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7 April, 2022

Gippsland PHN Capacity Tracker for Emergency Response

An invitation is extended to practice managers, facility managers and pharmacists to attend this education event.
Capacity Tracker is a free, secure, online communication tool that allows general practices, Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) and community pharmacies to provide real-time workforce and resource information to Gippsland PHN, enabling it to:

*  Order PPE

* View resource levels geographically

* Identify and address issues promptly

* Help the health sector better manage resource and capacity issues

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Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) training

Online

Thursday 7 April 2022

12.30-1.30pm

Presenter: Mary Sofoclis, Associate Consultant, Larter Consulting

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Pharmacy training

Online

Wednesday 13 April 2022

10.30-11am

Presenter: Chiara To, Associate Consultant, Larter Consulting

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Practice managers training

Online

Thursday 28 April 2022

12.30-1.30pm

Presenter: Mario Gupta, Primary Health Consultant, Larter Consulting

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Building Therapeutic Communication in the context of Palliative Care and Voluntary Assisted Dying

  
An invitation is extended to general practices to host a free three-hour workshop for their general practitioners and practice nurses. The workshop, led by the Gippsland Regional Palliative Care Consortium, provides evidence based therapeutic communication skills to support care for all patients.

To book a workshop for your practice please complete the attached Expression of Interest.

Safety and Suicide Intervention Training ( SSIT ) for mental health clinicians

Safety and Suicide Intervention Training (SSIT) is an education package designed to support clinicians who work with consumers experiencing acute suicidal crisis.

It combines evidence-based approaches to screening and assessment, formulation, safety planning, lethal means restriction and consumer and carer education. Download the flyer for more information.

Building Cultural Awareness and Safety

 
This training, ‘Cultural Journey Workshop and Aboriginal Cultural Safety’ is for general practitioners and practice staff.

It will be delivered in two parts – an Introduction to Aboriginal Society and Aboriginal Cultural Safety for GPs and their Practices.

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Digital Health Literacy for general practice

Gippsland PHN together with Larter Consulting will be delivering a Digital Health Literacy training series for general practice.
 
The aim for Gippsland PHN is to improve health outcomes for people with chronic disease and those at risk of poor health outcomes.

Murra Mullangari:
Introduction to Cultural Safety and Cultural Humility

This course is appropriate for practising nurses and midwives from all career stages, clinical and non-clinical roles and backgrounds who may or may not have built an understanding of Cultural Safety and/or Cultural Humility.

They have drawn on knowledge and experience from within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nursing community and the broader health community to develop this product.
 
The cost of the program is $495 (inc GST) which allows access to approximately eight hours of self-paced online learning and reflection activities.

New free Microcredential training

Women’s Health Victoria and 1800 My Options have announced some training news.

A new free Microcredential is now available on their learning platform.

This free two-hour Microcredential is the perfect professional development opportunity for health professionals, support workers and interested students to build their knowledge around abortion, contraception and sexual health care access in Victoria.

To access WHV's existing suite of online training, including flexible online courses and a suite of Gender Equity and Workplace Equity Microcredentials, visit the website

Voluntary Assisted Dying three years on

The session will provide an overview of how Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) legislation has been implemented in Victoria and the potential considerations for practice.
 
It is suited to nurses, doctors and allied health professionals across all sectors.
 
Join this webinar to find out more about voluntary assisted dying in Victoria, as the law enters its 3rd year since implementation.
 

Medical practitioner training – Voluntary Assisted Dying
 

Meet with local voluntary assisted dying clinicians and gain insight into the personal and professional experience of participating in VAD with discussions on consultations and completing eligibility assessments

Meet the state-wide VAD support team, including the pharmacists, care navigators, VAD Board Secretariat, who oversee the VAD Portal.

Complete the required training: 

•  A semi-structured time frame to work through the online modules

•  Regular summary of key points of each module provided through the day

•  Supported by the VAD Navigator service and others

Primary health care and palliative care

Caresearch, a palliative care knowledge network, has developed a hub that provides evidence based guidance including triggers for consideration and recommendations for action, for health professionals working within primary care.

Visit Primary Health Care - Settings of Care - Health Professionals (caresearch.com.au) and learn about Pathways and Frameworks, roles in palliative care and multidisciplinary teams.
 

Syphilis - advanced for primary care

This session, conducted by the Victorian HIV & Hepatitis Integrated Training and Learning (VHITTAL), provides the skills and resources required primary health care practitioners to confidently implement guideline-based management of patient diagnosed.

Wound Debridement – Regional Wounds Victoria, Gippsland

This program is presented by the Regional Wound Management clinical nurse consultants and is an interactive and hands-on workshop.

Please read the flyer for more details and learning outcomes.

Pathways to Safety training program promotion in Gippsland

This domestic and family violence training is available for primary care providers in Gippsland. 

The 'Pathways to Safety' training program strengthens the capacity of primary care providers to effectively recognise, respond and refer domestic and family violence. 

• Self-directed e-learning nodules
• Online workshops and virtual classrooms
• RACGP Webinar series

Manage Immunisation Emergencies – are you anaphylaxis ready in your clinic?

‘Travelling Annies’ Resuscitation consultants are providing online education to refresh your knowledge in this area.

The topic is how to recognise, assess, manage and treat immunisation emergencies.

Improving clinical psychology competencies in working with older adults in Rural Residential Aged Care Facilities

This series of workshops has been developed to upskill psychologists working in regional and rural Victoria to work therapeutically with aged care residents.
 
Each workshop will comprise a one-hour webinar followed by a one-hour peer supervision discussion.

The workshops aim to provide psychologists with opportunities to improve their competence and confidence in working with older adults, enhance peer networking opportunities, and provide aged care residents greater access to evidence based mental health interventions.

Digital Health training

New My Health Record eLearning Modules

The Digital Health Agency has launched two new eLearning modules for healthcare providers:

• Using My Health Record in Nursing (2021)
• Electronic Prescriptions in Community Pharmacy

These CPD accredited activities are practical, tailored and self-paced.

Palliative Approach workshop - Communication skills

Acquire knowledge, skills and confidence in providing palliative care for people with a life-limiting illness, and their families in this workshop facilitated by Program of Experience in the Palliative Care Approach (PEPA).

Health professionals with little or no palliative care experience, who want to develop confidence in communicating with people with life-limiting and chronic illnesses, and their families.

Pain management in palliative care for general practitioners

Please join us for an interactive session about pain management in palliative care in this workshop facilitated by Program of Experience in the Palliative Care Approach (PEPA).

This workshop is for general practitioners based in Victoria who care for people with a life-limiting illness. Practice nurses are also welcome to attend.

Free mental health first aid training in East Gippsland
 

Youth mental health first aid training

The 14-hour Youth Mental Health First Aid course teaches any adult (18 years and over) how to provide initial support to adolescents experiencing a mental health problem or crisis.                                                 
Conducted by Latrobe Regional Hospital and Mental Health First Aid Training Australia, participants will learn about the signs and symptoms of common mental health problems in young people, how to provide initial help, where and how to get professional help, what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective, and how to provide first aid in a crisis situation.

Bairnsdale
27 and 28 April 2022
9am-5pm

Traralgon
9 and 10 May 2022
9am-5pm

Sale
25 and 26 May 2022
9am-5pm

Mental health training - Latrobe Regional Hospital and Mental Health First Aid Training Australia

Promoting participation in the National Immunisation Program

ATSI EVENT - ONLINE AND FACE-TO-FACE

For:

ONLINE COURSE:

Promoting Participation in the National Immunisation Program

Further information contact: 
courses@benchmarquegroup.com.au

Culturally Responsive Practice with Older People in Health and Aged Care Course

This online course with the Migrant and Refugee Health Partnership outlines appropriate clinical practice for working with aged care recipients from CALD backgrounds, targeting clinicians and health practitioners working in health and aged care settings.
 
Participation in this training may attract CPD for participants. Read details about the material in the flyer outline.

A systemic approach to Investigating Symptoms of Lung Cancer

In collaboration with Cancer Australia and clinical experts in lung cancer, Lung Foundation Australia has developed a free, accredited eLearning course for primary care health professionals based on Investigating Symptoms of Lung Cancer: a guide for all health professionals

A systematic approach to investigating symptoms of lung cancer is accredited for 40 RACGP CPD points.

The Readiness Program - Primary care’s readiness to address domestic and family violence

'Pathways to Safety' is a free training program that strengthens the capacity of primary care providers to effectively recognise, respond, refer and record Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) using a trauma and violence informed approach. 

‘Pathways to Safety’ is an evidence-based educational program developed by the University of Melbourne. The Readiness Program is led by Safer Families Centre.  

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Diagnosis and Treatment of PTSD in Emergency Service Workers

This workshop with the Black Dog Institute has been designed with a focus on GPs to assist in diagnosing patients with acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and other comorbidities.

Evidence-based guidelines will be used as the foundation to appropriately diagnose and identify treatment pathways including recommended referrals, trauma focused psychological therapy and psychological first aid to help support the management of emergency service workers. The training may also be relevant to other health professionals.

Various dates and times available

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RACGP: 6 CPD Activity Points

Foundations of Chronic Disease program

The Benchmarque Group has recently launched its new free online-only Foundations of Chronic Disease program.

Delivered completely online, the program is aimed at a range of health professionals working within Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health or have Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients, and is estimated to take less than 10 hours to complete.

 

Topics include Nutrition, Foot Health and Chronic Disease care planning.

Completing the Foundations of Chronic Disease Program will enable students to register directly into these programs once they are available.

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Rural Workforce Agency of Victoria Scholarship

Focussed psychological strategies skills training for general practitioners.

RACGP and the Rural Workforce Agency of Victoria (RWAV) are offering 100 scholarships to Victorian GPs in Modified Monash Model (MMM) 3-7 and GPs working in an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in (MMM) 1-2 + (MMM) 3-7  locations to complete Focussed Psychological Strategies Skills Training (FPS ST).

GPs can apply for this fully subsidised training by submitting an expression of interest on the RACGP website.
 
For further queries and information contact RACGP 1800 472 247

• ONLINE - Cancer Council - 60min module
  Talking to patients about health and weight 
   
• PODCAST - Dementia in Practice
  Dementia in Practice: Now we’re talking!
   
• eLEARNING for GPs - National Eating Disorder Collaboration
  Eating Disorder Core Skills
   
• COURSE - ACRRM
  Pre-Hospital Emergency Care
  Transgender Primary Care
   
• ONLINE - Asthma Australia
  Online Spirometry Training
   
• ONLINE - Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health
  CERSH: Facets of Rural Sexual Health - 12 Modules 
   
• Webinars and other online learning through the Victorian-Tasmanian PHN Alliance can be accessed here.

See Gippsland PHN Events calendar for further details and registration for all events