Events

6 September 2022 9:00 am – 10:00 am FREE Incontinence in older adults can be a significant risk factor to falls, as problems with bowel and bladder control can impact on an older person’s ability to stay active, healthy, and independent. Incontinence, urinary frequency, and assisted toileting have been identified as falls risk factors for residents in residential aged care facilities. Injury Matters are holding an educational webinar for health professionals as part of their Stay On Your Feet® program to explore the link between incontinence and falls with guest presenter Laura Snowball from Silverchain, looking at management strategies and screening...

Tuesday 6 September 2022 6:00pm – 7:00 PM (WST) Speaker: Dr Hooi Ee, Gastroenterologist & Head of Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth Host: Dr Eleanora Feletto Register here. Encouragement and support by GPs and practice nurses, can have significant impact on improving participation in bowel cancer screening; evidence shows that a recommendation by a trusted health professional is a key motivator to participate. General practice health professionals have several important roles in the NBCSP, including encouraging and supporting participation, managing participants who have a positive FOBT, providing information about referrals to the NBCSP, and managing individuals who, by way...

The Communicable Disease Control Directorate (CDCD) has partnered with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) to bring you an update on Monkeypox. Date: Tuesday 6 September 2022 Time: 7pm to 8pm AWST Topic This webinar will focus on key updates relating to monkeypox infection in the primary healthcare setting, and will cover: • Epidemiology update, public health case and contact management, vaccine update Dr Jelena Maticevic, Senior Medical Advisor, WA Department of Health • Specimen collection, testing and infection prevention and control Dr David Speers, Clinical Microbiologist, PathWest Laboratory Medicine • Clinical presentations and case management Dr Belinda...

Presented by TRACS WA in collaboration with WA Primary Health Alliance This training helps us understand why we need a trauma-informed approach for our patients to feel safe. From first contact, when they arrive at our doorstep, when they are in our rooms, how we can show them that we care and that we understand. This interactive session is based on research evidence and has been developed in consultation with Dr Ann O’Neill, founder of angelhands Inc. It will include strategies to support your daily interactions with clients who are affected by past/current emotional traumas.   When: Thursday 8 September 2022...

7:00pm 13 September 2022 Join Dr Norman Swan and a panel of experts for an in-depth discussion on the current clinical landscape of Long COVID, fact vs fiction, what evidence informed care looks like and what it all means for general practice. REGISTER HERE.

Registration for the two Rural Health West CPD workshops: Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP+), being held in Busselton on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 September 2022, are now open! Workshop details Rural Health West are delivering two Extended Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP+) courses in the South West.  The course is combined training for medical practitioners, GP obstetricians and midwives.  The workshop provides obstetric teams with the necessary skills to effectively manage problems which may occur during delivery and post-natal care. Interactive sessions; Discussing the physiology of transition and the NRP algorithm, Discussing the initial steps in assessment and management of the newborn, methods of ventilation,...

Presented by TRACS WA in collaboration with WA Primary Health Alliance This interactive training session explores the principles and practices discussed in the previous training session, ‘An Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care for Patients’ with an Aboriginal focus, utilising patient case studies and creating awareness and acknowledgement of an Aboriginal person-centred care approach. When: Tuesday 20 September 2022 Where: Online Time: 5.00pm- 6.00pm Cost: FREE Register Here Presented by Michelle Sultan – Development Facilitator at TRACS WA   Other events in the series: A Trauma-Informed Approach in Relation to Self-Care. 5:00pm-6:00pm Thursday 13 October 2022 Register Here For more information, or links to...

Thursday 22 September 2022 12:30-1:30pm Management of Cardiovascular Conditions - Telehealth Professional Education Program For country WA Health Professionals: • Allied Health • Primary Practice Nursing • Inpatient Nursing Presenters: Cheryl Liddiard Clinical Nurse Specialist Rheumatic Heart Disease Control Program—Population Health REGISTER HERE. For further information or to receive notice of upcoming sessions contact: E: tracswa@health.wa.gov.au P: 9431 2351

Asthma WA invites you to our next health professional education webinar on ‘Interpreting Spirometry’. This webinar will include: review patient details and indication for spirometry assess quality of spirometry (acceptability and repeatability) assess bronchodilator responsiveness, Lower Limit of Normal (LLN), classify severity of obstruction, identify abnormal ventilatory patterns of FVLs - obstructive, restrictive, mixed obstructive and restrictive, upper and central airway obstruction, submaximal patient effort Date:                 Thursday 29 September 2022 Time:                 1pm – 2pm WST   Speakers: Charlene Butler, Senior Respiratory Scientist, Asthma WA Max Jenkins-Cooney, Respiratory Health Nurse, Asthma WA Click to register. Once you have registered, you will...

When & Where  29 September 2022, 8:00PM AEST Live and recorded, free Zoom webinar Speakers Prof. George Bakris (International speaker) Professor of Medicine @ University of Chicago Prof. Merlin Thomas Clinician Scientist & Program Leader @ Department of Diabetes at Monash University Prof. William Majoni Senior Staff Specialist in Nephrology & Internal Medicine & Director of Renal Services @ Top End Health Services Dr Alison Edwards General Practitioner @ Brighton Clinic Prof. Garry Jennings (Chair) Chief Medical Advisor of the Heart Foundation Topics to be discussed The role of early detection of renal risk factors for cardiovascular disease Optimal management of...