seminars
Sleep Issues and Mental Health Problems (CANCELLED)
13-June-2008
Location: Duxton Hotel, Wellington
Facilitators: Bruce Arroll, Professor and Head of Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care at the University of Auckland and Director of the PHARMAC Seminar Series will facilitate the seminar. Dr Tony Fernando, an award winning psychiatrist from the University of Auckland, will be the resource person for the day.
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE HAD TO CANCEL THIS SEMINAR. ALL REGISTRATIONS HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE REPEAT OF THIS SEMINAR ON 5 SEPTEMBER. WE APOLOGISE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS HAS CAUSED.
This seminar will be a mixture of lectures and case based teaching on common mental health conditions.
The common causes of sleep disorders will be discussed. These include depression, anxiety, sleep apnea, primary insomnia and restless legs syndrome. The treatments for these conditions will be discussed.
The common mental health conditions will also be discussed. This includes depression, anxiety and drug and alcohol disorders and somatoform disorders. Issues such as treatment resistant depression and anxiety will be discussed. Participants are welcome to bring cases they are having difficulty with.
Audience: Applicants should be those who work with patients who present with sleep problems and mental health problems and ideally be nurses, doctors, pharmacists, midwives but other disciplines are welcome to attend.
Key Nutrition Messages in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetics (FULL)
25-July-2008
Location: Duxton Hotel, Wellington
Facilitators: The director for the day is Margaret Horsburgh, Associate professor of nursing at the University of Auckland and Director, PHARMAC Seminar Series. The course will be facilitated by Alison Pask, Dietitian, Diabetes New Zealand.
THIS SEMINAR IS NOW FULL
This interactive workshop will provide skills that will enhance your role and give you additional confidence to provide simple, clear nutrition messages appropriately tailored to your individual patient with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.
The day will demonstrate ways to teach clear nutrition messages using innovative teaching tools. A key part of this course involves a health psychologist providing strategies for motivating patients to make healthy food choices, lose weight and begin to self manage.
If you are a health professional who educates people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes then this day will provide you with some useful practical tools.
(Re-run of February seminar)
Audience: Practice Nurses/Other health professionals involved in the management of type 2 diabetes
Open That Mouth!
18-August-2008
Location: Duxton Hotel, Wellington
Facilitators: The Director for the day will be Jacqui Virtue, and speakers will be from a variety of fields including pharmacy, dental and ENT.
A deeper look inside the mouth:
- what systemic conditions present their clues in the mouth?
- normal and abnormal dentition through the ages, which patients and what conditions to focus on?
- what minor surgery needs doing?
- and much more...
Audience: GPs and Practice Nurses and Pharmacists
First Trimester Issues, Screening and Scans During Pregnancy (FULL)
26-August-2008
Location: Duxton Hotel, Wellington
Facilitators: The director for the day is Marion Hunter, Midwifery Lecturer at AUT, LMC Midwife and Director of the PHARMAC Seminar Series.
THIS SEMINAR IS NOW FULL
PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED A PLACE AT THIS SEMINAR, THE DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM 6 AUGUST - 26 AUGUST. WE APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE RESULTING FROM THIS CHANGE.
An obstetrician will discuss the options for managing first trimester loss including conservative management versus D&C.
An update will be presented re screening tests during pregnancy including STIs, HIV, Hb A1c, polycose, GTT and other.
An interactive session will address the issues of scanning - is there sufficient evidence for dating, viability, nuchal translucency, anatomy, cardiac, growth, large for dates and post dates assessment scans?
Practitioners are invited to bring along scenarios from practice for discussion at the seminar.
(Re-run of May seminar)
Audience: LMC's, 1st trimester care providers, GPs and Midwives.
Sleep Problems and Mental Health Issues (FULL)
05-September-2008
Location: Duxton Hotel, Wellington
Facilitators: Bruce Arroll, Professor and Head of Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care at the University of Auckland and Director of the PHARMAC Seminar Series will facilitate the seminar. Dr Tony Fernando, an award winning psychiatrist from the University of Auckland, will be the resource person for the day.
THIS SEMINAR IS NOW FULL.
This seminar will be a mixture of lectures and case based teaching on common mental health conditions.
The common causes of sleep disorders will be discussed. These include depression, anxiety, sleep apnea, primary insomnia and restless legs syndrome. The treatments for these conditions will be discussed.
The common mental health conditions will also be discussed. This includes depression, anxiety and drug and alcohol disorders and somatoform disorders. Issues such as treatment resistant depression and anxiety will be discussed. Participants are welcome to bring cases they are having difficulty with.
Audience: Applicants should be those who work with patients who present with sleep problems and mental health problems and ideally be nurses, doctors, pharmacists, midwives but other disciplines are welcome to attend.
Cardiovascular Disease Management Update
16-September-2008
Location: Duxton Hotel, Wellington
Facilitators: Professor Norman Sharpe, Medical Director of the National Heart Foundation and Director of the PHARMAC Seminar Series, and cardiology colleagues will present an update for clinicians on current themes in cardiology.
This seminar will provide an update on the management of common cardiovascular conditions including CV risk (primary and secondary prevention), hypertension and lipids, acute coronary syndromes, arrhythmias and heart failure.
Delegates are encourages to bring their own brief case studies for discussion.
Audience: This seminar is intended for primary care clinicians and also general physicians.
Pre-eclampsia, Diabetes and Other Pregnancy Complications (FULL)
26-September-2008
Location: Duxton Hotel, Wellington
Facilitators: The director for the day is Marion Hunter, Midwifery Lecturer at AUT, LMC Midwife and Director of the PHARMAC Seminar Series.
THIS SEMINAR IS NOW FULL
A research specialist will present the evidence to date re pre-eclampsia including:
-identifying the risk factors for pre-eclampsia;
-laboratory investigations;
-best practice re antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum management.
Diabetes and pregnancy will be reviewed in relation to BMI, maternal age and the 'cut off' levels currently used in New Zealand. Is diabetes in pregnancy under-diagnosed by the NZ guidelines?
Other medical conditions affecting pregnancy will be addressed and participants are invited to bring their questions from practice.
Audience: LMCs, GPs and Midwives
Medicines Management Update
14-October-2008
Location: Duxton Hotel, Wellington
Facilitators: The seminar will be facilitated by Chris Budgen - President of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand and Director of the PHARMAC Seminar Series.
The safe and effective use of medicines is a principle goal for primary health care providers. The importance of this has been recognised in the Primary Health Care Strategy and more recently in the National Medicines Strategy.
This seminar covers the National Framework of pharmacy medicine management services and deals with practical aspects and case studies from such services. It also demonstrates an on-line method for outcomes recording.
Audience: Pharmacists, GPs, PHO Staff and Nurses
Medicines for Diabetes - When To Use and What To Use
10-November-2008
Location: Duxton Hotel, Wellington
Facilitators: The director for the day is Jacqui Virtue. Speakers will be from pharmacy and endocrinology fields.
A case based challenging update on diabetes management based on the evidence.
Audience: GPs, Pharmacists and Nurse Practitioners
Cardiovascular Disease - Risk Factors
25-November-2008
Location: Duxton Hotel, Wellington
Facilitators: Norman Sharpe and Margaret Horsburgh
(Re-run of March/July seminars)
This seminar focuses on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and disease progression, including understanding laboratory investigations and their significance. The seminar builds on previous CVD risk assessment seminars which have focussed on implementation of the CVD Guidelines.
If you are a primary care nurse working in the area of CVD risk reduction, this seminar will help broaden your understanding of the relationship of lipids, diet and other risk factors on CVD.
The scope of the presentation will reflect the needs of the audience – come with your questions and cases.
Audience: Primary care nurses (practice nurses) working with CVD risk reduction.
News and Information
Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Capability Assessment
13-March-2008
PHARMAC will be running a two day workshop over 13-14 March on...