Upcoming Medical Education Conferences and Workshops
Webinar
24 Aug
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24 Aug
Webinar – Navigating Burnout in Healthcare
Join this webinar to build practical skills for recognising and managing burnout in healthcare, with a focus on the realities of working in rural and remote Western Australia.
Midwest-Gascoyne Health Professionals Network | Putting the guideline back into practice – A practical guide for HPs supporting autistic children | Geraldton & Online
Putting the guideline back into practice - A practical guide for HPs supporting autistic children in Australia will be presented by Sarah Pillar, Certified Practising Speech Pathologist, Researcher at The Kids Research Institute and Lecturer at Edith Cowan University.
South West Health Professionals Network | Neurodiversity Affirming self-care for health professionals | Busselton & Online
The South West Health Professionals Network invites health professionals of the South West to attend in person in Busselton or, if unable to attend in person, online, for an engaging educational topic: Neurodiversity Affirming self-care for health professionals.
WA Rural Health Excellence Awards 2027 – Call for Nominations!
Do you know an outstanding rural health profession who deserves recognition for their hard work and commitment to the community? Here's your chance, nominate them for the WA Rural Health Excellence Awards 2027!
Goldfields
/ Great Southern
/ Kimberley
/ Metropolitan
/ Midwest
/ Pilbara
/ South West
/ Wheatbelt
South West Health Professionals Network | Back Pain Blind Spots | Margaret River & Online
A practical approach to persistent back pain Join Marion McRae (Physiotherapist and creator of the Bulletproof Backs Method), Isobel Barak (Physiotherapist and Pilates Director), and Jessica Digney (Exercise Physiologist and Pilates Instructor) for an engaging workshop exploring the complexities of back pain.
For health professionals unable to join us in Margaret River, the session will also be available online.
Wheatbelt Health Professionals Network | Practical Menopause Care in Rural Practice | Northam
This workshop is hosted by the Wheatbelt Health Professionals Network and is presented by Bo Youn Kim – Women’s Health Pharmacist and founder of EmpowHer Menopause Clinic.
This Rural Health West workshop is designed to support Western Australian Medical Practitioners in maintaining and enhancing their ultrasound skills and meeting credentialing requirements for WA Country Health Service.
Webinar – Mitral Valve Prolapse – A case study of Urgency.
Join us for this insightful case-based webinar with Mandeep, exploring the clinical journey of "Julie" - a patient who developed sudden shortness of breath.
Wheatbelt Health Professionals Network | Stoma and Wound Care Workshop | Narrogin
This workshop is hosted by the Wheatbelt Health Professionals Network and supported by Western Australian Ostomy Association Incorporated and Bowel & Stoma Health WA. We invite health professionals to attend this workshop which is presented by Tania Norman.
Neonatal Stabilisation and Transport Readiness (NeoSTARs) I Broome
Neonatal Stabilisation and Transport Readiness (NeoSTARs) is created and delivered by neonatologists and neonatal nurse educators and teaches current, up to date evidence-based approaches to neonatal stabilisation.
Course attendance will help you and your team to understand and master the basic skills required in the care of any sick newborn.
As well as technical skills, a high-performance team with strong supportive skills is necessary to deliver care in a safe and timely manner. This course will have a strong focus on advanced skills in crew resource management (team resources), communication and is recommended for a multidisciplinary audience.
Key workshop objectives include:
• Gaining enhanced knowledge in the management of cardiac emergencies.
• Developing the ability to identify and manage patients with chest pain.
• Increasing understanding of arrhythmia management.
• Improving proficiency in responding to cardiac arrest.
• Building greater awareness of strategies to maximize patient safety and care.
Critical Airway and Respiratory Management (CARM) | Broome
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Recognise the importance of oxygenation and ventilation in the assessment and management of the critically ill patient.
• Describe the indications, contraindications and technique for endotracheal intubation.
• Perform airway management: including use of airway adjuncts and rapid sequence intubation, and failed intubation pathway techniques.
• Assess the patient with respiratory distress and failure.
• Use non-invasive and invasive oxygenation and ventilation strategies according to clinical indication.
• Manage patients with foreign body airway obstruction, haemoptysis, acute asthma, COPD, acute pulmonary oedema, pneumothorax, pleural effusions, pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, croup, bronchiolitis, and thoracic injuries affecting airway, oxygenation and ventilation.
• Perform pleural decompression and drainage.
• Interpret blood gases and chest x-rays in the context of respiratory illness and injury
