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Members Update
April 2023
Wheatbelt health news
Wheatbelt Health Professionals Network - Narrogin event
The Wheatbelt Health Professionals Network hosted a Q&A discussion in Narrogin with Associate Professor Mat Coleman and local health professionals on issues around addiction, including smoking, cannabis and alcohol addiction.
2023 WA Rural Health Conference
The Wheatbelt Health Professionals Network attended the 2023 WA Rural Health Conference in Perth in March. It was great to connect with health professionals who were visiting from all corners of the Wheatbelt. We look forward to seeing you at the conference again next year.
Wheatbelt Medical Student Immersion Program
Around 200 medical students from Notre Dame and Curtin visited communities throughout the Wheatbelt in March as part of the 2023 Wheatbelt Medical Student Immersion Program (WMSIP). Towns involved in the program include Bruce Rock, Corrigin, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Kellerberrin/Tammin, Kondinin, Merredin, Moora, Narrogin, Southern Cross, Westonia and Wongan Hills.
Students learnt about living and working in the region, while staying with local families and visiting local health services and schools. The program featured a range of activities such as farm visits, touring a salt mine, emergency simulations and experiencing some ochre pit face painting.
The aim of WMSIP is to encourage the students to consider a career in rural medicine and to have a better understanding of the context of their rural patients in the future.
Thanks to all of the towns who have supported the students through Wheatbelt Medical Student Immersion Program this year.
Wheatbelt Health Professionals Network events calendar
Did you know our Wheatbelt Health Professionals Network events calendar is a one-stop-shop for health-related training and events happening in the region?
We do our best to ensure our calendar features relevant upskilling, training, webinars and social networking events that are coming to your town or your tablet. Make sure you visit the calendar to check out the education and activities delivered in the Wheatbelt.
Do you have something you would like published on the WBHPN events calendar and promoted via our socials? Email program officer Sally Beer to get in touch.
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The Practice Assist team can help enhance the efficiency, capacity and sustainability of your practice with a comprehensive suite of practice management resources and support services:
- A toll-free help desk between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
- Email the helpful team for advice regarding practice management queries.
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