2023 was a big year for primary healthcare education, with Healthy North Coast delivering 84 impactful events, offering health professionals on the North Coast a diverse range of educational experiences.
These initiatives involved advanced life support training, engaging webinars and face-to-face CPD with networking opportunities. Addressing crucial aspects of primary healthcare, the 2023 calendar included immunisation updates, antenatal shared care education and cultural safety training to enrich practitioners’ knowledge base, fostering inclusive and comprehensive care approaches.
The pinnacle of the year was marked by the grand finale – two Chronic Disease Forums – one in Port Macquarie and one in Lismore. These forums served as a high point, drawing upon local expertise to address the multifaceted challenges posed by chronic illnesses, offering innovative strategies and insights to enhance patient care and management.
"Close to 200 health professionals came together to learn with their peers, but also to network with each and look at how best we might step outside our professional silos and operate in an interdisciplinary environment.
"A mixture of local speakers and regional specialists provided education around chronic disease that was well received by all participants. It was an excellent starting point to continue this conversation within the Healthy North Coast Clinical Societies."
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Healthy North Coast’s online CPD offerings comprised of Children’s Health Week, and Older Persons Health Week webinar series, dementia, long Covid, travel consultations and vaccinations, skin cancer, and medical termination of pregnancy. There was also a 2-part webinar series on the significant discussions on Voluntary Assisted Dying education, tackling ethically complex healthcare situations.
For those seeking to catch up on the wealth of knowledge shared throughout the year, recordings of our previous webinars are available on our website.
With a total of 1,881 local health professionals attending Healthy North Coast Education in 2023, the collective impact of these educational initiatives has enhanced the skills and knowledge of clinicians on the North Coast, improving patient care and community health outcomes.
As 2023 draws to a close, the Healthy North Coast Education Team would like to say ‘thank you’ to all those that attended and supported our events. The workforce’s enthusiasm to learn, network and share knowledge with their fellow clinicians is a testament to the industry’s commitment to continuous learning and growth.
We’re very excited about 2024, with the calendar including specialist GP education, ear syringing training, immunisation updates, cultural safety training and even a region-wide 2024 Healthy North Coast Conference.
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