We have some great news: we’re coming back face to face!
The Port Macquarie & Hastings Clinical Society is your chance to embed yourself in your local community of health practitioners. It’s an opportunity to make friends, network, get to know your referrals, learn new information and have fun in a collaborative, knowledge-sharing space.
On Tuesday 23 November, the Port Macquarie & Hastings Clinical Society will meet at Sails Port Macquarie for an evening to reflect on the past year, come together and gain some education from local clinicians.
Our guest speakers will be discussing the non-pharmacological strategies available to patients with persistent pain. They will help you to identify local referral pathways for chronic pain in the Port Macquarie region and learn psychologically-informed approaches when managing patients with persistent pain.
Increase your knowledge of why pain exists and the importance of interdisciplinary care. Get to know current online and accessible chronic pain initiatives and resources relevant to the biopsychosocial aspects of chronic pain management.
Following some dinner, we’ll talk to you about the Port Macquarie and Hastings CPD needs assessment and share with you Healthy North Coast’s draft 2022 CPD calendar. This will be a chance for you to let us know what’s missing and which CPD topics and learning objectives are important for your personal education.
Port Macquarie & Hastings Clinical Society
Tuesday 23 November
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Sails Port Macquarie
What’s included: educational presentation, canapes and a two-course dinner.
Speakers:
- Nathan Lynch, Physiotherapist, Wauchope Physiotherapy
- Barry Spencer, Physiotherapist, Lake Cathie Physio
- Gary Grant, Retired Psychologist
About our guest speakers
Nathan Lynch has worked in both public and private settings as a physiotherapist in Australia and internationally in various rural and remote clinics and hospitals. Nathan has been part of the Wauchope Physiotherapy team since 2007 and is passionate about providing evidence-based physiotherapy in rural settings.
In 2014, Nathan was involved in developing the Mid North Coast Health Training group and he continues to lead this professional development group.
Barry Spencer grew up in Port Macquarie and returned to the area with his family after spending time in Sydney and the UK. Barry has a wealth of experience working in Australia and the UK, having worked in professional cricket for 10 years.
Barry has undertaken further training in a variety of areas, including pain management, and has developed a variety of education and clinical care programs.
Gary Grant is a retired clinical psychologist who needs no introduction to the Port Macquarie health community. Originally from Canada, Gary spent 31 years working in the Wauchope-Hastings community and brings a wealth of experience through his dedicated service, especially in the area of psychosocial risk factors and psychologically-informed practice for managing persistent pain.
Who’s invited?
The Port Macquarie and Hastings Clinical Society is all about fostering integration.
With this in mind, all primary health care professionals working in the Port Macquarie and Hastings regions (as well as the surrounds) are encouraged to come along. We’d love to see a good mix of GPs, GP registrars, practice managers, nurses and staff, allied health, Aboriginal health workers and service coordinators in attendance.
Numbers will be limited in line with COVID safety, so please register early to reserve your place.
In the event that we need to cancel the face-to-face event, we will instead join online for a shorter session and all those registered will receive a free gift.
Help us spread the word
To help us grow the Port Macquarie & Hastings Clinical Society, we need your help. Please download the flyer for this event and share it with your colleagues. Encourage them to come along and if they can’t make it, encourage them to sign up for the Port Macquarie & Hastings Clinical Society to be notified of future events.
COVID safety
Healthy North Coast takes it obligations for your safety seriously. We advise that the venue where the event is to be held is COVID-safe and that a COVID safety plan has been developed and registered with the NSW Government.
Numbers will be restricted, so reserve your place early.
If you are sick or experiencing the mildest of symptoms, please do not attend.
All attendees must comply with the NSW Government order (effective 11 October 2021) stating that no unvaccinated person (over the age of 16) is allowed into hospitality premises.