• Webinar – Heart failure: how a team approach can optimise patient care

    WA, Australia

    Tuesday 31st August 2021, 07:00-08:00 pm AEST (5pm WST) Live and recorded, free Zoom webinar Speakers: Melissa Chapman – Facilitator (NPS MedicineWise) A/Prof Ralph Audehm – GP (University of Melbourne) Prof Andrea Driscoll – Nurse practitioner (Deakin University) Dale Richardson – Pharmacist Grace Castro – Person living with heart failure Register on the following link:  https://www.nps.org.au/cpd/activities/heart-failure-how-a-team-approach-can-optimise-patient-care

  • Infectious syphilis in Western Australia

    WA, Australia

    Infectious syphilis in Western Australia - Using the RISE Framework to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes The Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program (SHBBVP) is coordinating a series of videoconferences designed to provide current information and updates related to the outbreaks of infectious syphilis in Western Australia.   Date: Wednesday 18 August 2021 Time: 12.00-12.45pm Venue: This presentation will be delivered via Microsoft Teams. Please see link below. Presenters: Yvette Roe and Sue Kildea, Charles Darwin University     Videoconference Information: The session will be provided via videoconference and recorded. The recording will be made available on the WA Syphilis Outbreak...

  • Introduction to Syphilis for Midwives on 21 July 2021

    WA, Australia

    This webinar provides Western Australian midwives with the information and tools required to improve syphilis screening and care for at-risk and key affected populations. The webinar also highlights the importance of contact tracing and partner notification. A combination of didactic and interactive quizzes will be used throughout the webinar This course is for: All midwives in WA ACM CPD Endorsement Activity 21 July 2021, 4:00pm – 5:30pm (AWST)  Funded by Government of Western Australia Department of Health For more information or to register please visit the website

  • My Future Care – An Introduction to Advance Care Planning (Safe Space)

    WA, Australia

    We all want to have a say in what happens in the last part of our lives. By making plans that cover our care, lifestyle, health and finances, we work out what we want, as well as making things easier on those around us. This process is called Advance Care Planning. This free online workshop will cover information on what is involved in Advance Care Planning, how to get started, and how to talk with your loved ones about your end-of-life wishes. It is a practical and interactive workshop where you will have the chance to get your questions answered....

  • My Future Care – An Introduction to Advance Care Planning

    WA, Australia

    We all want to have a say in what happens in the last part of our lives. By making plans that cover our care, lifestyle, health and finances, we work out what we want, as well as making things easier on those around us. This process is called Advance Care Planning. This free online workshop will cover information on what is involved in Advance Care Planning, how to get started, and how to talk with your loved ones about your end-of-life wishes. It is a practical and interactive workshop where you will have the chance to get your questions answered....

  • How to build confidence in COVID-19 vaccines

    WA, Australia

    About the Session: This online session will cover the following: COVID-19 vaccine overview. Strategies for empowering vaccine champions, support for decision making and building trust. Discussing COVID-19 vaccines with people who have questions or who may have concerns. About the speaker: Dr Jessica Kaufman Research Fellow, Vaccine Uptake Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne Jessica is research fellow working with Associate Professor Margie Danchin in the Vaccine Uptake Group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Her current research focuses on interventions and policies to increase acceptance of COVID-19...

  • My Future Care – An Introduction to Advance Care Planning (Safe Space)

    WA, Australia

    We all want to have a say in what happens in the last part of our lives. By making plans that cover our care, lifestyle, health and finances, we work out what we want, as well as making things easier on those around us. This process is called Advance Care Planning. This free online workshop will cover information on what is involved in Advance Care Planning, how to get started, and how to talk with your loved ones about your end-of-life wishes. It is a practical and interactive workshop where you will have the chance to get your questions answered....

  • Advance Care Planning Community Workshop

    WA, Australia

    Death is an important part of life. So like any other significant life event, it’s well worth your consideration and a little forward planning. This process is called advance care planning. Advance care planning is the process of discussing and documenting your future health care wishes, values and priorities. It enables your family, friends, carers and health professionals to understand what you want, should you become so unwell that you are unable to speak for yourself. More than 80% of Australians think it’s important to put our end-of-life care preferences into writing, but less than 5% of us have completed...

  • My Health Record Improvements Webinar

    WA, Australia

    Wed 2 Jun 2021 5:00pm This ACCRM webinar lead by the Australian Digital Health Agency will provide information on how to use the My Health Record System. Doctors will learn about the benefits of using the system as well as all the latest improvements Learning Objectives: By the end of the webinar doctors will know: What is the My Health Record system and what benefit is there to me and my patients in using the system. What changes and enhancements have been made, in particular with Pathology, Diagnostic Imaging and Advance Care Directives. Education and Training resources available. Where to...

  • Culturally responsive care and Blood Borne viruses: Webinar series for WA healthcare workers

    WA, Australia

    Session Two: Thursday 20 May, 6:00pm – 7:30pm (AWST) Location: Zoom (Online) For: General Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses and other interested healthcare workers. Learning Objectives • Increase understanding of the challenges and barriers experienced by people from migrant and refugee backgrounds who are living with CHB. • Outline the importance of providing culturally responsive and trauma-informed health care, including working with interpreters. • Contrast the trajectories of Hepatitis B disease in people from CALD backgrounds compared to people born in Australia. • Describe the different biopsychosocial considerations faced by people from CALD communities living with CHB across their life span....