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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

Julia Slark

Management of acute stroke

Jane Goodwin

Advanced care planning

Anthony (Tony) O’Brien

Mental health skills: Mental health in primary care, mental health assessment, suicidality and self-harm • Decision making capacity and duty of care: Assessment of capacity, ...

Anna Elders

• Trauma informed care and trauma screening • Supporting mental wellbeing by identifying and working with chronic stress • Integrative approaches to supporting mental and ...

Paediatric Nurse Specialist Team, Starship ED

Common presentations in paediatric emergency care

Dr Dick Sainsbury

Parkinson’s Disease • Depression in the elderly • A voyage around older person’s health – challenges and issues

Shelley Eden

Legal issues in taking on employees • How to get the best from your people • Restructuring and redundancy • Disciplinary processes and dismissal • Dealing with personal grievances

Immunisation Advisory Centre team

Immunisation • Childhood immunisation update • Immunisation and pregnancy • Immunisation across the lifespan • National influenza campaign • Occupational immunisation • ...

Janet Thackray

Managing urinary conditions in adults (includes pads, products, pessaries, prolapse, menopause) • Managing bowel conditions in adults • UTIs (including hygiene) • Urinary ...

Emil Schmidt

Negative pressure wound therapy • Principles in wound care and dressing products • Pressure injury prevention • Pressure injury treatment • Wound assessment • The diabetic ...

Dr Kate Coffey

Obstetric Emergencies • Early pregnancy problems • Cervical screening • Colposcopy

Cam Howard

• Statistics and the burden of sepsis • Commitment & action. Quality improvement • Pathophysiology • Recognition and action - clinical resources and tools, prehospital & ...

Chelsea Langman

Skin Cancer facts and figures in NZ • Risk factors / screening tools • Types of skin lesions • Types of skin cancers • Management of skin cancer • Assessment of a skin lesion ...

Aisha Paulose

Telephone triage in primary care – paediatric triage • Telephone triage in primary care – older persons health and systems • safeguarding children in primary care • Assessing ...

Older Adult Health Team

The complex wound; wound bed preparation and a holistic assessment • Pressure injury prevention

Neil Owens

Type 1 diabetes in children

Dr Michal Boyd

Dementia, depression & delirium – the 3Ds • Frailty in primary healthcare • Resilience and burnout – RNs • Last days of life

Leigh O’Brien

Nutrition and gut health • Eating well to maintain weight • Dementia – role of nutrition in prevention and management • Nutrition and women’s health • Nutrition for the ...

Sharon Pryor

Portfolio development • Competency assessment • Audit requirements for NCNZ • Code of conduct

Deborah Bush

Endometriosis • Dysmenorrhoea in girls and young women • Pelvic pain • Early Intervention for endometriosis and why it matters • Pelvic Pain – a multi-disciplinary approach ...

James Hayes

Radiological assessment • Lithotripsy • Sports imaging

Ruth Barratt

Basics in infection prevention and control • Standard precautions including Personal Protective Equipment • IPC for GP practices (Cornerstone/Foundation accreditation ...

Ben Harris

Microbiology • Infection prevention and control • Multi resistant drug organisms • Urinary tract infections • Skin infections • STDs and genital infections

Dr Jan Bone

Emergency medicine • Trauma • Acute paediatric presentations • Paediatric resuscitation: Bag valve mask (ambubag) + intraosseous insertion – practical demonstration of two ...

David Garland and CNS team, Ophthamology Department (Greenlane Hospital)

Common eye complaints, including glaucoma and ulveitis • Paediatric eye conditions

Jessica Buddendijk

Open disclosure • Compliance with health and disability sector • Cultural safety • Sexuality and intimacy • Privacy, rights, confidentiality, choice • Independence • Quality ...

Helen Gibbs

Talking about weight • What should I have for dinner – first conversations about diabetes with newly diagnosed T2 • Healthy eating guidelines – what’s the evidence and how to ...

Toni Johnston

Preparing patients for air retrieval • Trauma assessment and care of the trauma patient

Kate Berridge

Why diets don’t work • Understanding the complexities of obesity • Unpicking weight bias • The impact of stress on obesity • Caring for the post-surgery weight loss patient

Lisa Sparks

Overview of diabetes and related conditions • Insulins • Hypos and hyperglycaemic incidents • Long-term complications and comorbidity • Non-insulin oral hypoglycaemic agents ...

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THE SHAKERS & MOVERS OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Tony specialises in Parkinson's disease and movement disorders and supporting Neurology Nurse Specialists with other neurological conditions. He holds a Master of Nursing (1st Hons), Bachelor of Health Science (High Distinction), and a Post ...