Kaya! Call for Abstracts - now open! Rural Health West is seeking abstracts for the Aboriginal Health Conference to be held at the Pan Pacific Perth in Boorloo on the 9 and 10 August 2025.

With the winter sports season just around the corner, it's the perfect time to get prepared! Join us for this year's GOHPN Breakfast Series, featuring a session on Managing Acute Sporting Injuries. Local physiotherapists Kyra King and Mary Adeline Paculanang will be sharing their expert insights and strategies for handling injuries that are common in winter sports. Spaces are limited, so register now to secure your spot!

Critical conversations - An introduction to an approach that will help you address conflict or difficult conversations in any context, suitable for humans/professionals of different backgrounds, experiences and interests. Presented by Psychosocial worker Astrid Gerrits who is a Dutch-trained psychosocial worker with her own private practice and experience in academic medical (N/P/ICU, child oncology), correctional, mental health, disability and family law services.

Presenting the WA Data Capture Report: WA-specific results from a national survey on cardiac rehabilitation data collection and management Results include a summary of service characteristics (and how these compare with national averages), data management methods, uses of collected data and perceptions of the National Cardiac Rehabilitation Quality Indicators Concluding remarks, recommendations and future steps

The Rural Health West CPD REACT+ workshop is designed to assist Western Australian Visiting Medical Practitioners to maintain their emergency knowledge and skills, and gain formal assessment towards their emergency credentialing, as required by WA Country Health Service. Covering medical emergencies, major trauma and cardiac arrest in adults and children, and associated lifesaving procedural skills training, REACT+ is a highly interactive workshop. Participants are provided with audio-visual pre-learning materials and the course consists almost entirely of small group practical skills stations and simulated scenarios.

The Midwest-Gascoyne Health Professionals Network and the WA Voluntary Assisted Dying Statewide Care Navigator Service (SWCNS) are proud to deliver this education event. Presented by Alice Morison and joined by the Geraldton Palliative Care Team and Robyn Ellis, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Manager WA Country Health Service Midwest.

The Great Southern Health Professionals Network and Regional Training Hubs (RTH) invite you to join Dr Cliff Neppe (Obstetrician and Gynaecologist) and several guest speakers for the first session of a three-part series on menopause. Light refreshments provided. Places are limited. So don't miss out!

Join Anni Begutter (Albany Physiotherapy) for a presentation on managing lower back pain. This session will focus on lower back pain by explaining its causes, how to manage it, and how to prevent future episodes. Focusing on proper body mechanics, exercise, and self-management techniques. There will be a virtual attendance option for those in other areas who wish to attend.

This Rural Health West CPD workshop is designed to assist health professionals to develop and practise skills essential in unexpected crises, particularly with problem airways. Delivered in WA Country Health Service facilities, this workshop has a heavy emphasis on teamwork and the organisation of medical emergency teams incorporating presentations, skill stations and scenario-based crises with simulation manikins (SimMan and baby).

Rural Health West and the WA Voluntary Assisted Dying Statewide Care Navigator Service are proud to deliver this free workshop designed to share understanding of what voluntary assisted dying is, the lived experience and processes involved. This session will cover the legal aspects of VAD and what this looks like in practice, allowing opportunity for discussion and information. Whether you’re seeking clarity or just want to be informed, this workshop offers a respectful space for learning and discussion.

The South West Health Professionals Network invites our Busselton and surrounding area health professionals to a workshop presented by Dr Rohan Page MBBS FRACS (PLAST) on acute hand injuries (flexor and extensor tendon injuries, nail beds, crush) and wrist injuries.

This workshop is hosted by the Midwest-Gascoyne 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.