No Images? Click here 17 October, 2018 In this edition
Introducing the first round of speakers for the Compass Teaching and Learning Conference 2018
The full conference program is coming soon. FINAL CALL: Submit your nominations for the Health Professional of the Year Awards 2018
LAST CHANCE: Applications for the Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP) are closing next week
NT PHN launches the After Hours health literacy campaign to help the community make informed health care choicesNew trial service offers Katherine residents and visitors After-Hours consultations with a doctor at no charge
Residents and visitors in postcode areas 0850 (Katherine township) and 0853 (Tindal) can now access a doctor After-Hours via phone or video.
Centre for Disease Control | CDC Surveillance Newsletter, October 2018Inside this issue:
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet | Review of programs and services to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition and food securityThis review highlights that improving diets, food supply and food security to better prevent and manage poor nutrition and diet-related disease is vital to the current and future health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. NT Department of Health | Tackling smoking in remote communitiesA new resource has been developed by the Northern Territory Department of Health’s Remote Alcohol and Other Drugs Workforce Program to help reduce the high levels of smoking in Aboriginal communities. Yarning about Smoking joins a suite of Yarning about tools. APNA | Nurses, APNA needs your ideas! Go in the draw to win one of two $120 Coles Myer gift cardsAPNA are asking nurses what you have, what you need and what you want from your continuing professional development—in relation to chronic disease management and healthy ageing. The feedback you provide will be an important tool in assisting APNA to fulfil the education and training needs and expectations of the primary health care nursing workforce. NT Department of Health | September 2018 Immunisation NewsletterInside this issue:
National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs (NCCRED) | Grants deadlines approachingNCCRED is releasing the first round of grants to fund the innovative Clinical Research for the treatment of substance use disorder due to methamphetamine or emerging drugs of concern, including:
Department of Health | Funding to help primary health clinics deliver quality careTwenty-five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services across the nation are undertaking facility upgrades and repairs, thanks to more than $2.7 million in funding from the Service Maintenance Program. Significant projects include:
NT Department of Health | Centre for Disease Control ResourcesThe CDC has released the following resources for health professionals: Cancer Council | Occupational cancer GP education e-moduleThe Cancer Concil has released a new online e-learning module on occupational cancer designed for GPs. It has been accredited with both RACGP and ACRRM. The aim of the module is to increase GP awareness of cancers that can be caused by work, and what carcinogens are present in the workplace both currently and historically. Palliative Care Australia & Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet | New Palliative Care and End-of-Life Resource PortalThe portal seeks to support both clinicians and policy-makers in accessing research and projects on palliative and end-of-life care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Blue Knot Foundation | Free educational workshop for adult survivors of childhood trauma and abuse, Alice SpringsThis full-day educational workshop provides a safe space for people who have experienced abuse or trauma in childhood, to learn more about what that experience means and how it may have affected them then and now. RACP | Medical specialists examine the risks of fracking in the NT at the RACP Annual Scientific Meeting 26-27 OctoberThe public health risks of unconventional gas mining of natural gas from underground shale deposits (often referred to as ‘fracking’), will be examined by Professor Melissa Haswell, a public health researcher and member of Doctors for the Environment Australia. ED4GP | Educational Dinner Meeting for GPs in Darwin Tuesday 30 OctoberED4GP is delighted to invite you to attend a free educational dinner for GPs. We will discuss new ECG evidence to help GPs detect very subtle signs of cardiac ischaemia, particularly useful in the myriad of patients presenting to GPs with atypical symptoms Spirometry UpdateThe Spirometry Training Update provides refresher training in the application, measurement and interpretation of spirometry in general practice. Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) CoursesThese events will provide up to date skills and knowledge required to provide CPR in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) Guidelines. Pre-exposure for Prophylaxis for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)NT PHN invites all health professionals to attend the Pre-exposure for Prophylaxis for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) - Steps to AccessThis interactive face-to-face education session was put together from questions asked by GP's regarding the NDIS. Insertion and removal of Implanon NXTThis training will teach knowledge and skills required for the safe insertion and removal of Implanon NXT. This includes simulation practice on model arms. Foot Health Assessment ProgramThis program is designed to provide skills and knowledge for a range of health professionals and others working within Indigenous health to provide detailed information and advice in relation to foot health management. Rheumatic Heart Disease WorkshopThis workshop has been designed to build participants' knowledge, skills and confidence when responding to RHD and to prevent acute rheumatic fever (ARF). Primary Health Response to Sexual AssaultAt the end of this CPD event Primary Health Care and Emergency Department clinicians will gain an understanding of the immediate needs and appropriate responses in caring for clients who attend a Primary Health Care facility or Emergency Department following a sexual assault.
RACGP My Health Record in General Practice (Webinars)
Darwin 23 Albatross St Alice Springs 5 Skinner Street
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