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The Safer Families Centre is leading The Readiness Program, a national domestic and family violence (DFV) training program for primary care. As part of The Readiness Program series, Blue Knot Foundation is bringing you the latest in trauma-informed awareness and support for general practitioners and primary care providers to recognise complex trauma and its possible health presentations. The Readiness Program provides a range of learning options to support for primary care providers to effectively recognise, respond and refer domestic and family violence using a trauma and violence informed approach. To find out more visit The Readiness Program The virtual classrooms are...

Presented by WA Primary Health Alliance with WA Cervical Cancer Prevention Program, Cancer Council WA & BreastScreen WA This webinar was held on Wednesday 1 June. Presentations include: National Cervical Screening Program: Expansion of self-collection HealthPathways WA demonstration and update – specifically around the Cervical Screening pathway Who can have a BreastScreen and how are we being COVID safe? National Cancer Screening Register: Digital access to participant bowel and cervical screening data National Bowel Cancer Screening Program - Reducing bowel cancer burden through screening Click here to access link for webinar

Health professionals working in aged care facilities, nurses, facility managers and allied health professionals are invited to join the Palliative Care Education and Training Collaborative for an interactive session, utilising group discussion and case studies to provide participants with a greater understanding of palliative care and how it can be implemented within the facilities they work Topics: The palliative approach Communication The terminal phase Advance care planning Tuesday 14 June OR Wednesday 15 June 2022 Find out more and register here Phone 9382 9300 or email pasce@cancerwa.asn.au

This workshop has been designed with a focus on GPs, to diagnose patients with acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and other comorbidities. Evidence based guidelines will be used as the foundation to appropriately diagnose and identify treatment pathways including recommended referrals, trauma focused psychological therapy and psychological first aid to help support their management of emergency service workers. The training may also be relevant to other health professionals. This training aims to increase participants’ skills and confidence to: 1.   Understand the relationship between traumatic events and the development of mental health conditions 2.   Identify evidence-based treatment and referral pathways for a...

An online workshop for injury prevention professionals to grow their skills in interpreting epidemiological data. Read more and register here.

This online interactive workshop aims to increase skills and confidence in recognising presentations where suicide risk is high, undertaking a detailed risk assessment and management planning using a collaborative, team-based approach. The Talking About Suicide in General Practice workshop aims to increase GPs skill and confidence in: • recognising presentations where suicide risk is high • undertaking a detailed risk assessment • management planning using a collaborative, team based approach Accreditation 6 CPD Activity points (RACGP) 3 Educational Activity PRPD (ACRRM) Prerequisites Pre-disposing activity  Suitable for GP Registrars, GPs Topics Covered Topic 1 The Suicidal Crisis Topic 2 Acute Management Topic 3 After the Attempt...

Ruby Choice is an inspiring Australian Film starring Jayne Seymour that portrays dementia in an uplifting and heartwarming way.. Come join us at the Film Harvest on Wed 22 June at 6.15pm for a look at Dementia to raise awareness. To purchase tickets click here

Primary Care plays a critical role in keeping people with heart failure well enough in the community to reduce their need for hospitalisation. Join us to hear from experts in the field and learn about WA Primary Health Alliance’s (WAPHA) commitment to the development of a Primary Care led project to support CHF patients living in The City of Armadale and the Midwest region. By the end of this session participants will be able to: 1. Discuss social and economic factors impacting the prevalence of chronic heart failure in WA. 2. List best-practices guidelines for the management of chronic heart failure....

Part 2: Preventing relapse - Overview of Pharmacotherapies and Treatment supports Pharmacotherapies for alcohol relapse prevention Non-medical supports for relapse prevention Click here to register

The webinar series This is the first webinar in the eMHPrac webinar series delivered by the Centre for Mental Health Research (CMHR) at the Australian National University. The webinars are designed to provide e-mental health training and support specifically to primary health care service providers. Webinar one In this webinar, Julia Reynolds introduces e-mental health resources for primary health care providers. This webinar provides the foundation for the other webinars in this series, which will cover specific clinical needs, client groups, and technologies in greater detail. In this webinar you will learn about: the main types of online mental health resources...