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Webinars

It can be challenging for health professionals to access relevant education and training, so that’s why we run a popular regular webinar series designed specifically for health professionals. The topics are chosen based on requests we receive, so if there is a topic you would like, please let us know. There is a mix of daytime and evening sessions, and although we encourage live participation, sessions are recorded for those unable to watch live.

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GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCER AN UPDATE FOR PRIMARY CARE

Gynaecological cancers are the fifth most common site of cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand and the fourth cause of cancer mortality in women. Our guest presenter, Associate Professor Peter Sykes will outline recent changes with regard to incidence ...

PROSTATE CANCER

Prostate cancer is New Zealand’s most diagnosed cancer and people in rural communities suer disproportionately poorer outcomes from the disease. Our guest presenters are Wellington Consultant Urologist, Mr ...

MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE

Heart failure is an increasingly common diagnosis, and one where we can often gain improvement in patient symptoms and in heart function with guideline directed medications. Heart failure care has evolved over the last few years, with more emphasis now being placed on optimising a wider variety of medications ...

FOCUS ON MACULAR DEGENERATION

Macular Degeneration is the most common cause of blindness in New Zealand affecting 1 in 7 people. Early detection and treatment can be critical to preventing sight loss especially from the quickly progressing wet form of the disease. Join us for an informative lunchtime webinar to learn about the key signs and symptoms for Macular Degeneration and potential treatments and support ...

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS MASTERCLASS

Sandy is a Nurse Researcher at the Emergency Department, Waitaha, Te Whatu Ora (Christchurch Hospital). Her career has been predominantly in emergency nursing and she completed her PhD focussing on the challenge of understanding ED overcrowding. She has taught at the Universities ....

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ASSESSMENTS (CVRA) HOT TOPICS

Learn more about CVD risk assessment in relation to alcohol, serious mental illness, blood pressure and lipid management, and using shared decision-making for risk reduction. Explore the PREDICT web-based decision support programme versus the Framingham Heart Study model...

WOUND AWARENESS WEEK – DERMATOPOROSIS AND FRAIL SKIN

Anj is the pressure injury prevention and management Clinical Nurse Specialist at Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau where she has worked for the past 15 years. She completed her Master’s Degree on the impact of skin tone on the development of ...

DEMYSTIFYING DIVERSIONAL AND RECREATIONAL THERAPY

Mosher and Zhang (2024) found that having fun is beneficial to individuals’ physical and psychological health. However, access to fun recreational activities, in some cases, requires a holistic approach alongside a tailored support

GET OFF YOUR BUTT! BOWEL CANCER UPDATE

Currently Nurse Support Coordinator for Bowel Cancer NZ, Victoria has a long background of working in Palliative Care both as an inpatient nurse and in the community throughout Aotearoa New Zealand and in Melbourne Australia. She has also been a Hospice ...

MILD BRAIN INJURY – CONCUSSION

Toni graduated from AUT with a Diploma in Physiotherapy in 1989 and since then she has spent the majority of her career working in the area of acquired brain injury rehabilitation; working in the acute hospital setting, inpatient rehabilitation centres, and for community ...

PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH

Jacqui Coates-Harris is a Registered Psychiatric nurse with 40 + years working in mental health as a Registered nurse and Charge Nurse Manager for 23 years. She developed the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, Waikato Hospital’s Perinatal Mental Health Service in 2002 ...

EARLY ADVERSITY AND LATER HEALTH

Dr Tabitha Luecker is an experienced GP who can think of no better preventive medicine than knowledge and understanding of the importance of protective factors during childhood. Tabitha believes getting this information to the community, future parents ...

MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE

Kia ora, no Ingarangi ahau, engari, kei Otautahi taku kainga inaianei. Ko Tangata Tiriti ahau, Ko Elle Cradwick toku ingoa. Elle has a background in psychology (MSc) and suicide prevention, as well as in the mental health innovation space with Big Chats...

TURNING OVER STONES TO FIND COELIAC DISEASE

Professor Andrew Day undertook his paediatric training in Christchurch, completed a Paediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship at Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada and subsequently took up a joint clinical academic position in ...

UPDATE ON GOUT MANAGEMENT

Professor Nicola Dalbeth is a specialist rheumatologist who holds dual appointments at Te Whatu Ora (Te Toka Tumai-Auckland) and the University of Auckland. She leads a research programme focusing on the mechanisms, impact, and treatment of gout. She has been principal ....

KIDNEY HEALTH UPDATE FOR PRIMARY CARE

Andy started life in the UK where he completed his training in renal medicine, dialysis and transplantation. He also had a decade-long stint researching kidney and blood function in diabetes and proteinuria in the UK and USA. He now works as a Senior Medical Officer in the renal unit at ...

DRIVING DOWN UTI RATES IN AGED RESIDENTIAL CARE

Ben is a Medical Microbiology Scientist, part time University of Otago Lecturer, and has had an extensive career in the Diagnostic Microbiology Laboratory field. He provides NZ wide IPC consultancy services, with particular focus on ...

NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF POST-TRAUMATIC HEADACHES

Ray completed his specialist postgraduate medical and neurology training in the UK, moving to Auckland four years ago. For his research work in headache disorders, he was awarded a Doctorate in Clinical Neuroscience by King’s College London ...

THE LATEST ON THE ASTHMA SCENE – Kids, teens and keeping it green.

Research shows that many children with asthma do not use a spacer, less than 35% are given an action plan, few have had their inhaler technique tested, and 20–50% of health professionals have incorrect technique. Although asthma deaths are rare ...

DEMENTIA THE CHALLENGES OF TIMELY DIAGNOSIS & MANAGEMENT

Matthew is an academic & clinical psychiatrist of old age working for Te Whatu Ora – Waitaha at Burwood Hospital in Christchurch. He has regional and national leadership responsibilities in relation to services for people with dementia. Matthew is the specialist advisor in respect of the national HealthPathways suite of cognitive ...

ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP IN AOTEAROA – Striving for safe, effective and equitable antimicrobial use

Sharon was a member of the expert panel for the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor’s major report entitled Kotahitanga – Uniting Aotearoa against Infectious Disease and Antimicrobial Resistance (2021). She has enjoyed a varied career ...

RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING FOR PRIMARY CARE & RURAL HOSPITALS

James grew up in Dublin, Ireland and completed an undergraduate degree in medical imaging. He worked in medical imaging for a decade and completed a number of medical imaging post-graduate papers before moving into full-time medical imaging education at Ara Institute of Canterbury...