The Rural and Remote Emergency Medicine Workshop is an interactive 2 day program that focuses on developing the emergency management skills and knowledge of rural and remote clinicians. Facilitated by experienced emergency and critical care clinicians, the workshop addresses both adult and paediatric emergency presentations. Please email WACHS.EMET@health.wa.gov.au to register.
The 2021 Aboriginal Health Conference hosted by Rural Health West will celebrate culture, strengths and successes in Aboriginal health – a time to reflect on past achievements and how we can address the challenges. The conference will provide a space to rejoice and reconnect with colleagues after a challenging year in terms of environmental impacts and the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference program will have five streams: Mental health Quality improvement - interrogating data for the benefit of Aboriginal people and their communities Environmental health Chronic disease with a focus on palliative care, voluntary assisted dying and end of life Early intervention with a focus on child health, chest, ear and...
Chronic Kidney Disease and Anaemia Join Kidney Health Australia with nephrology nurse practitioner, Dr Leanne Brown, as she discusses the pathophysiology of anaemia in CKD, investigations for CKD anaemia and management planning in primary care. This activity is pending 2 CPD point approval with the RACGP (activity no. 307049). Register here: CKD & Anaemia webinar Please note day light saving time differences across states and territories: 7.30pm NSW, Vic, ACT 7pm SA 30pm Qld 6pm NT 4.30pm WA
This event aims to raise health professional awareness regarding early specialist referral and early diagnosis of lung cancer in at risk populations and includes a presentation by Professor Fraser Brims, Consultant Respiratory Physician at SCGH. Dinner will be provided.
We welcome you to join us at our HelpingMinds Broome Open Days, as we foster resilience and a stronger community. Meet our friendly HelpingMinds team and learn about the programs, services and support we offer to our community. When: 19 May, 16 Jun, 20 Jul, 17 Aug, 15 Sep, 18 Nov, 7 Dec - 9am – 11am Where: Broome HelpingMinds Office, 2/40 Dampier Terrace, Broome WA Who: All of the community are welcome, including mental health carers, families and other service providers Cost: Free | Light snacks provided Please visit https://helpingminds.org.au/pec-events/openbroome-2/ to enrol. For more information email info@warecoverycollege.org.au or call 1300 285...
With the release of the WA Government’s roadmap to reopen the State’s border, managing the transition with minimal impact to our health system will be key. Join the ABC’s Norman Swan to discuss the countdown to, and pathway out, of COVID-19 for WA. Victorian and NSW GPs will also discuss the impact of the Delta outbreak in their states, and what they learnt, and WA-based leaders Dr Sean Stevens and Dr Lorraine Anderson will drill into what else we need to know to plan the WA response. SPEAKERS Dr Lorraine Anderson, Medical Director, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service Dr Paul...
The community care services sector is right on the frontline with many of the groups that remain hesitant to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine because we provide services to them every single day. Frontline community care services workers are well positioned to have conversations about the importance of getting vaccinated. The Department of Health and WACOSS will be offering two webinars in early December to frontline workers in the community care services sector. These webinars will be designed to equip workers with the tools they need to have persuasive conversations with vaccine-hesitant communities and dispel any myths they may have about COVID-19....
The 'safest place in the world' is opening up - are we ready? WA will be opening up soon (admittedly date TBC but it's on the horizon) - are we ready to live with COVID-19? Dr Tudor Codreanu is the Incident Commander at the State Health Incident Coordination Centre at Department of Health (WA Health), heading up WA's COVID-19 response. He is a medical doctor with a background in emergency medicine and a special interest in disaster response. This is your opportunity to hear from the person at the top as regards our health COVID-19 response. Do not miss your...
The community care services sector is right on the frontline with many of the groups that remain hesitant to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine because we provide services to them every single day. Frontline community care services workers are well positioned to have conversations about the importance of getting vaccinated. The Department of Health and WACOSS will be offering two webinars in early December to frontline workers in the community care services sector. These webinars will be designed to equip workers with the tools they need to have persuasive conversations with vaccine-hesitant communities and dispel any myths they may have about COVID-19....
Learn all about Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination program aimed at children aged 5 to 11, set to start from 10 January 2022. This month, Australia will be launching the COVID-19 vaccination program for young children. Join Prof Chris Blyth for an update on the COVID-19 vaccination rollout for children. Using the latest evidence, this webinar covers: - an overview of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout for children - effectiveness of the vaccines for children (including different variants) - intervals and dosing - co-administration with influenza and other child vaccines - tips around managing needle phobia and parent hesitancy We'll conclude with a...
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