Kimberley Health Professional Network

Join us on the last Thursday of each month for a peer-led education series that will kick off your day in the right way! Our presenters are highly passionate about the topics they are presenting on with the lived experience of delivering health outcomes in the Kimberley region. Whether or not you need a little upskilling or just interested in the topic, these free sessions are a great way to learn and connect with your fellow Health Professionals. February topic Concussion - Chronic Kidney Disease & Renal Replacement Therapy in the Kimberley Presented by - Dr Dean McKitrick Dr Dean...

Head First: A Community Talk on Concussion and Brain Health THURSDAY 3 APRIL 2025 | 5.00pm–6.00pm Broome Surf Life Saving Club – Cable Beach, Broome REGISTRATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL REGISTER HERE Presented by Dr Nathan Luies Sports and Exercise Medicine Physician Dr Nathan Luies is Australia’s first Indigenous Sports and Exercise Medicine Physician, with a background in physiotherapy and a medical degree from The University of Western Australia. He currently provides specialist sports medicine care in his Broome community. Dr Luies consults to the AFL on Indigenous health policy, delivers sports cultural safety training, and works with the West Coast Eagles...

Trauma-Informed Care Seminar 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Tuesday 8 April, RCS training Hub 1/49 Dampier Tce Broome Kimberley health professionals are invited to an interactive evening seminar with visiting Geelong-based Psychiatrist Prof. Ajeet Singh. Dr Singh's areas of expertise include trauma and neuroscience-informed care, mood disorders, self-relationship psycho-analytics, and pharmacogenetics. Dr Singh is also an author of the current and past RANZCP Mood Disorders Clinical Practice Guidelines and has published more than 100 academic papers whilst a fulltime clinician. Read more Professor Ajeet Singh - Empathic Psychiatry - Geelong, VIC. Networking Dinner and drinks will be provided at the conclusion of the...

Join us on the last Thursday of each month for a peer-led education series that will kick off your day in the right way! Our presenters are highly passionate about the topics they are presenting on with the lived experience of delivering health outcomes in the Kimberley region. Whether or not you need a little upskilling or just interested in the topic, these free sessions are a great way to learn and connect with your fellow Health Professionals. April/May topic; Critical Conversations - An introduction to an approach that will help you address conflict or difficult conversations in any context,...

Let’s talk about Paediatric Rheumatic Heart Disease Presented by Dr Stephen Shipton Cardiologist Consultant The Kimberley Health Professionals Network would like to invite all health professionals to join paediatric cardiologist Dr Stephen Shipton, based at the Perth Children’s Hospital, for an education evening. Dr Shipton has experience both in WA and internationally in providing care to children and adults with acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. MONDAY 19 MAY 2025 | 6.00pm–8.00pm The Kimberley Grande Resort – 20 Victoria Highway, Kununurra Register HERE

KUNUNURRA ONE DAY WORKSHOP Presented by Eartrain, AHCWA, Hearing WA, RHW & KHPN TOPICS INCLUDE: • Otoscopy • Video Otoscopy • Ear Irrigation/Tissue Spearing/ Effectiveness of Earwraps • Tympanometry • Tympanometry 1KHZ • Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) • The effectiveness of ear wraps for keeping ears dry • Awareness of the Signs and Symptoms • Treatments • Specialist Referrals TUESDAY 20 MAY 2025 | 9.00am–4.00pm WACHS Training Room 96 Coolibah Dr, Kununurra Register HERE

BROOME ONE DAY WORKSHOP Presented by Eartrain, AHCWA, Hearing WA, RHW & KHPN TOPICS INCLUDE: • Otoscopy • Video Otoscopy • Ear Irrigation/Tissue Spearing/ Effectiveness of Earwraps • Tympanometry • Tympanometry 1KHZ • Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) • The effectiveness of ear wraps for keeping ears dry • Awareness of the Signs and Symptoms • Treatments • Specialist Referrals THURSDAY 22 MAY 2025 | 9.00am–4.00pm KAMS 27 Napier Terrace, Broome Register HERE

Advanced ENT clinical diagnosis FRIDAY 23 MAY 2025 | 4.30pm–6.30pm Mangrove Hotel – 47 Carnarvon Street, Broome STRICTLY LIMITED NUMBERS Light refreshments provided This educational event is a one hour session, which will be followed by a social Sundowner. FREE EVENT ALL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WELCOME Presented by Dr Nick Fitzpatrick, ENT surgeon Nick is an Australian trained ENT Surgeon with dual fellowship training in paediatric ENT and sinus/skull base surgery. He grew up in the Wheatbelt and trained in Perth, Melbourne, Darwin and Vancouver. He is based in Perth and works at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Perth Children’s Hospital,...