Gympie
Events at this location
august
Event Details
Program Outline Depression is a common condition frequently managed in primary care. Identifying and managing depression in a rural context presents a unique set of challenges for health professionals providing mental health care
Event Details
Program Outline
Depression is a common condition frequently managed in primary care. Identifying and managing depression in a rural context presents a unique set of challenges for health professionals providing mental health care in their communities.
Dealing with Depression in Rural Australia is a highly interactive, multidisciplinary program developed specifically to address the needs of clinicians delivering health care for people presenting with depression in a rural setting.
Using a case-based problem solving format, the program outlines a practical framework for assessment and management planning readily applicable to primary care.
Accreditation
- 40 Accredited Activity CPD points (RACGP)
- 3 Performance review, 5 Educational Activity PRPD (ACRRM)
- Mental Health Skills Training (GPMHSC)
- 1 MOPS point
- 6 hours CPD (Psychologists)
This workshop is eligible for one day of funding under the Emergency Medicine component of the Rural Procedural Grants Program (GPs)
Prerequisites
Completion of predisposing activity
Suitable for
Counsellors, GP Registrars, GPs, Multi-disciplinary, Mental Health Nurse, Psychologists, Social Workers
Topics Covered
- Topic 1: Assessment & Diagnosis
- Topic 2: Management
Learning Objectives
- Differentiate between the differing sub-types of clinical depression
- Recognise the contribution of biological, social and psychological factors to the current depressive episode
- Assess and manage risk in the depressed patient
- Select pharmacological treatment best suited to the individual patient
- Develop a comprehensive mental health treatment plan derived from the formulation of the depressive episode
Time
July 23 (Saturday) 9:00 am - August 13 (Saturday) 5:00 pm
Location
Gympie
Organizer
Black Dog Institute
september
Event Details
This is an information workshop for parents and carers who have children with toileting troubles with poos and wees. The workshops will help parents understand what is normal, when they should
Event Details
This is an information workshop for parents and carers who have children with toileting troubles with poos and wees.
The workshops will help parents understand what is normal, when they should worry, how they can help their child and where to go for more advice and support.
9.30am – 11.00am: Part 1 Poos
Especially useful for parents with children aged two years and over with chronic constipation, soiling, poo withholding, toilet refusal.
Also useful for parents with bedwetting and daytime bladder issues such as wetting and urgency.
11.00am – 11.30am tea break
11.30am – 1.00pm: Part 2 Wees
Useful for parents with children aged seven years and over who bed wet and children five years and over who wet during the day or who have urgency, frequency or withholding.
To book or find out more contact Child Health Access on telephone 5319 4824.
Workshop dates:
- Friday 2nd September
- Friday 11th November
Time
(Friday) 9:30 am - 1:00 pm AEST
Location
Gympie
Event Details
Healthy Together Project Delivered by the Primary Care Enhancement Program (for People with Intellectual Disability) About this event 5.45pm Registration,
Event Details
Healthy Together Project Delivered by the Primary Care Enhancement Program (for People with Intellectual Disability)
About this event
5.45pm Registration, Networking and Dinner
6pm – 6.45pm NDIA Access and Eligibility Information Session
Presented by Mark Edmonds, Assistant Director – PHN/Community Engagement Branch, NDIA
- NDIS eligibility
- ARF Section 2 and Supporting Evidence Form, ‘good verses bad’ evidence
- Substantially reduced functional capacity
- GP Portal (online training with CPD points)
6.45pm – 8.15pm CPD Activity – This education is a CPD Activity under the RACGP CPD Program
Co-facilitated by Council for Intellectual Disability & Parent to Parent Inclusion Australia State Body Queensland
Increase the confidence of health practitioners to promote the best possible health care of clients with intellectual disability through accessing appropriate resources, undertaking care coordination, including liaising with other health and disability professionals and by identifying whole-of-practice reasonable adjustments which are feasible.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify relevant clinical resources to guide best practice when providing primary health care for people with intellectual disability (PWID).
- Discuss appropriate accessible consumer resources to promote best practice when providing health care for PWID.
- Describe adjustments to standard practice that help to overcome barriers to health care commonly experienced by people with intellectual disabilities.
*Please note, researchers from Abt will be visiting our PHN as part of the evaluation (around February 2023 and February 2024) to collect information through interviews, including from primary care providers who have undertaken the training. The PHN and Abt will provide further information closer to the date to invite you to participate in a brief interview.
Time
(Wednesday) 5:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
Gympie
Organizer
Central Queensland, Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast PHN
november
Event Details
This is an information workshop for parents and carers who have children with toileting troubles with poos and wees. The workshops will help parents understand what is normal, when they should
Event Details
This is an information workshop for parents and carers who have children with toileting troubles with poos and wees.
The workshops will help parents understand what is normal, when they should worry, how they can help their child and where to go for more advice and support.
9.30am – 11.00am: Part 1 Poos
Especially useful for parents with children aged two years and over with chronic constipation, soiling, poo withholding, toilet refusal.
Also useful for parents with bedwetting and daytime bladder issues such as wetting and urgency.
11.00am – 11.30am tea break
11.30am – 1.00pm: Part 2 Wees
Useful for parents with children aged seven years and over who bed wet and children five years and over who wet during the day or who have urgency, frequency or withholding.
To book or find out more contact Child Health Access on telephone 5319 4824.
Time
(Friday) 9:30 am - 1:00 pm AEST
Location
Gympie