Events

The Rural Doctors' Association of Western Australia and Mindful Meditation Australia have teamed up to bring rural doctors this introduction to mindfulness, on Monday 25 July at 6.30pm. This introductory session will go over the basic neuroscience of mindfulness and meditation practices, as well as inspire ways to engage, and deal with, workplace pressure through mindfulness and meditation tools for managing the self in work environments. Register here for the webinar.

Where: Online Date: Tuesday 26 July 2022 Time: 9:00am-12:00pm (ASWT) Cost: FREE The St John of God Social Outreach Suicide Prevention Coordinator program is pleased to bring the federally-funded Mindframe Plus program to the South West region. The focus of Mindframe Plus is to help individuals and organisations be better prepared for responding to suicide incidents or proactive suicide prevention communications. Please note: This training is NOT gatekeeper or crisis intervention training. Register here for the training via Eventbrite or for enquiries please email suicideprevention.southwest@sjog.org.au or call 9721 9256

Friday 29 July to Sunday 31 July 2022 Aloft Hotel Perth This forum is part of the WA Country Health Service and Rural Health West Resident Specialist Procedural GP Education Series. The forum has limited places.  Travel subsidies will apply for all eligible delegates living and working in rural and remote WA.  The event will include a mix of lectures, problem based discussions, simulation and skills stations happening concurrently over the weekend.  It will also be an opportunity to catch up with friends and colleagues. This forum is pending accreditation with RACGP and ACRRM. Optional Pre Forum Workshops Fetal Surveillance...

29 July 2022 10:30am via MS Teams Join the WA Trauma Training and Education Unit and Lindsay Showers, Emergency Consultant SCGH, with an extensive background in trauma in the USA, for this 1 hour session on emergency management of traumatic brain injury. Review the pathophysiology, assessment, interventions and case application, with an opportunity for Q+A. Register you interest via Eventbrite - Managing Traumatic Brain Injury - with Dr Lindsay Showers Tickets, Fri 29/07/2022 at 10:30 am | Eventbrite A video of the live recording will be made available to all who registered, after the event.

Join Chair of the South West Compassionate Communities Network, Professor Samar Aoun, and other presenters at the Perron Institute Symposium: ‘Compassionate communities - reframing palliative care’ on Tuesday 2 August 2022. Attendance is either online or in person at the Harry Perkins Institute McCusker Auditorium in Nedlands. To register, please visit https://www.perroninstitute.org/perron-institute-palliative-care-symposium/

5 August 2022 7:00am-3:00pm This blended learning workshop aims to increase health professionals’ skill and confidence in taking a detailed suicide history and developing a collaborative management plan to increase the safety of people planning suicide. The workshop provides practical tools for health professionals managing the full spectrum of suicide risk presentations including the acute suicidal crisis, care after a suicide attempt and assisting families experiencing suicide bereavement. This program combines online interactive sessions, case discussion and self-directed learning modules. Accreditation: 6 hours CPD, 40 Accre.0dited CPD Activity Points (RACGP)* For more information and to register, please click here.

Registrations for the Rural Health West CPD: Rural Emergency Medicine Forum 2022 are now open! Date: Saturday 6 August to Sunday 7 August 2022 Venue: Aloft Hotel Perth This forum is part of the WA Country Health Service and Rural Health West Resident Specialist Procedural GP Education Series. The event will include a mix of lectures, problem based discussions, simulation and skills stations happening concurrently over the weekend. It will also be an opportunity to catch up with friends and colleagues. This forum is pending accreditation with RACGP and ACRRM.   Pre-Forum Workshop: Rural Emergency Advanced Clinical Training (REACT+) Thursday 4 and Friday...

Dying to Know Day is an annual campaign from 6 August - 8 August that brings to life conversations and community action around death, dying and bereavement. The campaign aims to support Australians to improve their death literacy and progress end-of-life planning through local and community events. Local events in Bunbury include: • Tours of Bunbury Crematorium, Memorial Gardens and William Barrett & Sons Care Centre • Death Cafe "Dying for a Cuppa" • Presentation by Professor Samar Aoun, Chairperson, South West Compassionate Communities Network on improving social connectedness in our community • Community discussion on compassion, and • Support...