Health

Session One: Thursday 13 May, 6:00pm – 7:30pm (AWST) Location: Zoom (Online) For: General Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses and other interested healthcare workers. Learning Objectives • Increase understanding of the challenges and barriers experienced by people from migrant and refugee backgrounds who are living with CHB. • Outline the importance of providing culturally responsive and trauma-informed health care, including working with interpreters. • Contrast the trajectories of Hepatitis B disease in people from CALD backgrounds compared to people born in Australia. • Describe the different biopsychosocial considerations faced by people from CALD communities living with CHB across their life span....

The Obstetrics and Gynaecology department at Kalgoorlie hospital is commencing a series of breakfast meetings. These are primarily targeting GPs, but anyone interested can join, including midwives, nurses and allied health. Friday, 15th May, 2021 between 7am and 8am. Topic: Yellow and Pregnant: Live Dysfunction In Pregnancy Presenter: O&G Registrar, Dr Jim Fan The presentation can be attended either online, or in person on the Kalgoorlie maternity ward. For online access, attendees need to RSVP via email to arrange access. (joanna.keen@health.wa.gov.au) or Dr Ljiljana Ilic-Jeftic (ljiljana.ilic-jeftic@health.wa.gov.au)  

Session Two: Thursday 20 May, 6:00pm – 7:30pm (AWST) Location: Zoom (Online) For: General Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses and other interested healthcare workers. Learning Objectives • Increase understanding of the challenges and barriers experienced by people from migrant and refugee backgrounds who are living with CHB. • Outline the importance of providing culturally responsive and trauma-informed health care, including working with interpreters. • Contrast the trajectories of Hepatitis B disease in people from CALD backgrounds compared to people born in Australia. • Describe the different biopsychosocial considerations faced by people from CALD communities living with CHB across their life span....

Looking after yourself: Self-care the key to reducing professional burnout workshop After a challenging and unpredictable year, it is more important than ever to practice self-care and look after our wellbeing.  Incorporating self-care strategies into your everyday life can benefit your health in both personal and professional settings.  Professionally, self-care can help you focus, increase productivity, and makes you more resilient to the stressors around you. Join Injury Matters for the ‘Looking after yourself: Self-care the key to reducing professional burnout workshop’.  The self-care workshop is for the health and community services workforce and provides a proactive approach to equip...