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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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Youth Mental Health – Supporting our young people

Dr Cathy Stephenson is a Wellington based GP. In her clinical role, she supports young people as part of the 502 Rangatahi Ora team in Porirua. In 2022 Dr Stephenson moved from the RNZCGP, where she was clinical lead of the training programme ...

ASSESSMENT OF CAPACITY DUTY OF CARE AND THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT

Tony has been a mental health nurse for over 40 years and has practised in Liaison Psychiatry, including in the role of Duly Authorised Oicer under the Mental Health Act. Tony has researched use of mental health legislation ...

ASTHMA – Strategies to Optimise Patient Self-management

Teresa is a Registered Nurse with broad nursing and health management experience in both hospital and community based positions. For the last 13 years she has had the position of Nurse Manager and more recently Respiratory Nurse Educator at CanBreathe, providing individual consultations and ...

SPIRITUAL CARE – IS HOSPICE LEADING THE WAY?

Nurturing the spiritual well-being of healthcare staff is crucial as it has a direct impact on patients and their families. In hospice and palliative care, spirituality is explicitly acknowledged and included as a vital aspect of care ...

Assisted Dying

Assisted Dying (AD) became legal in New Zealand with the passing of the End of Life Choice Act 2019. Regardless of one’s personal view, healthcare practitoners have specific obligations under the law and need to understand the legislation and know how to respond ...

Consultations with Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Suzanne immigrated to New Zealand in 1989 and began working as a General Practitioner at The Wellsford Medical Centre. In 1993 she started as a hospital doctor at The Bay of Islands Hospital in Kawakawa. Suzanne went on to become ...

DIGNITY IN PALLIATIVE CARE

Dignity is important for patients at the end of life. In this lecture, Dr Best will discuss conceptualisations of dignity and its relationship to dying. She will describe what defines dignity, and how it can be upheld in palliative care practice ...

INTERSEX HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Jelly O’Shea (she/they) is the Community and Communications Manager for Intersex Aotearoa. Jelly is a queer, Pakeha and intersex person, born in Otepoti with Irish, Scottish, Dutch and English ancestry...

COPD: An update on diagnosis and treatment for primary care

Michael completed his medical degree from the University of Auckland and then completed training in Respiratory Medicine in Auckland. His interest is in respiratory physiology and furthering ...

PALLIATIVE CARE FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE – WHERE ARE WE NOW?

This presentation considers the role of palliative care in the care of people with neurological disease – care provided at all levels, primary care, neurology teams and specialist palliative care. The development of collaboration across all areas and involvement in multidisciplinary teams should enable the palliative care approach throughout the disease progression to be more widely available, and patients and families to have an improved quality of life and quality of dying ...

DE-ESCALATION

This presentation will cover: • How to recognise and de-escalate heightened behaviours, from agitation ramping up to aggression • What responses are needed to de-escalate individuals at different points ....

KIDNEY HEALTH FOR ALL:

Andy started life in the UK, completing his training in renal medicine, dialysis and transplantation in hospitals around the South West and Midlands. He also had a decade-long stint researching kidney and blood function in diabetes ...

THE CHILDREN’S PALLIATIVE CARE INITIATIVE

Dr. Doherty will discuss palliative care for children, including the common conditions and trajectories for children with serious illnesses. She will discuss best practices in communication with children and their caregivers ...

Headache Management and Red Flags Through Cases

Ray completed his specialist postgraduate medical and neurology training in the UK, moving to Auckland three years ago. He has a specialist interest in the management of headache disorders ...

TOO FEW AND TOO FAR – THE NEED TO GROW MĀORI LEADERSHIP IN THE HOSPICE SECTOR

Vanessa shares Mary Potter Hospice’s Capability Framework for Cultural Liaisons. She will share insights from kaimahi Maori with a view to understanding how we might attract and further foster this workforce ...

The Diabetic Foot

This national webinar was held on two consecutive evenings in November, looking at the management of the Diabetic Foot, as well as presentations from companies updating us on related products ...

TAMARIKI AND RANGATAHIS GRIEF IS EVERYONES BUSINESS

Dr Amanda Evans is a Paediatric Palliative Care Specialist working at Mary Potter Hospice caring for both paediatric and adult patients. She is a leader in paediatric palliative care in Aotearoa being on the executive of ANZSPM representing paediatrics ...

Te Pā Harakeke | Nurturing care in the first 1000 days

Pepi experience the world through the relationship they have within their whanau, and these early experiences set them up for how they interpret the world as they grow older. It is imperative, therefore, that both pepi and whanau are supported during this crucial period ...

LIVING & DYING ON THE STREETS – PALLIATIVE CARE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND STRUCTURAL VUNERABILITY

After a transformative experience providing care to a Toronto homeless man, Dr. Dosani was motivated to develop Palliative Education And Care for the Homeless (PEACH). The PEACH program delivers community-based hospice palliative care to society’s most vulnerable individuals regardless of their housing status or factors such as poverty or substance use ...

Wellness and Resilience for Good Mental Health in the workplace

Dr Sandy Richardson is a Senior Lecturer with the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury and is the Nurse Researcher for the Emergency Department at Christchurch Hospital ...