More than 320 Hunter New England and Central Coast nurse immunisers, midwife immunisers, practice nurses, GPs, and health students gathered recently to attend the 2022 Coast to Country: Vaccination Protection For All immunisation conference.
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Health Professionals, join Kidney Health Australia with GP Consultant, Dr Chris Bollen and General Practice Pharmacist, Mr Tim Perry as they discuss and show how to utilise your practice data to find evidence of chronic kidney disease. Using electronic clinical software as an example, learn how to collect practice data and analyse gaps in diagnosis and correctly stage chronic kidney disease. Learn how to develop a practice plan to identify patients at risk without a coded diagnosis and create an individualised clinical action plan for a patient with chronic kidney disease.
RACGP 2 CPDA points (pending approval). ACRRM 2 education activity hours (pending approval)
Enquiries: primary.care@kidney.org.au
Many health professionals want to access expert, up to date, independent information on COVID. Since the beginning of the pandemic Healthed has provided a free fortnightly webcast specifically to assist the health professional community and as a result it has become the most popular medical webcast series in Australia.
Healthed is Australia’s leader in HCP education and engagement. Offering a variety of trusted and popular learning resources for health professionals, our content is delivered and endorsed by high-caliber national and international experts and is catered to a range of learning styles.
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• COVID Update-Next Wave is Here, Vaccination News, Antivirals - A/Prof Paul Griffin
• Spirometry in General Practice – A Practical Guide - Dr Andrew Scroop
• Stroke Prevention and Management Update - Prof Bruce Campbell
• Digital Technology and Impact on the Developing Brain - Dr Rachael Sharman
The aim of PAHS is to improve the health and wellbeing of people across our region by increasing access to a range of primary and allied health services and activities.
In February 2023, health promotion charity Doctors For Nutrition will host the Australasian Nutrition in Healthcare Conference (NIHC). It will provide everyone from general practitioners, medical specialists and healthcare students, through to those simply interested in exploring the diet/disease relationship, the opportunity to expand their nutrition expertise. NIHC will see some of the biggest names in whole food plant-based nutrition and healthcare arrive in Melbourne to present their indispensable knowledge and research. More than 20 medical and dietetic expert speakers will showcase both the long-established and the latest research on whole food plant-based nutrition.
Hear from Dr Dean Sherzai, Dr Ayesha Sherzai, Dr Alan Desmond, Dr Gemma Newman, the list goes on. You’ll learn about the role of diet in the prevention, management and reversal of numerous chronic disease conditions. Topics to be covered include; brain health, gut health, heart health, hormonal health, skin conditions, cancer, type 2 diabetes, weight management, food systems and the environment.
Registrations are now open, visit the website to find out more. This is a hybrid conference with in-person and virtual attendance options.
Note: Formal CPD recognition has been obtained from the Royal Australian College of GPs and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine for this event.
Healthcare provider organisations around the country will soon be able to update information about their healthcare services and practitioners in just one place using Provider Connect Australia, eliminating the need to keep multiple directories up-to-date manually.