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WA Health – Contact tracing for COVID-19 & other infections: principles and practice – Videoconference

Tuesday 1 September 2020 6:00pm-7:00pm Location: City of Albany Civic Room, 102 North Road Albany (capacity 40), light refreshments provided OR Zoom (Register below) By the end of this session you will: • Have an overview of the transmission and clinical features of COVID-19 and its public health management in Australia • Understand the principles of contact tracing • Understand how these principles are applied in the control of COVID-19 and syphilis Presenters: Ms Brenda Kamau, Senior public health nurse. Prof Donna Mak, Public health physician. Dr Ben Scalley, Public health physician. Who is welcome to attend? • ALL doctors,...

WA Health – Contact tracing for COVID-19 & other infections: principles and practice – Videoconference

Wednesday 2 September 2020 9:00am-10:00am Locations: Albany Health Campus - L1.1118 Mammang Koort, Education Centre, Level 1 OR Primary Health Meeting Room OR Waitch Meeting Room GL1244, Ambulatory Care Zone 2 • Kincinnup Boardroom - 84 Collie St, Albany • Aboriginal Health Services - Condinup Meeting Room, 61 Serpentine Rd, Albany • Katanning Health Campus - Seminar Room, Coleraine Wing • Scopia video-conference By the end of this session you will: • Have an overview of the transmission and clinical features of COVID-19 and its public health management in Australia • Understand the principles of contact tracing • Understand how...

Webinar: The ORCHID Study (Optimisation of Rural Clinical and Haematological Indicators of Diabetes)

The South West Health Research Collaborative (SWHRC) invites you to join us for a webinar on Thursday 3 September 2020 from 12pm – 1pm. Host: Dianne Ritson, CEO, Lishman Health Foundation Chair: Professor Gary Geelhold, Executive Director of the Western Australian Health Telehealth Translation Network (WAHTN) Presenters: Dr Andrew Kirke and Emma Jamieson - South West Gestational Diabetes Research Team Register here. Due to the potential to improve birth outcomes for mothers and babies, screening for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), defined as high blood sugar levels first detected in pregnancy, is recommended for pregnant women. The recommended oral glucose tolerance...

Webinar: A Global Response to COVID-19 and HIV: Lessons for Australasia

3 September 2020 6:00pm-8:45pm (AEST) ASHM invites you to register for a webinar: A Global Response to COVID-19 and HIV: Lessons for Australasia, taking place from 6:00pm – 8:45pm (AEST) on Thursday 3 September 2020. This event will be live-streamed through our online platform. Featuring speakers Sharon Lewin (Doherty Institute) and Chris Beyrer (Johns Hopkins), this unmissable webinar will provide a global overview of the intersection between HIV and COVID-19; the impact, opportunities and lessons learnt from the HIV response. The program will include speakers from the UK, Australia, Africa and Asia and will be followed by a panel discussion facilitated by...

EPIC Karratha – Dad’s Day on the Foreshore

WA, Australia

EPIC Karratha Present - Dad's Day on the Foreshore Saturday 5th September 12 - 2pm HEY DADS! Father's Day is all about celebrating the contributions that fathers and father figures make to the lives of their children. Let's turn Father's Day into a weekend by celebrating Dad's Day on the Foreshore on Saturday the 5th September! Dad's Day on the Foreshore is a FREE event for all fathers and father figures! Come down to the Dampier Foreshore and enjoy a casual day of beach activities and a FREE BBQ with mates! Simply attend on the day - no registrations required!...

Education and Networking Dinner

The Wild Thyme Cafe 26 Throssell Road, South Hedland, WA, Australia

Palliative care in the Pilbara: Care options and support for your palliative care patient EDUCATION AND NETWORKING DINNER Monday 7 September 2020 | 6.30pm for 7.00-9.30pm The Wild Thyme Cafe Homestead Building, Unit 8/22-26 Throssell Road, SOUTH HEDLAND FREE EVENT 30 places available You must register to attend CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Standard Mental Health First Aid Course

Sessions Dates & Times: Day 1: Tuesday 8th September 9:00AM -4:00PM Day 2: Wednesday 9th September 9:00AM-4:00PM **Please note that you must be able to attend both days of training. Location: Karratha Leisureplex - (Meeting Room)Dampier Highway opposite Broadhurst Road, Karratha WA 6714   Karratha Central Healthcare is excited to be delivering the 2 Day Standard Mental Health First Aid Course FREE to community members of the West Pilbara region. Click here for more information and ticket bookings: 

Webinar: Sexual and Reproductive Health and COVID-19

8 September 2020 7:00pm – 8:30pm AEST This workshop will update General Practitioners on changes in sexual and reproductive health provision and services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Expert speakers will raise awareness around STI testing and treatment, contraception and abortion in a COVID-19 context, and the vital ongoing role GPs play in delivering this care. This course is for: General practitioners This activity has been allocated 3 RACGP CPD points. Delivered in collaboration with Marie Stopes Australia REGISTER HERE.

Death of a Colleague – managing practice operations and supporting yourself and your team

Wednesday 9 September 2020 | Online 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM AWST Rural Health West and MDA National invite you to participate in the Death of a colleague – managing practice operations and supporting yourself and your team webinar.  The webinar will include the following such as business processes and impact on business operations, HR processes, what to do if a colleague was suddenly incapacitated and personal impact on staff and patients. More information available here.

Education and Networking Event

Karratha International Hotel Corner of Hillview and Millstream Roads, Karratha, WA, Australia

Palliative care in the Pilbara: Care options and support for your palliative care patient EDUCATION AND NETWORKING EVENT Wednesday 9 September 2020 | 6.30pm for 7.00-9.30pm Goldfinch Function Room Karratha International Hotel, Corner of Hillview and Millstream Roads, Karratha FREE EVENT 40 places available You must register to attend CLICK HERE TO REGISTER