Healthy North Coast webinar series explores a week of men’s health

Healthy North Coast is discussing men’s health over 5 days of informative lunchtime webinars this August. Join us over 5 days from 1:15pm – 1:55pm when 5 different speakers will talk 5 different health concerns for men. Click here to register for the series — you only need to register once and we’ll send you the links

Webinar on after hours care for general practice

Quality Practice Accreditation (QPA) is offering a client-only webinar on After Hours Care for General Practice. When your practice is closed you have a responsibility under the RACGP Standards for general practice, 5th edition to provide after hours care options for your patients. The webinar will explain the RACGP Standards requirements for areas of common

Anglicare offering training in Suicide Prevention for Seniors

If you work with older people and would like to learn how to help prevent suicide, the free Suicide Prevention for Seniors Program can provide the training you need. Run by Anglicare and funded by the NSW Government, the program consists of a two-pronged approach. The first is ‘Question, Persuade, Refer’ (QPR) online training. This

Asthma education and training available online and face to face  

The National Asthma Council Australia is running their national program of free asthma best practice education workshops in the coming weeks. The training is available for primary health care professionals and allied health professionals, both in-person and online. Training is available in online webinar format or face-to-face workshops and the National Asthma Council Australia handle

The first 2000 days webinar 2: antenatal care

Build your knowledge, confidence and skills to provide support and referral pathways to families and young children in the first 2000 days with part two of this webinar series. This interactive webinar, facilitated by Clinical Midwifery Consultant for the Mid North Coast Local Health District, Frances Guy, will provide in-depth information on how to access

Immunisation update roadshow timely as flu season hits

Healthy North Coast recently partnered with North Coast Public Health to deliver 6 education dinners, with many highlights and key takeaways. Maintaining high immunisation coverage rates is something that all primary health care providers need to achieve. Most vaccinations are provided in primary care settings and it’s important that immunisation providers remain up to date

The first 2000 days of life webinar series: Part 2

‘The first 2000 days’ webinar series is an opportunity to build your knowledge, confidence and skills to provide support and referral pathways to families and young children.

Free online IBD education for GPs and physicians

Crohn’s & Colitis Australia has released a range of free GP and physician education resources to support you in the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Created for their GP Aware Project, health care professionals can access online eLearning modules, interactive workshops and webinars. This reliable and up-to-date information also includes: the GP’s role in

RACGP flood recovery education now available

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has launched a two-part webinar series to support the recovery of general practices affected by recent New South Wales and Queensland flood events. Education attracts 2 CPD points and is available in two parts.   Learning outcomes discuss financial recovery options that are available to practices affected

Webinar series explores COVID-19 and influenza outbreaks in RACFs

This three-part webinar series, starting 8 June, will explore allied and mental health MBS funding and effective strategies for prevention, response and recovery in residential aged care facilities (RACF) COVID/influenza (dual) outbreaks. COVID-19 outbreaks in RACFs have demonstrated the critical role for allied health and general practice in mitigating the impact of a COVID-19 outbreak.

Online panel to discuss domestic violence

Get to know local and national specialist support services and hear from an expert panel on ways you can develop your practice to recognise, respond, refer and record incidents of domestic and family violence. Domestic violence is a serious problem which impacts many NSW families. Every month, there are approximately 2,500 reports of domestic violence to the

Scholarships now available: Applied Mental Health Studies courses

HETI Higher Education is offering scholarships for Older Persons Mental Health (OPMH) through its Applied Mental Health Studies courses in September 2022. This provides a great opportunity for NSW Health staff and Primary Health Network staff with an interest in Older Persons Mental Health to increase their skills in the area. The scholarships are open