24-25 September 2020 8:00am - 5:00pm This Rural Health West CPD workshop provides obstetric teams with the necessary skills to effectively manage problems which may occur during neonatal delivery and postnatal care. Covering neonatal resuscitation, ventilation, chest compression, endotracheal intubation and medications, the workshop also considers ethical questions and how lessons learned can be implemented to improve care in a local setting. Information and teaching is delivered via seminars, case studies, practical hands-on sessions and also mega code scenarios involving the entire resuscitation team. Eligibility: GP obstetricians, medical practitioners and midwives. Priority is given to those working in the local...

Thursday 24 September 2020 12:30PM–1:30pm VC attendance only Chair: Associate Professor Andrew Maiorana Speakers: Anna Scheer – The benefits of aquatic exercise for people with coronary heart disease Nacho Suarez – A comparison of different intensity exercise training in patients with left ventricular assist devices Tashi Dorje – Secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in China using social media Registration: please click here to register for live VC. VC Dial in details will be sent to registrants prior to event. The VC recording will be available to view later on the TRACS WA website For further information or to receive...

This workshop combines an Introduction to FASD with a strong focus on practical strategies for supporting children in their homes and schools. The morning session provides an overview of FASD and its’ challenges including; a description of FASD, impacts on the individual, the diagnosis process, challenges for families living with FASD and strategies for support and learning. The afternoon session is a practical workshop that teaches skills for assisting children with FASD to use sensory strategies to self-regulate. This workshop focuses on improving a child’s executive functioning and ability to self-regulate. Suitable for parents, carers, educators and clinicians. Register at: http://www.wacoss.org.au/training-and-events

MyMarathon is a fitness and fundraising challenge that drives you to run, jog or walk 42.2 kilometres at your own pace during October, while helping to raise vital funds for lifesaving heart disease research. You can do it on your own, or as part of a team with friends or colleagues. Whether you run it in a day, pound it out in a week or walk it in a month-long commitment to better health, MyMarathon is the fundraising race where you set the pace. What’s more, you can do MyMarathon anywhere, from your backyard to the beach to running laps of a city block....

Assist with the creation of a place based action plan for our community The Community Wellbeing Action Plan will be designed for our community by our community. We encourage stakeholders, service providers, businesses and community champions to become involved. The Community Wellbeing Action Plan will be developed to address Mental Wellbeing, Suicide Prevention and Postvention supports for your community. This is your community! This is your plan! Get involved. MORNING TEA AND LUNCH PROVIDED Date: Thursday 1st October 2020 Location: South Hedland Lotteries House Function Room Time: 9am-1pm For more information contact: Kesi-Maree.Prior@health.wa.gov.au  

2 October 2020 7:45am-4:30pm This is a hands-on skills training workshop utilising simulation models. The Cutting Edge: Proceduralist Obstetrics and Gynaecological Skills workshop is designed to assist GP Proceduralists and GP Obstetricians in attaining an improved level of confidence in gynaecological and obstetric procedures. Limited places are also available for KEMH Registrars in Gynaecological Surgery. Click here for more information. 

This workshop combines an Introduction to FASD with a strong focus on practical strategies for supporting children in their homes and schools. The morning session provides an overview of FASD and its’ challenges including; a description of FASD, impacts on the individual, the diagnosis process, challenges for families living with FASD and strategies for support and learning. The afternoon session is a practical workshop that teaches skills for assisting children with FASD to use sensory strategies to self-regulate. This workshop focuses on improving a child’s executive functioning and ability to self-regulate. Suitable for parents, carers, educators and clinicians. Register at: http://www.wacoss.org.au/training-and-events...