Our highly qualified and experienced presenters have a background in health and are well-respected nurses, doctors or other health professional. The presenters are experts in their field and cover a wide range of topics such as acute and chronic medicine, mental health, women’s health and emergency care. Because different groups require specific needs, each presenter tailors their presentation and discussion to suit the audience.
There is no limit to our range of topics and presenters, so if you have a topic or presenter you would like please let our team know and we will endeavour to arrange it. Please email us at info@myhealthhub.co.nz.
Our topics and presenters
Katie Faaiuaso
• Asthma (adults and paediatric)
• COPD
• Asthma guidelines update (2020)
Rob Keating
• Topics that relate to emergencies / aeromedicine / paramedicine / prehospital
• Managing specialised patient groups – eg combative, entrapped, bariatric, infective, ...
Toni Foster
• Acquired Brain Injury, mild (concussion), moderate and severe
Maarie Hutana
• A cultural safety approach to clinical practice
• Pro-equity: be part of the solution
• The practical application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Kris Gagliardi
• Management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)
• Post-cardiac arrest care
• Major trauma - diagnosis, management and hospital destination
Dean Cowles
• Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Healthcare
• Equity & Te Tiriti
• Cultural awareness and safety
Victoria Thompson
• Bowel Cancer in NZ
• Screening for bowel cancer
• Patient stories
• End of life care ...
Kate Te Pou
• Asthma
• COPD
• Bronchiectasis
• COVID – assessing and supporting Long covid patients/whaiora
Sue Jones
• Asthma
• Asthma guidelines
• ILD – MDMs management
• COPD
• LTOT
Sue Ward
• COPD
• Asthma
• Respiratory testing and resulting nursing care ...
Sally Powell
• Sleep Health and impact for wellness
• All things positive airway pressure (home based - CPAP, APAP, Non-invasive ventilation) ...
Kate Stark
• Pre-hospital emergency care in rural/remote
• Professional Supervision – value to health professionals.
• Living rurally and how being rural impacts on access to health care ...
Jelly O’Shea
• Introduction to Intersex Variations
Mary Robertson
• Advance Care Planning
• Serious Illness Conversations
Sandra Richardson
• Identification, response to, and management of violence and aggression in the healthcare setting
• Supporting wellness initiatives for healthcare staff
• Understanding ...
Elle Cradwick
• Suicide prevention & postvention
• De-escalation
• Resilience
• The impact of trauma on the brain
• Navigating burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma ...
Daman Kaur
• AF & its management • Heart failure • ACS • CVD in women • Valvular disease • Cardiac medications • 12 lead ECGs. Advanced ECG • STEMI/NSTEMI • Arrythmias • Cardiac devices ...
Rachel Hall
Types of heart failure • Medications shown to benefit and guideline for titration • Other therapies to help heart failure (CRT, ablation) • Patient self-monitoring • ...
Jennifer Robb
• Chronic Kidney disease - what’s the latest evidence and what does this mean for patients? • Protein foods – what type and amount for people with CKD • What to say when ...
Tracey Hawkes
Delirium prevention • Down syndrome and dementia
Sharyn Creighton
What does person-centred care really mean? • What are the unmet needs? • Removing labels • Being creative with solutions
John Davies
Assessing suicide risk • Violence risk assessment • Screening for mental health issues in the general setting
Orquidea Tamayo Mortera
Therapeutic recreation
Maria Kekus
Youth health assessment and engagement
Alan Beasley
Dementia, depression and delirium • Communication and dementia • Person-centred care in dementia care • Life story work in dementia care
Dr John Thwaites
Drug Interactions in the elderly • Dementia – the different types • Falls in older people • Falls, fractures and osteoporosis
Bronwyn Thompson
Acute lower back pain • Chronic pain management • Fibromyalgia and nociplastic pain • Cannabis and chronic pain • Sleep management in chronic pain • Self-management and ...
Respiratory Nurse Specialists – Middlemore Hospital
Respiratory failure and arterial blood gases • Airways disease, asthma, bronchiectasis & COPD • Managing the breathless patient • Oxygen therapy • Obstructive sleep apnoea
Julia Slark
Management of acute stroke
Jane Goodwin
Advanced care planning
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