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Medical Related:

• UQMS - The official site for the University of Queensland Medical Society (UQMS) - a not for profit organisation that aims to serve the nearly 1200 medical students enrolled at the University of Queensland. The site contains upcoming events and photo galleries of med events, including those organized by SWIM.

• AMA - Official site of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) is an independent organisation which represents more than 27,000 doctors, including: those in private practice, general practitioners, specialists, teachers, researchers, and doctors in training. The AMA exists to advance public health and protect the academic, professional and economic independence and the well being of medical practitioners.

Resources for Women:

• MomMD - Is an online community and career site with professional and personal support for women M.D & D.O. physicians, residents, medical and premed students. This site provides: job listings; resources; forums; educational information; products & services; career advice; medical news and info for women in medicine. Can also helps balance a career in Medicine with motherhood.
  
  
• AAMC - A page about AAMC's Women in Medicine program.
  
  
• Estronaut - A forum for women's health.

To recommend other useful sites, please e-mail: swimuq@gmail.com

HelpLines:

• DVConnect Womensline
  
  1800 811 811
  
  dvconnect womensline is the state-wide 24 hour, 7 day a week service to women and their children experiencing domestic and/or family violence. This service is staffed by a team of dedicated professional counsellors who provide crisis intervention, support, information, advocacy, telephone counselling, referrals and importantly, the coordination of emergency refuge and shelter placements across Queensland.
  dvconnect womensline receives thousands of calls and co-ordinates the safe placement of approximately 220 woman and children each month.
  
  
• DVConnect Mensline
  
  

  1800 600 636

  dvconnect mensline assists men who are seeking strategies to address their own use of violence and other destructive patterns in their personal lives and relationships, as well as those who may be (or have been) victims of violence themselves.
  dvconnect mensline offers professional counselling and information, and acts as a strategic point of referral for Queensland men around issues of domestic and family violence, relationship problems and other significant issues for men.
  dvconnect mensline counsellors maintain a comprehensive data base of statewide services, groups, courses and conferences are able to direct callers to services in their local areas for ongoing support.
  Mensline currently operates between 9am – midnight 7 days a week.