Diabetes WA LIVE – Health Professionals is a series of educational webinars and upskilling sessions for health professionals, run by Credentialed Diabetes Educators. They offer support and training to health professionals who would like the latest diabetes management advice. Diabetes & Bariatric Surgery: This session will discuss the impact of bariatric surgery on the long term management of diabetes.
Virtual registrations are now open for the 8th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium on 6-7 October. The full digital program retains the more than 60 research presentations, poster sessions and engagement with high-quality keynote speakers, including: infectious disease expert and COVID-19 commentator, Professor Mary-Louise McLaws head of the Canberra University Regional Wellbeing Survey, Associate Professor Jacki Schirmer, and Associate Professor Adrienne O’Neil, Director of Heart & Mind Research and Deputy Director of the Food & Mood Centre in the Deakin University School of Medicine. The theme of the virtual symposium is ‘Connecting research, practice and communities’ – bringing together...
Come and network with your Karratha colleagues at this free event for health professionals, hosted by the Pilbara Health Professionals Network. For more information and to confirm, email: alisha.small@phpn.com.au
A full list of events is available on the WA Mental Health Week website.
Services in Hedland have put together this flyer detailing all the events to occur over Mental Health Week 2021 from October 11th - October 15th.
The Pfizer vaccine will be available to anyone aged 12 and over who wants to roll up their sleeve to protect the Pilbara. Held at Newman Tafe from 11th - 17th October and 15th -21st November, 10am to 8pm daily. Walk-ins welcome. Book here
Presented to you by specialist advocates Maxine Drake and Leticia Grant. If you go to meetings or appointments to stand up for your child, friend or relative with a disability and feel intimidated, anxious, outnumbered, powerless or not heard by professionals, then there are some simple strategies you can use to achieve good outcomes. If you would like to feel comfortable and confident going to meeting and know that you're going to be heard and that there will be fair outcomes, then this session is for you! We will explore the attitudes and strategies we need to stand up for...
Join us virtually for the biennial Melanoma Update: A collaboration between Cancer Council WA and WA Kirkbride Melanoma Advisory Service. Topics include, who and how to examine a suspicious skin lesion, current and new treatment options, and melanoma biobanking. For more information or to register please visit the website. About this event Virtual attendance is also available - please select the 'online' ticket option when registering. 6.00pm - Registrations and light meal 6.30pm - Welcome & introductions 6.35pm - Presentations WAKMAS, who are we? Why are we here? Introduction to the New clinic format | Dr Mark Hanikeri, Clinical Associate Professor and Specialist...
Presented by the Mental Health Commission and Workforce Development & Community Support and Development programs. The Valuable Conversations training covers the following: • Reflective practice to identify areas of practice that require development for improved client engagement and outcomes. • Trauma Informed Care and Practise to consider the broader context in which alcohol use (during pregnancy) may occur. • Motivational Interviewing to empathically explore client behaviour aound alcohol use (including during pregnancy). • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevention in the context of the National Strategic Action Plan and a holistic prevention framework. • Brief Interventions to combine course content...
The COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine will be available to anyone aged 12 years and over who want to roll up to protect their community. Monday 4th - Sunday 10th October at Gratwick Hall, Port Hedland Civic Centre. Walk-ins also welcome! Fill out your consent form ahead of time: bit.ly/2Wk7Ify
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