MEDICUS FEBRUARY 2016

2016 CPD for rural and remote health professionals Rural Health West provides health professionals with Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to update their knowledge and improve their skills through a range of different programs and educational formats including education workshops and conferences.

EDUCATIONWORKSHOPS

Ophthalmology 101 Series Albany Each session 1.5 hours 31 March, 27 April, 2 June, 21 July and 15 September, 10 November Ultrasound Guided Regional Anaesthesia, Acute Pain and Vascular Access 11 May Margaret River 13 September Geraldton Paediatric Emergencies and Clinical Healthcare Scenarios (PEaCHS) 20 May Geraldton To be advised Broome Rural Emergency Assessment Clinical Training (REACT) 11 and 12 June Port Hedland 27 and 28 August Kununurra Orthopaedic Emergencies 16 September Northam

REGIONAL LOCATIONS Obstetrics 3 February

Carnarvon Esperance

20 May

12 August

Broome Albany

4 November

Advanced Life Support 5 February Kalgoorlie Safe Assessment and Management of the Aggressive Patient 12 February Esperance 8 March Port Hedland Emergency Airway Skills and Crisis Simulation Management (EAM) 19 February Katanning 29 April Northam 2 September Karratha 25 November Esperance Neonatal Emergency Care 24 and 25 February Karratha 15 and 16 June Narrogin 24 and 25 August Kalgoorlie

PERTH LOCATIONS REACT 17 and 18 March

Perth Paediatric Emergencies and Clinical Healthcare Scenarios (PEaCHS) 1 July Perth

* Dates and locations are subject to change. Priority will be given to regional health professionals where workshop is being delivered.

CONFERENCES Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition 2016 Rural and Remote Retrieval Conference

19 and 20 March 19 to 22 May

Perth

El Questro Wilderness Park

Aboriginal Health Conference

2 and 3 July

Perth

SUPERVISED CLINICAL ATTACHMENTS Rural Health West acts as a liaison between rural and remote GP proceduralists seeking upskilling opportunities in metropolitan and regional hospitals offering surgical, anaesthetic, obstetric and emergency medicine supervised clinical attachments. As a single point of contact, Rural Health West coordinates the placement and provides information about the government-funded Rural Procedural Grants Program.

For up-to-date information visit www.ruralhealthwest.com.au/events-calendar