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Digital health for specialists – A game changer, transforming how we share care

Online Course

Join the Australian Digital Health Agency, WA Primary Health Alliance, and our special guest Dr Hemant Kulkarni (Renal physician, Wexford Nephrology and Royal Perth Hospital) and other speakers, to hear how digital health is transforming care. Healthcare professionals and practice managers from across all sectors, and especially those in specialist medical practice, are encouraged to attend, hear these success stories and be inspired to start using digital health. There will also be the opportunity for participants to ask questions. Find out more and register here.

Let’s talk about violence in WA webinar

Online Event WA, Australia

Violence is a growing issue in Western Australia, with 17,134 hospitalisations due to assault and people aged 25 – 44 having the highest incidence of hospitalisations due to assault. Join Injury Matters and a range of professionals while we explore topics such as family and domestic violence and elder abuse, while hearing about a smoking cessation and violence prevention pilot program trialed at Royal Perth Hospital. We will hear from: Lisa Jones from Lifeline WA on Family and Domestic Violence Louise Forster from Advocare on Elder Abuse Holly Scott and Rachel Wixon from East Metro Health Service on the Royal...

COVID-19 & Diabetes

COVID-19 & Diabetes

Online Event WA, Australia

People with diabetes have an increased risk of morbidity and mortality if they get COVID-19. Does everyone with diabetes have the same level of risk? What are the conversations around COVID-19 that health professionals can be having with people who have diabetes. Register for this session here  

An interdisciplinary approach to perinatal anxiety and depression

Online Event WA, Australia

Register now to join Dr. Nicole Hall (General Practitioner), Dr. Nicole Highet (Psychologist), Nia Ellis (Mother with lived experience), Rosemarie Vary (Enhanced Maternal Child Health Nurse) for a facilitated discussion of a case study, facilitated by Prof. Stephen Trumble (General Practitioner).  Attend to hear the panel of experts explore how health professionals can better identify symptoms of perinatal anxiety and depression and provide enhanced care for women at risk. Depression and anxiety in the perinatal period is a significant problem for many Australian mothers, but how easy are these symptoms to identify in practice? Early identification and intervention from health...

Diabetes & Heart Disease

Online Event WA, Australia

Presented by Dr Hussam Tayeb - Cardiologist This session will explore the link between macrovascular disease and diabetes, with a focus on blood glucose levels, hypertension and dyslipidaemia and how they impact on heart health. Register for this session here.

FDV Legal Health Check Workshop

Online Course

You are invited to join WACOSS and representatives from the Community Legal sector for a workshop on the Family and Domestic Violence Legal Health Check and Referral Pathways. Learn how you can use the Legal Health Check to help women experiencing family and domestic violence access legal assistance when they need it most. The workshop is free for anyone to join and will be held online on Tuesday 17 May, 1.00pm-2.30pm. Please email socialpolicy@wacoss.org.au to RSVP

Caring for parents and children after domestic and family violence (online)

WA, Australia

A short webinar providing evidence-based knowledge and interventions that focus on repairing the parent-child relationship. About this event Becoming a parent is a stressful developmental phase and can be made significantly harder in the context of domestic and family violence trauma. Women’s agency and confidence as a mother may be directly undermined by her partner through tactics of coercive control, impacting her experience of motherhood and the quality of mother–child relationships. Children’s mental health, wellbeing and the relationships that they depend upon for their development are all impacted by domestic and family violence. Family separations after domestic and family violence...

My Future Care – An Introduction to Advance Care Planning

My Future Care – An Introduction to Advance Care Planning

Online Event WA, Australia

Advance Care Planning is making plans that cover our care, lifestyle, health and finances for the last part of our lives. By working out what we want, we get to have a say about our end of life as well as making things easier on those around us. We have six free online Advance Care Planning workshops scheduled for the coming months. Each will cover information on what's involved in Advance Care Planning, how to get started, and how to talk with your loved ones about your end-of-life wishes. These workshops are suitable for any community members regardless of age, health or background. You don’t need any prior knowledge of...

Youth in Distress: Managing Suicidality and Self-harm – Blended Learning

Online Course

With a focus on self-harm and suicide in adolescence, this program will assist clinicians to manage youth in distress, self-harm and suicidality. The program has been designed to build on the current level of skills of participants and to further develop confidence in undertaking risk assessment and safety planning for youth in distress. This format has been designed so that modules 2, 3 and 4 can be completed in one day. Module 1 will need to be completed prior to the commencement of module 2. CPD certificates will be given after completion of all 4 modules in their entirety. Times:...

Assessing functional capacity to work for psychological injuries

Online Event WA, Australia

Register now for this professional development webinar to enhance how you support those who experience psychological injury to continue to participate in "good work" that supports their mental health and wellbeing. The expert panel will outline "good work" and its benefits, as well as cover assessing functional capacity for work and providing advice on modifications to support continued work participation. See all the learning outcomes. The panel: Dr Dielle Felman (Psychiatrist) Dr Steven Kaye (GP) Suzanne Gibson (Clinical psychologist). GP Professor Stephen Trumble will facilitate the session. Question? Email us or call the help desk on 1800 209 031.