SNPHN Education Events

This workshop will introduce the My Health Record system to Pharmacists and Specialists. It will explore the systems’ features, functionalities, and benefits and uses as they relate to Pharmacy and Medical Practice. The workshop will prepare participants to engage with the system and integrate it with their clinical workflow.

Sydney North Primary Health Network (SNPHN) invites GPs, Primary Health Care Nurses, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Occupational Therapists and other exercise health providers to attend an interactive workshop on LiFE program for preventing falls. The Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program is a way of reducing the risk of falls by integrating balance and strength physical activities into regular daily tasks (e.g. unloading the dishwasher becomes an opportunity to improve strength, brushing your teeth becomes an opportunity to improve balance).

The event aims to bring together providers, managers and consumers from health and social care services across the Hornsby/Ku-Ring-Gai region with a view to improving awareness, relationships and connectivity between local services. The event will also allow attendees to work together in identifying a shared vision for what an integrated Healthcare Neighbourhood in this region could look like.
All health and social care providers and consumers with an interest in improving the connectivity of services in the Hornsby/Ku-Ring-Gai area are encouraged to attend.

This workshop will introduce the My Health Record systems to Pharmacists and Specialists. It will explore the systems’ features, functionalities, and benefits and uses, as they relate to pharmacy and medical practice. The workshop will prepare participants to engage with the system and integrate it with their clinical workflow.

Sydney North Primary Health Network (SNPHN) invites GPs & Primary Care Nurses, to participate in this 40 point ALM. This training is delivered by Cynergex, a provider of training in emergency prehospital management of medical emergencies.

This workshop will introduce the My Health Record system to General Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Specialists. It will explore the systems’ features, functionalities, benefits and uses. The workshop will prepare participants to engage with the system and integrate it with their clinical workflow.

Sydney North Primary Health Network (SNPHN) invites GPs, primary care nurses, practice managers and staff to participate in an update from PenCS, using the CATPlus data extraction tool. This will show practices the importance of data cleansing and enable you to utilise your data to improve patient outcomes including increasing immunisation and cancer screening participation rates. SNPHN continues to incentivize practices that engage in quality improvement activities.

Sydney North Primary Health Network (SNPHN) invites local GPs, Primary Care Nurses and allied health professionals to explore “low intensity” mental health, gaining a better understanding of various evidence-based alternatives to traditional face-to-face psychological services. The development of the stepped care model will be discussed as well as advantages of the approach for the patient and mental health system generally.

Sydney North Primary Health Network (SNPHN) invites GPs, Practice Nurses and Practice staff to the Triage for General Practice workshop. Numbers are strictly limited, be quick to secure your spot!

Sydney North Primary Health Network (SNPHN) invites Practice Managers to the Practice Managers Network which will give an update on HealthLink Secure Messaging. Learn about managing secure electronic messaging across the two GP vendors in Australia (Best Practice and Medical Director) and a preview of HealthLink’s new technology being
deployed across NSW GP practices

Sydney North Primary Health Network (SNPHN) invites local GPs, Primary Care Nurses and allied health professionals to explore “low intensity” mental health, gaining a better understanding of various evidence-based alternatives to traditional face-to-face psychological services. The development of the stepped care model will be discussed as well as advantages of the approach for the patient and mental health system generally.

Sydney North Primary Health Network (SNPHN) invites GPs and Primary Care Nurses to Essential ECG Reading training. Can you recognise a dangerous arrhythmia? Do you know the correct lead placement for taking a 12 lead ECG? Consolidate and update your ECG knowledge and skills at this two hour workshop.

Sydney North Primary Health Network (SNPHN) is providing a fantastic opportunity for GPs, Practice Nurses and Allied Health Professionals to attend a workshop with two leading breast cancer experts. You will learn about the value of regular breast screening, assessment processes, the diagnosis of breast cancer and the importance of the role of the GP.

Changes to legislation with respect to medicinal cannabis have seen GPs experiencing greater demand to prescribe cannabis-based medication. Sydney North Primary Health Network (SNPHN) invites local GPs and Primary Care Nurses to an education event on cannabis use disorder, withdrawal management and medicinal cannabis use.

This event will provide an opportunity to network with providers and consumers from the Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai area, to share resources relating to local services, and to hear about ways that the Primary Health Network, Local Health District and eHealth NSW are enabling better communication and collaboration between providers. The event will also provide an opportunity for attendees to suggest and explore ways to improve connectivity between providers, managers and consumers from health and social care services across the Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai region.

Sydney North Primary Health Network (SNPHN) invites local GPs and Primary Care Nurses to an overview on cannabis as a psychoactive drug, young people and cannabis use and; mental health issues secondary to cannabis use.

Sydney North Primary Health Network (SNPHN) invites local GPs and Practice Nurses to the Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA) workshop. The aim of the Palliative Care Workshop is to develop a greater understanding of the palliative approach to care and its application in general practice.

This workshop will introduce the My Health Record systems to Pharmacists in preparation for the Opt-out period. It will explore the systems’ features, functionalities, benefits and uses, as they relate to pharmacy, clinical workflow and consumers. The My Health Record opt-out period is for three (3) months commencing 16 July 2018. Every Australian will then get a My Health Record, unless they choose not to.