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Our PHN's Online Learning Portal provides targeted, localised education for primary health care professionals across the Darling Downs and West Moreton region. The modules use interactive learning tools including videos and quizzes designed to optimise learning.
Available Learning Modules:
Current learning modules that are available include:
This learning module has been developed in line with the 10 Improvement Measures identified in the Practice Incentive Payment (PIP) Quality Improvement (QI) Incentive.
Continuous Quality Improvement
Cervical Screening Module and PDSA
Immunisation Module
Quality Improvement Toolkits
These Quality Improvement (QI) Toolkit are made up of modules that are designed to support your practice to make easy, measurable and sustainable improvements to provide best-practice care for your patients.
Quality Improvement Toolkits
This learning module will increase the knowledge and confidence of general practice staff caring for refugee patients. Topics include understanding our local refugee population, immunisation and using interpreters to improve the patient experience.
Refugee Ready Healthcare Modules
Refugee Ready Healthcare Module One - Who is a refugee
Refugee Ready Healthcare Module Two - Providing accessible health services
Refugee Ready Healthcare Module Three - Interpreters and translated resources
Refugee Ready Healthcare Module Four - Refugee Supports in Darling
Refugee Ready Healthcare Module Five - Immunisation and local health pathways
Educational Webinars:
Publicly available webinars for health professionals:
Lunch with Dr Ian Shellshear Education Series
A short lunch time webinar series with Dr Ian Shellshear, Paediatrician at Ipswich Hospital. Ian has developed a methodical approach to the management of Paediatric dilemmas especially within the area of Developmental and Behavioural Paediatrics.
Using Digital Health Tools for Quality Improvement
Learn how to take advantage of digital health tools to assist your practice with quality improvement and MBS billing to create business opportunities for your practice.
Quality Improvement Webinars
Dealing With Difficult Patients Seminar
This seminar helps to identify different types of "difficult patients" and provides information on how to deal with them. It will help you to manage difficult phone calls safely and resolve complaints and difficult behaviour immediately and provide instruction on undertaking safe practice for patients and staff in a pandemic.
Dealing With Difficult Patients Seminar
Immunisations for Refugees Webinar
This webinar is aimed at empowering practice nurses to provide safe and culturally competent care to refugees.
Immunisations for Refugees Webinar
Identification and management of anaphylaxis following COVID-19 administration
The goals of this session are to provide medical professionals and their teams with an understanding of the potential side effects of the COVID 19 vaccines, how to recognise and manage allergy and anaphylaxis.
MBS Item Numbers 101 for Medical Administrators
Presented by Dene Creegan, General Manager 7springs Health + Dental covering MBS items such as:
- attendance items
- Chronic Disease Management item numbers
- health assessment item numbers
- co-claiming MBS item numbers
- Medicare reason codes
MBS Item Numbers 101 Webinar
Are you and your organisation cyber aware?
presented by the Australian Digital Health Agency, by attending this webinar attendees will be able to:
- recognise current and emerging cyber threats in healthcare;
- adopt good security behaviours;
- implement security advice to protect information and systems.
Cancer Screening Campaign Information Session
Presented by Clair Condon, Health Promotion Officer at Darling Downs Health and Ashleigh Nelson, Cancer Screening Project Manager and Data Improvement Advisor for the PHN.
The session covers - National Cancer Screening Programs (Cervical/Breast/Bowel) and the Cancer Screening Campaign
Wound Management Information Session
Presented by Mary Basham, Clinical Nurse Consultant at West Moreton Hospital Health.
This session covers:
• tips for managing complex and chronic wounds in general practice
• learn when is it appropriate to refer a wound
• learn what resources are available to support wound management in general practice
Understanding electronic prescribing
• What is electronic prescribing and how does it work?
• What does my practice need to do to get ready to implement electronic prescribing?
• What is the difference between the current model, token model and Active Script list?
• The benefits of electronic prescribing for your practice
Get Support
For more information, please contact:
Our Primary Care Engagement Team
Email: practicesupport@ddwmphn.com.au
