Upcoming Medical Education Conferences and Workshops
Webinar
09 Jul
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09 Jul
Webinar – Firearms Health Assessments
A webinar detailing the firearm application process, including the self-assessment questionnaire and the Firearm Authority Health Assessment as well as a walkthrough of potential cases rural and remote GPs may face and how to navigate their difficulty.
Hear firsthand from inspiring rural and remote health professionals and enjoy a light dinner and refreshments while you network with a wide range of rural and metro employers from across WA.
Kimberley Health Professionals Network | Social Networking Event: Bare Foot Bowls | Broome
The challenge is on!! Get a team of 4 together for a fun filled afternoon pitting our health students against our health professionals. Very limited team positions available so get your teams registered ASAP!
Pilbara Health Professionals Network | Syphilis Education for Health Professionals | Hedland
This session will be an opportunity for clinicians to deepen their understanding of syphilis in the Pilbara region, including an overview of the outbreak, clinical practice points, and resources available to clinicians. This session is applicable to all health professionals in the region, with skills and knowledge that will be relevant to practice elsewhere as syphilis resurges globally. Other emerging STI issues will also be covered.
Pilbara Health Professionals Network | Syphilis Education for Health Professionals | Newman
This session will be an opportunity for clinicians to deepen their understanding of syphilis in the Pilbara region, including an overview of the outbreak, clinical practice points, and resources available to clinicians. This session is applicable to all health professionals in the region, with skills and knowledge that will be relevant to practice elsewhere as syphilis resurges globally. Other emerging STI issues will also be covered.
Pilbara Health Professionals Network | Audiology – From first sounds to first skill | Onslow
The Pilbara Health Professionals Network, along with Teach Speak Hear (TSH), welcomes Onslow health professionals to an Audiology education dinner: From first sounds to first skill - Understanding hearing, speech, language and movement skill development in young children.
Join us for a wound care workshop presented by Jenny Prentice (PhD, RN, Stomal Therapy Nurse, Cert., Palliative Care, Dip Project Management, Journal Editor World Council Enterostomal Therapists (Australia)) who will demonstrate how to assess and manage chronic and acute wounds. Dr Jenny Prentice has over 40 years’ experience in nursing, stomal therapy and wound management in acute, community, private and aged care sectors in Australia and New Zealand.
The Aboriginal Health Conference 2026: Healing Ourselves, Healing Country, Healing Community will bring together health professionals, community leaders, and advocates to explore the transformative role of storytelling in Aboriginal health.
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.
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