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This workshop teaches participants how to effectively manage obstetric cases and emergencies and how to make appropriate decisions. Eligibility: GP obstetricians, medical practitioners and midwives. Priority is given to those working in the local region. Length: One day Cost: $50.00 The cost of this workshop is subsidised by WA Country Health Service through the Better Medical Care Initiative Accreditation: This workshop is pending accreditation with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine for continuing professional development hours for the 2023-2025 triennium. We ask participants to contact their relevant college to ascertain your eligibility for the...

Valuable Conversations Applying trauma informed care and practice (TICP) and motivational interviewing (MI) to alcohol use during pregnancy Presented by Workforce Development, Mental Health Commission (MHC) The Valuable Conversations training covers the following: Reflective practice to identify areas of practice that require development for improved client engagement and outcomes. • TICP to consider the broader context in which alcohol use during pregnancy may occur. • MI to empathically explore client behaviour aound alcohol use during pregnancy. • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevention in the context of the National Strategic Action Plan and a holistic prevention framework. • Brief Intervention...

The NDIA Community Engagement and Communications team together with the Transition Support Project will be hosting NDIS information sessions for GPs and Health Professionals from October through to December. Associate Professor Tania Shelby-James from Flinders University will kindly be travelling to share her expertise with us in WA (pending any SA border changes due to COVID-19). General Practitioners and Health Professionals including practice nurses and other practice staff involved in NDIS access requests are encouraged to attend. Topics covered Health and the NDIS Access to the NDIS Supporting people with psychosocial disability (arising from a mental health condition) to access...

The Rural Health West CPD REACT+ workshop is designed to assist Western Australian Visiting Medical Practitioners to maintain their emergency knowledge and skills, and gain formal assessment towards their emergency credentialing, as required by WA Country Health Service. Covering medical emergencies, major trauma and cardiac arrest in adults and children, and associated lifesaving procedural skills training. REACT+ is a highly interactive workshop. Participants are provided with audiovisual pre-learning materials and the course consists almost entirely of small group practical skills stations and simulated scenarios. Eligibility:  All medical practitioners are welcome to register with priority given to currently practising rural and remote...

Delivered by Black Dog Institute  Program Outline Depression is a common condition frequently managed in primary care. Identifying and managing depression in a rural context presents a unique set of challenges for health professionals providing mental health care in their communities. Dealing with Depression in Rural Australia is a highly interactive, multidisciplinary program developed specifically to address the needs of clinicians delivering health care for people presenting with depression in a rural setting. Using a case-based problem solving format, the program outlines a practical framework for assessment and management planning readily applicable to primary care. Accreditation • 40 Accredited Activity CPD points (RACGP) • 3 Performance review, 5...

The MEC course is designed to enable the health workforce to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to provide emergency care for pregnant, birthing and immediately postnatal women and their babies. The MEC course will meet the learning needs of the remote and isolated health workforce (Nurses, non-practising midwives, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers/ Practitioners, Paramedics and Medical Officers). Cost CRANAplus Members $700 Non-members $800 For More Information, click here