• Connect Share Collaborate Group

    Online Webinar WA, Australia

    Do you want to connect with like minded people who are striving to change the way we talk about weight and support people living in larger bodies in WA? Then come and join the Connect Share Collaborate Group. Connect Share Collaborate (CSC) provides a forum where people can come together to share insights about actions that are currently taking place in WA to improve care and support for people living in larger bodies, learn from each other’s knowledge and experience, and work together to build partnerships to bring to life the purpose, belief and values of the WELL Collaborative. Next...

  • Supporting children and families to recognise and navigate paediatric anxiety

    Online Webinar WA, Australia

    Register now to attend the upcoming professional development webinar ‘Supporting children and families to recognise and navigate paediatric anxiety’ on Wednesday 7 September 2022 at 7:15 PM-8:30 PM (AEST). This webinar will discuss paediatric anxiety in the context of how practitioners can recognise and support children experiencing anxiety and engage their families to contribute to plans to address anxiety in non-stigmatising ways. Panellists will explore how to recognise and support children experiencing anxiety as well as how to formulate interventions in the developmental, relational, and psychosocial context of anxiety.

  • Getting to the bottom of colonoscopy use in bowel screening

    Online Webinar WA, Australia

    This is a free webinar and CPD opportunity for all general practice health professionals. Encouragement and support by GPs and practice nurses, can have significant impact on improving participation in bowel cancer screening; evidence shows that a recommendation by a trusted health professional is a key motivator to participate. General practice health professionals have several important roles in the NBCSP, including encouraging and supporting participation, managing participants who have a positive FOBT, providing information about referrals to the NBCSP, and managing individuals who, by way of symptom(s) or significant family history, require diagnostic investigations or targeted surveillance rather than screening....

  • Bowel cancer screening – from the GP perspective

    Online Webinar WA, Australia

    This is a free webinar and CPD opportunity for all general practice health professionals. Encouragement and support by GPs and practice nurses, can have significant impact on improving participation in bowel cancer screening; evidence shows that a recommendation by a trusted health professional is a key motivator to participate. General practice health professionals have several important roles in the NBCSP, including encouraging and supporting participation, managing participants who have a positive FOBT, providing information about referrals to the NBCSP, and managing individuals who, by way of symptom(s) or significant family history, require diagnostic investigations or targeted surveillance rather than screening....

  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation

    Online Webinar WA, Australia

    This session is designed for General Practitioners, Practice Nurses and other health professionals. You are invited to register to attend a free webinar on 'Pulmonary Rehabilitation' presented by Naomi Chapman, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Senior Physiotherapist, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. This webinar will cover: What are the causes of physical activity limitations in COPD? What is PR and how does it benefit people with COPD? What are the important components of a PR program? Who should be referred to PR? What are the options for PR in regional areas? The use of telehealth and how it can improve access to PR? Date: Thursday 18 August...

  • Mindful Self Webinar – A virtual journey to Mindfulness (complimentary for RDAWA Members and non-members)

    Online Webinar WA, Australia

    The Rural Doctors' Association of Western Australia and Mindful Meditation Australia have teamed up to bring rural doctors this introduction to mindfulness. This comes at a time where the healthcare system is stretched like we have never seen it, burn out is high and self care is extremely important. As busy professionals, mindfulness is the perfect exercise to engage in within all aspects of your life - it's free, doesn't require any equipment or lycra, it can be done anywhere and only takes a few minutes every day. We hope that this session is a valuable start to you mindfully...

  • Practice strategies for working with children with disability

    Online Webinar WA, Australia

    Register now to attend our upcoming professional development webinar ‘Practice strategies for working with children with disability’ on Monday 25 July 2022 at 7:15 PM-8:30 PM (AEST). This webinar will explore practice approaches to help support children living with disability’s agency, and identify and encourage families’ strengths, interests and preferences. Panellists will discuss strategies that apply child-centred, family and communication-focused practice to support children living with disability. The panel will cover the skills required to help children with disability engage in conversations about their needs, interests and goals. Practitioners will learn how to better support children and their families to...

  • Long COVID

    Online Webinar WA, Australia

    The next topic of the Cardiac Rehabilitation & Secondary Prevention (CRSP) series is on Long COVID. Presenter: Katie Stewart, Director and Co-founder Chronic Care Australia & The Exercise Therapist Facilitator: Helen McLean, Senior Healthcare Programs Officer, Equity (WA) Heart Foundation Click here to register. The link will take you directly to the GoTo Webinar registration form. A confirmation with the link to attend will be sent via email. The recording will be available to view later on the TRACS WA website. For further information or to receive notice of upcoming sessions contact: E: tracswa@health.wa.gov.au P: 9431 2351

  • The Mental Health Gender Gap: Getting women’s mental health on the map.

    Online Webinar WA, Australia

    If you're a woman, you are 58% more likely to experience mental illness compared to men (2021, ABS). This is a largely known fact. But this year we uncovered that 1 in 2 women in Australia are currently experiencing mental illness in 2022! It’s important that we raise the profile of women’s mental health and get the mental health gender gap on the map! The Liptember Foundation committed to undertaking a National Women’s Mental Health Research Study in 2022 with the focus purely on women and their specific mental health needs – and now the results are in. Join us...