Thursday 3 December 2020 3:00pm-4:00pm WST ACHSM is pleased to welcome Sam Betros, Project Director, Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment Project as our December webcast guest speaker. Located in the Moreton Bay Region of Queensland and approximately 50km from Brisbane’s CBD and is considered to be the northern most urban area of the greater Brisbane metropolitan region. Caboolture Hospital is a regional hospital that provides a range of clinical services to Caboolture and surrounding communities. It is undergoing a major expansion and redevelopment to build a bigger and better hospital with more health services and car parking for the community. By 2023,…

Thursday 26 November 2020 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM AWST Join special guests the Hon Mark Coulton MP (Minister for Regional Health), Assoc. Professor Ruth Stewart ( National Rural Health Commissioner) and Dr Anne-Marie Boxall ( NATIONAL Chief Allied Health Officer) as they discuss the future of rural allied health in a Q&A –style format, covering topics ranging from economic recovery to growing the rural allied health workforce and the future of primary healthcare in rural and remote Australia. Further information can be found on the SARRAH website here  or register now!

Friday 20 November 2020 9:00am - 10:00am WST REGISTER HERE. Guest speakers: Professor Michael Kidd AM, Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Principal Medical Advisor Dr Nick Coatsworth, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ruth Vine, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health ACHSM is grateful to be able to welcome Professor Michael Kidd AM, Dr Ruth Vine and Dr Nick Coatsworth as our November presenters for the 2020 ACHSM live webcast series. Join us for an interview with the Nation's Deputy Chief Medical Officers hosted by our College President, Dr Neale Fong. Dr Fong will explore the panel’s views on the…

Monday 23rd November and Thursday 26th November (the course is delivered across two days) 8.45am - 5:00pm each day Room 3 at Busselton Community Resource Centre Become a mental health first aider to support friends, family members, colleagues and others. About 1 in 5 Australian adults experience a common mental illness each year. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training will teach you practical skills to support someone with a mental health problem. Make a real difference to people in your community. WHY attend a Standard Mental Health First Aid Course? Provide help to a person who is developing a mental…

Thursday 12 November 2020 12.00PM - 1.00PM AEDT Topic: Digital Surgery: Improving the quality of outcomes, operations, risk management, and training effectiveness across the arc of surgical care. International guest speaker: Michael Woods, MD, MMM, Global Chief Medical Officer, Senior VP, Clinical Strategy & Development at Caresyntax, Inc. FREE to attend for ACHSM members, registration essential. Register here. The Problem Three of the top 16 HAIs in Australia are directly related to surgery: HAIs; unplanned theatre returns (often SSI and/or haemorrhage); and venous thromboembolism (VTE). Effectively addressing these requires integrating multiple siloed data streams to reliably deliver high-quality surgical care,…

SAVE THE DATE - Southwest Digital Innovations in Cardiovascular Secondary Prevention Wednesday 18 November 2020 7:00pm - 8:00pm​ With guest speakers Cardiologists Dr Rachel Orme and Dr Allison Morton. This presentation is aimed at General Practice, Nurses and Allied Health professionals who will learn about a new digital Cardiac Rehab service being trialed in the South West region. Supported by WA Country Health Service, Heart Foundation, WA Primary Health Alliance, St John of God Bunbury Hospital, GenesisCare, Smart CR. Zoom/registration link coming soon.

Registrations are now open for two Rural Health West workshops to be held in Busselton on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November 2020. We encourage you to register for both workshops as they complement each other. DAY 1: Critical Airway and Respiratory Management (CARM) This one-day course, facilitated by a team of three emergency physicians, covers topics related to life-threatening emergencies affecting airway and breathing.  This workshop is suitable for Medical practitioners, GP’s and ED Doctors. REGISTER HERE for CARM. DAY 2: Cardiac Emergency Management (CEM) This workshop, facilitated by a team of emergency medicine specialists has been designed to offer practising rural…

FREE Young Health Professionals sundowner! You are invited to catch up over drinks and bites with your fellow South West young health professionals for an end-of-year sundowner. Friday 27 November 2020 6:00pm-9:00pm Small’s Bar, Eaton This is a FREE event however registrations are essential. Click here to register your details.