Murray PHN

Hepatitis B for Nurses and Midwives | Online
2025-05-20 09:30 - 2025-05-22 13:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Webinar
The two-day course will provide Nursing and Midwifery Professionals with advanced practical skills and knowledge in hepatitis B nursing and will introduce the epidemiology and natural history of hepatitis B; vaccination; testing; fibrosis assessment; advanced liver disease; stigma and discrimination and the cultural context of hepatitis B nursing and midwifery.
Course components:
Hosted by the Victorian HIV and Hepatitis Integrated Training and Learning program, this course will be presented as a mix of self-paced and live facilitated learning, providing attendees an opportunity to discuss and practice strategies with peers and specialists. Comprising of:

Online Learning Modules
Video Modules
Two 4-hour interactive webinars via Zoom*:

Part 1 of 2: Tuesday 20 May 2025, 9:30am- 1:30pm
Part 2 of 2: Thursday 22 May 2025, 9:30am- 1:30pm

*Attendance at both sessions is required to receive a certificate equivalent to 8.0 CPD hours. Additionally, the suggested self-paced learning components are equivalent to 2.0 CPD hours. This activity, including all required pre-course and post-course work is equivalent to a total of 10 CPD hours.
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Advanced training in suicide prevention - Blended learning | Online
2025-05-21 09:00 - 15:00 | Online
Presented by Black Dog Institute, this blended learning workshop, aims to increase health professionals’ skill and confidence in taking a detailed suicide history and developing a collaborative management plan to increase the safety of people planning suicide.
The workshop provides practical tools for health professionals managing the full spectrum of suicide risk presentations including the acute suicidal crisis, care after a suicide attempt and assisting families experiencing suicide bereavement.
This program combines online interactive sessions, case discussion and self-directed learning modules.

Online, self-directed course (1.5 hrs), followed by online workshop (5 hrs) (6.5hrs total)
Accreditation available:

5 CPD hours incl. 5.5 hrs Education Activity and 1 hr Reviewing Performance
(RACGP and ACRRM)
Mental Health CPD with GPMHSC (GPs) 6.5 hours CPD (psychologists).

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Youth in distress: Managing suicidality and self-harm | Shepparton
2025-05-21 09:00 - 17:00 | Quality Hotel Parklake, 481 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, VIC, 3630, Australia
Presented by Black Dog Institute, this training has been designed to build on the current level of skills of psychologists and counsellors working with young people. It aims to further develop confidence in undertaking risk assessments and safety planning for youth in distress.
The workshop is suitable for mental health clinicians working with young people providing mental health support in a 1:1 setting. A baseline of knowledge and skills in providing mental health support is assumed. If you do not have this, this training will not be suitable for you.
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Initial assessment and referral for mental healthcare training | Online
2025-05-21 10:00 - 12:30, 2025-06-11 10:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
The Initial Assessment and Referral – Decision Support Tool (IAR-DST) is an initiative of the Department of Health and Aged Care. It supports clinicians in matching a person’s treatment needs with the right intensity of mental health support, at the right time.
General practitioners, registrars, mental health clinicians and other health professionals within the Murray PHN catchment, are invited to attend this two-hour CPD-accredited group training workshop on how to use the IAR-DST.
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Accreditation webinar series | Webinar 1 for practice managers
2025-05-21 12:30 - 13:30 | Webinar
Practice Managers are invited to join Wendy O’Meara in this webinar, to receive practical tips and advice on how a general practice can prepare for Accreditation.
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Week 2 (28/05/25) is dedicated to reception staff and week 3 (4/06/25) highlights the role of practice nurses in the accreditation process.

Introduction to Aboriginal Cultural Safety | Online
2025-05-22 10:00 - 15:00 | Webinar
This training is suitable general practice and mental health services staff and other primary healthcare professionals working in the Murray PHN catchment.
Facilitated by the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO), the training will offer foundational knowledge and awareness on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, identities and cultures while exploring the basics of cultural safety and simple ways to put it into practice.
VACCHO’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander facilitators enhance participant experience and learning by sharing cultural knowledge and lived experience in a safe learning environment where questions are encouraged and welcome.
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Youth in distress: Managing suicidality and self-harm | Bendigo
2025-05-23 09:00 - 17:00 | headspace Bendigo, 78-80 Pall Mall, Bendigo, VIC, 3550, Australia

FITS Clinic - Immunisation Ask Me Anything (AMA) session | Bendigo or online
2025-05-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Strathdale community centre, 155 Crook St, Strathdale, 3550, Australia
The City of Greater Bendigo and Family Immunisation & Travel Specialists (FITS) Clinic are
collaborating to provide a satellite “pop-up” travel immunisation clinic for the wider Bendigo
community.
FITS is also offering a FREE “Ask Me Anything” session for any GP practice nurses, nurse
immunisers and GPs to chat with their specialists about anything related to immunisation.
FITS is Victoria’s largest private travel clinic for kids, comprising a team of paediatricians and
immunisation nurses who specialise in travel medicine and immunisation. This satellite clinic
partnership specifically provides local access to BCG vaccine for families, without the need to
travel to Melbourne. Families will also have access to regular National Immunisation Program
and flu vaccines provided by the City of Greater Bendigo at the same location.

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Creative therapies community consultation workshop | Castlemaine
2025-05-27 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-05-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Castlemaine Community House, 65 Templeton Street, Castlemaine, Victoria, 3450, Australia
Murray PHN is seeking input from community members to help design services for a new creative therapies pilot for people living with mental health conditions in Castlemaine. The Creative Therapies pilot will start in mid-late 2025 and run for two years in each community.
Chair: Catherine Threlfall, Registered Music Therapist, Project Lead
Session overview:

Registration
Introduction to the Creative Therapies Pilot – Catherine Threlfall
Focus questions discussion – Design ideas for a new Music and Art Therapy Service
Further questions
Chat and cuppa – light refreshments provided

Audience: Community members in Castlemaine, service providers, mental health professionals, carers, people with lived experience and community organisers.
Community participants will receive a payment of $60 for their participation in the focus group.
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HIV s100 Prescriber Course | Online
2025-05-27 18:30 - 2025-06-17 20:30 | Webinar
Hosted by the Victorian HIV and Hepatitis Integrated Training And Learning (VHHITAL) program, this free course is designed to support GPs and nurse practitioners in managing and treating HIV in the general practice setting, providing them with the opportunity to establish relationships with local specialist services for ongoing mentoring and referral. On successful completion of this training and the associated assessment, participants may apply to the relevant State Department of health for authority to prescribe section 100 drugs for the management of HIV in Australia.
Registering will require the following commitment:
Before the course

Pre-course activity. Multiple choice questionnaire (8 minutes)
Clinical Foundations of HIV Online Learning Module (60 mins)
Clinical Extensions of HIV Online Learning Module (80 mins)

During the course
1. Completion of pre-recorded video modules: Each week, video lectures (1.5 -2 hour) will be available for participants to watch at time that suits them. The interactive webinar activities will be based on learnings from these video lectures.
2. Live webinars: Attendance of four live webinars are compulsory for successful completion of the course:

Tuesday 27 May 2025, 6.30-8.30pm
Tuesday 3 June 2025, 6.30-8.30pm
Tuesday 10 June 2025, 6.30-8.30pm
Tuesday 17 June 2025, 6.30-8.30pm

3. Completion of assignments: One case study assignments must be completed during the course, which will take approx. 30 mins each to complete.
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Accreditation webinar series | Webinar 2 for reception and administration staff
2025-05-28 12:30 - 13:30 | VIC
Reception and administration staff are invited to join Wendy O’Meara for practical tips and advice on how a general practice can prepare for Accreditation.
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Week 1 (21/05/25) focuses on practice managers and week 3 (4/06/25) highlights the role of practice nurses in the accreditation process.

Recurrent urinary tract infections in males and females: investigations and management in the general practice setting | Online
2025-05-28 19:00 - 20:00 | VIC
Hosted by the Australian Prostate Centre
Urologist Dr Deanne Soares will outline the initial assessment of patients who present with recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTIs), contributory causes, treatment options and management in the general practice setting. Red flags that require referral to a specialist will be highlighted.
Learning outcomes
1. Perform initial assessment and investigations to diagnose and manage recurrent UTIs in males and females.
2. Understand the definition of recurrent UTIs, differentiating between reinfection and relapse.
3. Identify the red flags for referral to a specialist.
Target audience: GPs, nurses, allied health practitioners
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“C the Whole Story” Forum III: Advancing Integration of Hepatitis C Care | Online
2025-05-29 12:30 - 16:00 | Online
Hosted by ASHM
Register for “C the Whole Story” Forum III: Advancing Integration of Hepatitis C Care. This free online forum provides a platform for healthcare professionals, peer workers, and sector leaders to explore hepatitis C care integration in housing, mental health, and AOD settings. Participants will learn about innovative strategies, including peer-led and nurse-led models, stigma reduction, and person-centered approaches.
Key topics include overcoming barriers in healthcare systems, enhancing community engagement, and improving care pathways. Attendees will benefit from interactive sessions, expert-led discussions, and access to resources and practical tools for implementation. Join us to collaborate on solutions that advance client outcomes and service accessibility.
Target audience: Nurses, Community-based workers, NSP workers, peer workers in housing and homelessness, mental health and/or AOD settings. Other healthcare providers and allied health workers with an interest in hepatitis C are welcome to join.
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Creative therapies community consultation workshop | Robinvale
2025-06-03 10:00 - 11:30 | Robinvale Resource Centre, 72 Herbert Street, Robinvale, VIC, Australia
Murray PHN is seeking input from community members to help design services for a new creative therapies pilot for people living with mental health conditions in Robinvale. The Creative Therapies pilot will start in mid-late 2025 and run for two years in each community.
Chair: Catherine Threlfall, Registered Music Therapist, Project Lead
Session overview:

Registration
Introduction to the Creative Therapies Pilot – Catherine Threlfall
Focus questions discussion – Design ideas for a new Music and Art Therapy Service
Further questions
Chat and cuppa – light refreshments provided

Audience: Community members in Robinvale, service providers, mental health professionals, carers, people with lived experience and community organisers.
Community participants will receive a payment of $60 for their participation in the focus group.
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Creative therapies community consultation workshop | Robinvale
2025-06-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Robinvale Senior Citizens Centre, 17 Robin Street, Robinvale, VIC, Australia

Accreditation webinar series | Webinar 3 for practice nurses
2025-06-04 12:30 - 13:30 | VIC
Practice nurses are invited to join Wendy O’Meara in this webinar for practical tips and advice on how a general practice can prepare for Accreditation.
Click here to learn more and register.
Week 1 (21/05/25) focuses on practice managers and week 2 (28/05/25) is dedicated to reception staff.

APNA Transition to Practice Program information session | Online
2025-06-04 13:00 - 13:30 | VIC
Hosted by the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA)
If you are a recent graduate or new to working outside a hospital and looking for extra support as you settle into your role, APNA’s free Transition to Practice Program is now open for applications for our June 2025 intake.
The eight-month program offers exclusive educational tools and resources, an experienced nurse mentor, and peer support from nurses just like you through small group learning activities.
We’re also looking for experienced primary health care nurses interested in becoming paid mentors on the program.
Are you thinking about applying but have some questions before you do?
Join us for a Zoom drop-in session where our expert team will happily answer them!
Target audience: General practice staff
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Perimenopause and Menopause Management | Bendigo
2025-06-04 18:00 - 20:30 | Quality Hotel Lakeside, 286 Napier Street, Bendigo, VIC, 3550, Australia
GPs are invited to this event to hear from Dr Karishma Kaur, GP and Clinical Lead, Sexual and Reproductive Health Hub at Bendigo Community Health Services. Dr Karishma Kaur will draw on her experience as a regional GP to explore the challenges and opportunities in providing menopause care in primary practice. This session will focus on the holistic management of perimenopause and menopause, including symptom recognition, assessment, and the development of personalised care plans.
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Contemporary TGD Health for GPs and Prescribing Clinicians
2025-06-04 18:30 - 2025-06-18 20:30 | Online
Created specifically for the unique needs of General Practitioners, this CPD-accredited and free-of-charge course is designed to empower and equip Victorian GPs in transgender and gender diverse (TGD) primary care.
Co-designed and delivered by leading General Practitioners in the field and TGD health professionals, this initiative has been created to improve health outcomes and access for the trans and gender diverse population across the state.
The course combines interactive, didactic, and case-based learning covering topics such as:

Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy
Affirmative Practice & clinical logistics
Surgical options and referral
Mental health referral and support
Medicare considerations
Finding a community of practice.

There are three sessions in this series, taking place on Wednesday 4, 11, 18 June 2025.
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Fracture Management: Splinting and Casting | Mildura
2025-06-05 | Mildura Golf Resort, 287 Twelfth Street, Mildura, Victoria, 3500, Australia
Hosted by Health Education Collaborative
The Fracture Management course covers the essentials of managing fractures in primary care. The course is delivered in a blended format incorporating online and face-to-face learning. Topics covered include basic anatomy, physiology of the musculoskeletal system, different types of fractures and associated complications, emergency management, investigations, diagnosis and referral, splinting, casting and post-application management. The course is designed for postgraduate healthcare professionals working in health facilities such as emergency departments, primary care, casting clinics, specialist rooms and rural and remote settings. It is ideal for those with little or no casting experience or who wish to enhance or refresh their current skills.
This is the only course endorsed by the Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA), is accredited by ACRRM and attains 20 CPD hours of learning.
HEC are offering a 10% discount for registrations prior to 31 January 2025 – use coupon code 10%.
Audience: Health professionals
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NHET Sim: C2 Being a Simulation Educator | Mildura
2025-06-05 | Mildura Golf Resort, 287 Twelfth Street, Mildura, Victoria, 3500, Australia
Hosted by Health Education Collaborative
Dive into the essential principles of simulation-based education (SBE) with this module, designed to sharpen your skills in crafting impactful simulation scenarios, effective briefing, and meaningful debriefing practices. Discover what it truly means to be a simulation educator and how your role contributes to transforming learning experiences.
This is a Monash University developed and certified course. Successful participants receive a NHET Sim Monash University certificate in simulation education. Health Education Collaborative are a certified NHET Sim host provider. If you are an educator or provide training in any capacity this is a must do program and the gold standard for clinical educators.
Audience: Health/clinical educators
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Motivational Interviewing Training | Wangaratta
2025-06-05 09:00 - 16:00 | Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway, 29-37 Ryley Street, Wangaratta, VIC, 3677, Australia
Aboriginal health practitioners, allied health professionals, nurses and other primary healthcare professionals working in the Murray PHN catchment who would like to offer extended client support or brief interventions, and increase their skills, knowledge and confidence in their motivational interviewing approach can attend this training.
Learning outcomes:

Describe the key skills and principles of motivational interviewing and its benefits
Evaluate the client’s readiness, willingness and motivation to change
Use effective communication and practical strategies to encourage conversation with a client
Identify the client’s discrepancy between current and preferred behaviour through the decisional balance tool
Prepare a plan with realistic goals with clients to help facilitate and motivate them towards change.

Presenter:

Stavroula Zandes, Health & Wellbeing Training Consultants.

Stav has a background in psychology and counselling and worked with Quit Victoria and the Cancer Council Victoria for 20 years in a range of roles. From 2005-2012, she was responsible for Quit’s statewide smoking cessation intervention training programs for health, community, workplace and education professionals. Stav is currently lecturing and tutoring at Monash University in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. In 2013, she founded Health & Wellbeing Training Consultants, a training and education business focusing on health and wellbeing, and specialising in behaviour change and communication skills such as motivational interviewing.
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Check in from 8.45am.
Enquiries to education@murrayphn.org.au

Spirometry Training Course | Wangaratta
2025-06-05 09:00 - 16:30 | Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway, 29-37 Ryley Street, Wangaratta, VIC, 3677, Australia
The Spirometry Training Course is brought to you by Murray PHN and the National Asthma Council Australia as part of the National Asthma Council Australia’s Asthma Education Program.
This six-hour interactive workshop is for local practice nurses, GPs and other primary healthcare professionals. It will provide comprehensive training in the application, measurement and interpretation of expiratory spirometry in general practice.
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Accreditation:

This activity has been approved by RACGP for 4.5 hours of Educational Activities and 1.5 hours of Reviewing Performance. RACGP Activity ID 409754.
This activity has been approved by ACRRM as an educational event for 6 hours. ACRRM Activity ID 35243.

Module S9: Debriefing in Simulation Workshop and Immersive Practice | Mildura
2025-06-06 | Mildura Golf Resort, 287 Twelfth Street, Mildura, Victoria, 3500, Australia
Hosted by Health Education Collaborative
Module S9: Debriefing in simulation
Enhance your impact as a simulation educator by refining your debriefing practices in this dynamic module. Building on insights from the NHET-Sim Module C2: Being a Simulation Educator, this course dives deeper into the factors that foster effective debriefing. But effective debriefing isn’t just about techniques, it’s about aligning your approach with your core values as an educator. This module is more than a training session – it’s an opportunity to explore, connect, and grow alongside a community of passionate educators.
Discover new strategies to fine tune your approach and set goals for growth in transformative learning in every simulation session!
Immersive Practice
Effective debriefing is much more than a set of skills and techniques; it requires practice and feedback. This workshop provides participants with the opportunity to practice debriefing deteriorating patient scenarios, receive feedback and reflect on their practice.
This is a Monash University developed and certificated NHET Sim course, Health Education Collaborative (HEC) are endorsed Monash University NHET Sim Host providers.
The theory component is via Monash University online learning. Workshops are delivered by HEC – all details are on our website.
Audience: Clinical/health educators
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Suturing & wound closure techniques | Mildura
2025-06-06 | Mildura Golf Resort, 287 Twelfth Street, Mildura, Victoria, 3500, Australia
Hosted by Health Education Collaborative.
This course provides the theoretical and practical essentials to close and manage noncomplex traumatic laceration, biopsies and surgical excisions. It is ideally suited to nurses, medical students and doctors that have little or no suturing experience or wish to advance their current basic skill of only using single interrupted suturing technique.
Course structure:
Comprehensive online learning package including video demonstrations of each technique and a one-day practical skills training workshop.
Skills workshop techniques include:

Single interrupted suture
Horizontal and vertical mattress sutures
Subcuticular closure
Deep sutures
Skin flap closure
Staples & tissue adhesives

HEC are offering a 10% discount on all course registrations prior to 31 Jan 2025, use coupon code 10%.
The course accredits 20 CPD hours of learning and is ACRRM accredited.
Audience: Healthcare professionals
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Motivational Interviewing Training | Shepparton
2025-06-06 09:00 - 16:00 | Quality Hotel Parklake, 481 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, VIC, 3630, Australia

Scratching beneath the surface: Assessing and managing urticaria in general practice | Online
2025-06-10 19:00 - 20:30 | VIC
The National Allergy Council in collaboration with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) is hosting a webinar on Urticaria presented by Dr Alan Baker. This webinar is offered as part of allergy assist, a free national service that provides rural doctors with advice within 48 hours from clinical immunology/allergy specialists, as well as allergy education opportunities.
Topics covered:
1. Types of urticaria: acute, physical, and chronic
2. Common causes of urticaria
3. Investigation and treatment of urticaria
Learning outcomes:
1. Understand the different types and potential causes of urticaria
2. Describe the most important considerations in the assessment and investigation of urticaria
3. Apply a step-wise approach to treatment and what to consider/initiate prior to seeking specialist input.
Target audience: GPs
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Prostate cancer testing: new recommendations into practice | Online
2025-06-10 19:30 - 20:30 | VIC
Hosted by the Australian Prostate Centre and the limbic
Australia’s national clinical guidelines for the early detection of prostate cancer is due for publication this year. Join experts Dr Jane Crowe and Mr Phil Dundee as they discuss the key recommendations across different risk groups, taking a case-based approach to support implementation in your practice. This webinar has been developed in collaboration with the limbic.
Learning outcomes
1. Summarise the key recommendations for PSA testing in the draft 2025 Australian clinical guidelines.
2. Outline the advances in diagnosis, treatment and surveillance that have redefined prostate cancer risk in different groups.
3. Describe how your approach to PSA testing will be reviewed or modified as a result of the new recommendations.
Target audience: GPs
RACGP
1 CPD Educational Activity hour.
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