• KHPN Allied Health Networking Sundowner | Broome

    Mangrove Hotel

    TUESDAY 19 MARCH 2024 | 5.00pm–6.30pm Mangrove Hotel, 47 Carnarvon Street, Broome Welcome drink on arrival and nibbles provided – partners and children welcome. REGISTRATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL To register scan the QR Code or visit: ruralhealthwest.eventsair.com/khpn-190324n-br/reg The Kimberley Health Professionals Network (KHPN), in conjunction with the WA Country Health Service Allied Health Forum, would like to invite all Kimberley allied health professionals to a networking sundowner. This will be a great opportunity to catch up old and new colleagues from across the region. For more information, please email KHPN Regional Program Officer Sara Hennessy at contact@khpn.com.au

  • PCOC Virtual Fundamentals Webinar 2024

    PCOC Virtual Fundamentals Webinar 2024

    The PCOC Fundamentals Webinar is designed for clinicians to develop understanding and the skills in using the PCOC assessment tools and the assessment & response framework Assessing the palliative care phase Objectives: At the end of this webinar participants will have an improved understanding of: Using assessment tools for symptom management, functional and performance status Using assessment data to inform care and improve practice Identifying strategies for integrating PCOC assessments into practice

  • Rural Emergency Advanced Clinical Training (REACT+) | Perth

    The Rural Health West CPD REACT+ workshop is designed to assist Western Australian Visiting Medical Practitioners to maintain their emergency knowledge and skills, and gain formal assessment towards their emergency credentialing, as required by WA Country Health Service. Covering medical emergencies, major trauma and cardiac arrest in adults and children, and associated lifesaving procedural skills training, REACT+ is a highly interactive workshop. Participants are provided with audio-visual pre-learning materials and the course consists almost entirely of small group practical skills stations and simulated scenarios. Eligibility: All medical practitioners are welcome to register, with priority given to currently practising rural and remote...

  • PCOC Clinical Leaders Assessment & Response Framework 2024

    PCOC Virtual Fundamentals Webinar 2024

    At the end of the workshop, the participants will: Have a documented plan to provide support and education. This includes a specific plan to address Key Strategy ‘local processes for assessment’, Key Strategy ‘education processes’, and a response to the recommendations in the PCOC education checklist. Possess knowledge and understanding of the PCOC training resources available to support implementation, embed key concepts and promote consistent and reliable data collection. Connect and network with other senior clinicians for the purpose of sharing experiences and strategies in the successful application of the PCOC assessment and response framework.

  • PCOC Clinical Leaders Assessment & Response Framework 2024

    PCOC Virtual Fundamentals Webinar 2024

    At the end of the workshop, the participants will: Have a documented plan to provide support and education. This includes a specific plan to address Key Strategy ‘local processes for assessment’, Key Strategy ‘education processes’, and a response to the recommendations in the PCOC education checklist. Possess knowledge and understanding of the PCOC training resources available to support implementation, embed key concepts and promote consistent and reliable data collection. Connect and network with other senior clinicians for the purpose of sharing experiences and strategies in the successful application of the PCOC assessment and response framework.

  • PCOC Clinical Leaders Assessment & Response Framework 2024

    At the end of the workshop, the participants will: Have a documented plan to provide support and education. This includes a specific plan to address Key Strategy ‘local processes for assessment’, Key Strategy ‘education processes’, and a response to the recommendations in the PCOC education checklist. Possess knowledge and understanding of the PCOC training resources available to support implementation, embed key concepts and promote consistent and reliable data collection. Connect and network with other senior clinicians for the purpose of sharing experiences and strategies in the successful application of the PCOC assessment and response framework.

  • Rural Outdoor Adventure Race (ROAR) I Kings Park

    Kings Park Fraser Ave, West Perth, Western Australia, Australia

    This event provides an opportunity for junior doctors and medical students to learn, experience and practice elements of emergency care in a stimulating wilderness environment around King’s Park in Western Australia. Your team will work together under Perth’s best emergency physicians to diagnose, stabilise and ‘save lives’. The teaching and learning priorities for each scenario are: Scene safety and management of the environment A structured approach to the assessment of the critically ill patient (DRSABCDE) Prioritised supportive and specific management of the clinical conditions Stabilisation and transport planning including basic necessities of the patient and group Leadership, teamwork and communication...

  • Clinical yarning for clinical prevention

    PCOC Virtual Fundamentals Webinar 2024

    Injury Matters is hosting a webinar aiming to explore the importance of yarning in a clinical setting for health professionals in the injury prevention sector. Dr Ivan Lin and Trevor Pickett from WA Centre for Rural Health will explore the concept of clinical yarning, how it can be implemented, and the benefits to Aboriginal communities in WA. FREE

  • Rural and Remote Retrieval Weekend | Karijini

    Karijini

    Join us in one of Australia’s greatest and most spectacular landscapes – the truly magnificent Karijini National Park. By day be spellbound by the contrasting Pilbara blue skies against the classic red rock formations, as you wind your way through gorges to undertake emergency medical scenarios.  At night, socialise under a canopy of stars with fellow participants and family members. This opportunity to experience the remote, beautiful, rugged, and incredibly fascinating Karijini National Park is one not to be missed. About the event The Rural and Remote Retrieval Weekend provides participants with the opportunity to learn about the management of...

  • Emergency Airway Skills Management | Kununurra

    This Rural Health West CPD workshop is designed to assist health professionals to develop and practise skills essential in unexpected crises, particularly with problem airways. Delivered in WA Country Health Service facilities, this workshop has a heavy emphasis on teamwork and the organisation of medical emergency teams incorporating presentations, skill stations and scenario-based crises with simulation manikins (SimMan and baby). Eligibility: GP anaesthetists and theatre staff. Priority is given to those working in the local region. Should places be available, emergency department doctors and nurses are invited to register. Length: One day – 8.00am-4.30pm Cost: $50 The cost of this workshop is...