WELLINGTON PRIMARY CARE PARTNERSHIP
Upcoming EventsEvent / Date / Location / Details
QIPPS Remote training / 6 October, 3 November & 1 December / Delivered over the phone using Goto Meeting web conferencing facility. / For further information visit the QIPPS website for the full list of dates
Pit Stop – a ‘parenting tune-up’ for fathers / 10 November – 15 December
Wednesdays7.00pm – 9.00pm / Sale UnitingCare Gippsland
126 Raymond St Sale / Get the Facts on Fatherhood:
- Why Dads Matter to Kids
- Developing Your Own Parenting Style
- Improving Family Communication and Closeness
- Steering Your Children Through Stressful Stages
- Disciplining kids without losing it… or Them!
- Balancing Life Work and Family
- Working as a Team
- Identifying and Implementing Change
Stanford Model of CDSM Leader Training by Barwon Health / 18 November 19 November 25November 26 November 9.30am to 4.30pm / Barwon Health Newcomb, 104-108 Bellarine Highway, Newcomb VIC / Cost: Health & Human Services professional: $220; Volunteer Peer Leader attending with a professional: $40
For more information, please contact:
Kathleen Doole, Manager Population Health Unit
Tel: 03 5260 3668
Web:
Email:
Community Kitchens’ Facilitator Training / 24 November 9.30am to 3.30pm / Community Services Building, CGHS, Sale / Training will cover nutrition, budgeting, food and kitchen safety and group facilitation.
Exercise and Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions Seminar / 25 November
9.30am - 4.00pm / Elsternwick / Course Fee: $120
This seminar focuses on improving knowledge of chronic musculoskeletal conditions such as osteoarthritis and osteoporosis with a focus on safe and effective exercise for the prevention and management of chronic musculoskeletal conditions.
Suitable for Health care workers such as health assistants, Diversional therapists and personal care attendants with some experience in exercise.
Course application form 2010
2010 Gippsland Mental Health Conference / 26 - 27 November / Monash University Gippsland Campus / The bi-annual Gippsland Mental Health Conference provides an opportunity for rural/regional consumers, carers, professionals, managers and academics/researchers to share ideas, access professional development and engage in networking and debate.
The conference aims to encourage debate that will challenge current knowledge and ideas about mental health care in a rural/ regional setting by promoting a better understanding of mental illness and mental wellbeing. Go to
Men’s Adventure Challenge / 26 - 28 November / Licola Wilderness Village / The Salvation Army (TSA) Bushfire RecoveryProgram in conjunction with Relationships AustraliaVictoria (RAV) and Central West Gippsland Divisionof General Practice (CWGDoGP) are providing menwith the opportunity to get away for a weekend toenjoy fun activities, a chance to relax, make newfriends and take stock. It is a FREE event for menand spans over what should be three great days. For more information or to answer any questionsplease contact us on 1300 369 630
Arthritis Victoria Young Adult Seminar / 27 November, 1 – 5pm / VicHealth, 15–31 Pelham St, Carlton South / Are you of working age? Do you live with a musculoskeletal condition such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, lupus or fibromyalgia? Join us for Arthritis Victoria’s annual seminar for young people. For more information, please contact Sarah-Jane Blunt on or phone (03) 8531 8046
Physical Activity for Older People / 8 December, 9am – 4:30pm / Seminar Room, National Ageing Research Institute
Gate 4, 34-54 Poplar Road, Parkville /
Seminar on Multicultural Elderly / 10 December 9.30 am—12.30 pm / Gippsland Multicultural Service
100 Buckley Street Morwell 3840 /
Health Promotion / 13-17 December / BLD H, RM 2.20, Monash Caulfield Campus / Designed to increase understanding of health promotion principles and practices, core health promotion processes of planning, development, selecting strategies, implementation and evaluation of programs. For further information or to register, please visit the schedule on the department website:
You may also contact the Short Course Administrator via email: call on 03 9903 1680
Talking youth sexual health / Wednesday 15 December 10am –2.30pm / Century InnPrinces Highway, Traralgon /
Call for Abstracts – ‘Strong Foundations for Early Childhood’ Conference / 17 December / Email
Conference to be held at Monash Churchill on 22 July 2011 / The themes for the 2011 Conference are: Language, Literacy and Inclusion. All abstracts to be submitted by Friday the 17 December 2010.
‘Get Healthy’ Bike Ride / 18 December / Yarram to Woodside Oval (approx 19km bike ride) /
First Gippsland Allied Health Symposium / 30 March 2011 / Monash Churchill / Evidence for Intervention: Transforming Allied Health Practice. Stay tuned for more information to follow shortly including the Call for Abstracts, Registrations and the proposed Symposium Program.
Allied Health Workforce Development and Planning, Department of Health
Melbourne CAREX 2011 / 6 & 7 April 2011 / Caulfield Racecourse / Registrations are now open for Melbourne CAREX 2011 - "Australia's Premier Health & Aged Care Expo" for CEOs, Managers, Health/Other Professionals.
click here to register online and click here for other Expo details.
Consumers Reforming Health / 18-20 July 2011
Public forum on Sunday 17 July 2011 / Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre / Priority Conference Themes:
- The case for participation
- Consumers and health services as equal partners
- Consumers in research
- Human rights, health and health care
- Strategic Partnership between consumers and community and quality improvement
Strong Foundations for Early Childhood / 22 July 2011 / Monash Churchill / The 2011 ‘Strong Foundations for Early Childhood’ Conference themes are Language, Literacy and Inclusion.
Keynote Speakers:
Andrew Daddo, Author and Television Presenter
Anthony Semann Director, Semann & Slattery
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