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The Alf Kretschmar Award 'Caring for the person with cancer – a positive nursing experience' aims to involve enrolled nurses, undergraduate student nurses and assistants-in-nursing in the promotion of positive community attitudes about and opinions toward cancer.
This Cancer Council Queensland essay competition is named after the late Alf Kretschmar who was the first field officer with Cancer Council Queensland. Mr Kretschmar attached particular importance to providing information about cancer to the community.
This award stands in memory of Alf Kretschmar in order that his work be continued.
First prize includes $1000, plus travel, daily allowance and registration costs to attend the Annual Oncology Nurses Group Conference. A second prize of $500 and four merit prizes of $100 are also awarded.
2012 Applications
The 2011 winners of the Alf Kretschmar Awards are listed below.
Congratulations to the following recipients who have been recognised for their commitment to cancer care:
- 1st Prize: Georgina Bailey The Gold Coast Hospital
- 2nd Prize: Debbie Nicol Isis Medical Centre Childers
- Merit: Annette Leishman Prescare Community Care Hervey Bay
- Merit: Dorothy Oates Mater Misericordiae Hospital Mackay
- Merit: Lilly Masters RNS Agency, Noosaville
- Merit: Denise Wilson Mackay Base Hospital, Mackay
The 2011 Alf Kretschmar Awards were presented at the Annual Oncology Nurses Group Conference on April 7.
Read the prize winning essays
For more information about our educational programs and grants for health professionals contact the Community Services Professional Liaison Team
Email: healthpros@cancerqld.org.au
Phone: (07) 3634 5267
