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International Nurses day highlights the importance of nurse immunisers
May 12 is International Nurses Day and the PHN wishes all our dedicated primary care nurses a Happy International Nurses Day.
May 12 is International Nurses Day and the PHN wishes all our dedicated primary care nurses a Happy International Nurses Day.
Join the world’s largest online suicide prevention conference for mental health professionals.
The purpose of this Summit is to equip practicing mental health professionals in Australia with the most up-to-date, advanced knowledge and treatment options on suicide prevention.
Over 3 days, May 14 to 16, you’ll have free access to all Summit sessions, live online. You will then have on-demand streaming access for an additional 5 weeks, from May 17 to June 20.
Hear about the resources and support available to you to conduct cancer screening and how to set up a screening Quality Improvement (QI) activity in your practice. Join our facilitators, Kathryn Duggan and some of our HNECC PHN Primary Care Improvement Officers (PCIOs), who will share their expertise and insights to help you in your Practice.
The CNSA is proud to present this webinar Allied health providing cancer survivorship care in collaboration with the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia, the Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre and Cancer Council Victoria.
This facilitated panel discussion will bring together experts to give insight on the context, challenges and opportunities on cancer survivorship care in the rural or regional setting.
The interactive webinar and expert panel will:
explore common unmet needs of regional or rural cancer survivors
assist allied health professionals to identify and effectively manage these needs through evidence based tools and support
discuss optimal care and communication of healthcare professionals when patients transfer between metropolitan cancer centres and rural and regional areas.
This webinar is targeted at allied health professionals who work in a rural or regional setting or interact with cancer survivors who move between metropolitan and rural or regional healthcare services
Our PHN is offering ten people the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills in the important area of grief and loss.
Kidney Health Australia is hosting a Health Professional Webinar Chronic Kidney Disease & Acute Kidney Injury presented by Professor Karen Dwyer.
The aim of this free, open to all, virtual conference is to bring together stakeholders to showcase each other’s success and key learnings in designing and delivering virtual models of care for Aboriginal peoples. We also would like to showcase any key initiatives that have supported the emotional wellbeing of the workforce and community during these challenging times
Use of reference intervals/ranges and clinical decision points
Critical results – commonly notified critical results to General Practice clinics, how they are relayed and why they are critical
Rational test ordering in General Practice
Common Pre-analytical Errors in General Practice
Discuss common microbiological specimens received from the community setting (urine cultures and swabs) and how they are processed and interpreted in the microbiology laboratory.