetyono and Dermot Patterson, ISTIH CEO, also met with Kim Snowball, Director General of the West Australian Health Department, while he was visiting CTEC.

Squire Sanders Australia will provide pro bono legal support for ISTIH, replacing our previous sponsor, Minter Ellison Perth.

The change of hands corresponds with the merger of Minter Ellison with the global law partnership Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. Squire Sanders Australia is based in Perth and often acts on behalf of offshore clients with investments in Western Australia.

Squire Sanders Australia partner Amber Stanton, previously a partner at Minter Ellison, was recently presented with the 2011 Telstra Businesswoman of the Year Award for WA in the Hudson Corporate and Private Sector Category.

Named one of Lawyers Weekly’s Top Movers and Shakers for 2010, Amber manages Squire Sanders Australia’s pro bono legal work for ISTIH.

Squire Sanders Australia Managing Partner John Poulsen, formerly Managing Partner at Minter Ellison, said Squire Sanders firmly supports pro bono work as part of its Community Investment Program. The firm’s partnership with ISTIH was formed partly as a result of Poulsen’s connections with Professors Michael Henderson and Bruce Robinson.

“I’d heard about ISTIH through the Perth business community. Squire Sanders has long provided pro bono work as part of our community outreach, and so we’re motivated to support the good work ISTIH does in the region.”

Minter Ellison’s Perth Office became Squire Sanders Australia on October 1 2011.

ISTIH volunteers Gillian Walsh and Vercess Caina represented the Institute, proudly sporting the new ISTIH shirt as they ran, to raise awareness of the Institute and its work within the Asia-Pacific region.

ISTIH was founded in 2005 by Professors Michael Henderson and Bruce Robinson of the University of Western Australia, and is housed at the UWA Claremont campus.

The Institute takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the management of aid projects. Bringing together the collective expertise of some of WA’s leading clinical health specialists, ISTIH delivers skills and disaster relief training to allied health workers in the Asia Pacific region and beyond.

Co-founders Michael and Bruce were recently awarded the 2011 Ernst and Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Western Region. They are now candidates for the National title, which will be announced at a ceremony in December.

Professors Michael Henderson and Bruce Robinson recently received the 2011 Ernst & Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award – Western Region for their work with ISTIH.

Michael and Bruce were honoured at the Western Regional awards ceremony, held at the Burswood Entertainment Complex on July 29th. They are now in the running for the national Australian Entrepreneur title, due to be announced in early December.

In their acceptance speech, the ISTIH co-founders discussed the vital work of the Institute, including plans for development within countries such as Cambodia and scope for further expansion of ISTIH’s work worldwide.

ISTIH takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the management of aid projects. Bringing together the collective expertise of some of WA’s leading clinical health specialists, ISTIH delivers skills and disaster relief training to allied health workers in the Asia Pacific region and beyond.

•  WA Business News 4 August 2011

Professors Michael Henderson and Bruce Robinson of the International Skills and Training Institute in Health (ISTIH) have been awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Social Entrepreneur 2011 Western Region, for their vision, passion and success in establishing the Institute through their innovation and leadership.

Michael and Bruce will now compete at national level later in the year in this category and be in the running to become 2011 Entrepreneur Of The Year National Winners.

Professors Michael Henderson and Bruce Robinson, together with a network of Michael’s corporate colleagues, founded the International Skills and Training Institute in Health (ISTIH) in 2005.

ISTIH’s primary focus is in the area of emergency and disaster preparedness, as well as maternal and child health, through providing assistance in the development of skills and training resources in developing nations within the Asia Pacific region, with a critical focus on the closer neighbours of Australia.

ISTIH has established a fund to provide scholarship support for two students enrolled in the course for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB BS) and undertaking an approved Elective Placement overseas in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia in Jakarta.

Application

• Complete the ISTIH Scholarship Application Form 2011
• Please refer to the ISTIH Scholarship Guidelines 2011 for assistance with completing the form