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Date: Saturday, 8 September 2018 Time: 8.30am – 3.30pm (8.00am – Registration) Venue: Royal Perth Hospital, Bruce Hunt Lecture Theatre, 197 Wellington St, Perth WA 6000 Cost: Free. Morning tea and lunch provided Register: To register, please visit here. Program topics include:
Date: Saturday, 10 November 2018 Time: 8.30am – 3.30pm (8.00am – Registration) Venue: University Club, UWA, Crawley WA 6009 (free parking available at Entrance 1, Carpark 3) Cost: Free. Morning tea and lunch provided Register: To register, please visit here. Education sessions include:
A new update is now available for CAT4 and Topbar for August 2018. This update contains additional graphs to identify MBS items for Telehealth consultations and Nurse Practitioner items, as well as several bug fixes for Topbar and updated clinical items. To download these updates for CAT4 follow the menu options below. Please be aware you will need to run updates on each user installation as well as on the data server. Topbar automatically updates daily as required. For assistance, please contact the Pen CS support team on 1800 762 993. Further information on each of the updates is as below:
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These events are often in high demand, so we recommend registering as soon as possible so you don’t miss out!
RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health will be hosting a complimentary lunchtime webinar session for GPs, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health practitioners, healthcare workers, practice nurses and practice managers who would like to learn more about the prevention of family abuse and violence in primary healthcare services.
Date: Tuesday, 21 August 2018 Time: 10.30am – 11.30am Venue: Live via webcast Cost: Free Register: To register, please visit here.
Providing continence management to people living with dementia can be challenging, requiring us to look at how the dementia is impacting on their continence. This session will look at addressing continence assessment and management to improve our clients and carers quality of life and wellbeing.
Date: Tuesday, 21 August 2018 Time: 6.00pm – 7.00pm (5.30pm – Registration) Venue: The Theatre, Technology Park Function Centre, 2 Brodie Hall Drive, Corner Hayman Road, Bentley WA 6102 Cost: Free Register: To register, please visit here.
In Australia, COPD is the second leading cause of avoidable hospital admissions and remains the fifth leading cause of death. This meeting will give you an opportunity to understand the latest management options and new advances in pharmacological strategies for moderate to severe COPD patients.
Date: Wednesday, 29 August 2018 Time: 6.30pm – 9.00pm Venue: Rydges Kalgoorlie, 21 Davidson Street, Kalgoorlie 6430 Cost: Free Register: To register, please visit here.
The aim of this program is to provide nurses with up-to-date education about mental illness that relates to more complex and challenging conditions, such as personality disorders, including early identification and assessment, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and ongoing management.
Date: Thursday, 30 August – Friday, 31 August 2018 Time: 9.00am – 4.15pm (8.30pm – Registration) Venue: Holiday Inn Perth City Centre, 778 – 788 Hay Street Cost: $398 for one day, $520 for both days Register: To register, please visit here.
Cost: Free. Certificate of attendance will be provided. Register: To register please visit here. Sign-in takes place 15 minutes prior to the start time of the presentations listed above.
The Stay On Your Feet Strengthen Your Legs Forum will provide attendees with current evidence of the benefits of strength training for older adults, barriers and enablers to older adults to engaging in strength training, identifying older adults at risk of falls in everyday practice, evidence-based strength and balance exercise programs, and practical application for the delivery of strength and balance exercise programs for older adults including referral pathways, implementation, challenges and key learnings. Presented by guest speaker Dr Elissa Burton.
Date: Wednesday, 5 September 2018 Time: 5.30pm – 7.30pm (5.30pm – Registration) Venue: Western Australian Centre for Rural Health, 167 Fitzgerald St, Geraldton Cost: $25 Register: To register, please visit here.
There is a significant potential for patients across any clinical setting to rapidly become unwell. Recent system changes have been rolled out to encourage better management of clinical deterioration. However, your ability to recognise and respond to changes in a patient’s condition early is a high priority if acute illness is to be averted. Attend this two-day seminar to gain knowledge that will help you to feel more confident that your essential assessment skills and early nursing management can detect early cues and prevent poor patient outcome. Learn about the power of assessment when your patient is deteriorating, how to recognise sepsis early, warning signs of acute kidney injury and many more. Date: Thursday, 13 September – Friday, 14 September 2018 Time: 9.00am – 4.00pm (8.30am – Registration) Venue: Holiday Inn Perth City Centre, 778-788 Hay Street Cost: $398 for one day, $520 for both days Register: To register, please visit here.
The WA Rural Networking Group is a group designed to provide an opportunity to connect like-minded Practice managers from all disciplines to learn from each other by sharing ideas, sharing experiences, giving perspectives and brainstorming any current issues. Our meetings are casual and held in a relaxed atmosphere where you can purchase refreshments and/or meal and network with other practice managers.
Date: Tuesday, 18 September 2018 Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm Venue: Sandy Cove Tavern, 146 S Yunderup Rd, South Yunderup WA 6208 Cost: Free (food and beverage at own cost) Register: To register, please visit here.
This training will provide GPs, nurses and health professionals working in primary care an update on strategies available for the prevention of HIV transmission, focusing on prevention particularly pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This program will also include an STI update and WA AIDS Council session covering a health consumers perspective around PrEP.
Date: Wednesday, 10 October 2018 Time: 6.15pm – 9.30pm (6.15pm – Registration) Venue: Fraser Suites Perth, 10 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth WA 6004 Cost: Free Register: To register, please visit here.
If you are a GP interested in expanding your professional knowledge on alcohol screening and brief interventions, please consider attending the Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) Grand Round to hear presentations on the Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Project, which was carried out with the WAPHA funding in 2017-208 at Fiona Stanley and Rockingham General Hospitals. The presentation will cover burden of alcohol in Australia and project overview, patient and staff attitudes, research evaluation results, clinical impact and operational feasibility and future directions.
Date: Wednesday, 24 October 2018 Time: 12.00pm – 1.00pm (11.50am – Registration) Venue: Fiona Stanley Hospital, Education, Lecture Theatre G.1 Cost: Free Register: To register, please visit https://bit.ly/WAPHA_ASBI. Registration close Friday, 28 September 2018
Date: Monday, 10 December – Tuesday, 11 December 2018 Time: 8.00am – 6.00pm (Day 1), 7.30am – 6.00pm (Day 2) Venue: Curtin University Building 410, Kent Street, Bentley Perth WA 6102 Cost: $150 (Day 1), $350 (Day 2) Register: To register, please visit here.
Is your practice looking for a health promotion activity for your practice? Each edition we provide a list of upcoming health promotion activities for the coming months along with resources and contact details.
You can also view all health promotion activities for the year by visiting Practice Assist’s health calendar: https://bit.ly/2HWZX3B