The Chronic Conditions Strategy Unit (CCSU) and Health Development Branch work closely with multiple internal and external health organisations to provide a range of short courses for health professionals across the Northern Territory.
These courses provide an introduction to the best practice management of varying specialist chronic conditions. All courses can be accessed on the Health Intranet by staff only on the Training Calendar or by contacting the CCSU team.
Courses Available in 2012
| Course Name | Content | Duration | Target Audience | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Diabetes Foot | The course is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and practical skills in foot care to provide clinical services and promote client self management. The content covers client education to promote observation and daily foot care, early identification and intervention strategies to identify changes in their feet that require a referral to podiatrist, incorporate diabetic foot screening and care plans into daily work practice and provide basic treatments such as toenail cutting and paring calluses in clinical settings. | 2 days | All Health Professionals working in the clinical setting in the Northern Territory | Diabetic Foot |
Preventable Chronic Disease | The content of this course covers Population health and prevention, use of health care clinical systems like case conferencing and care coordination to improve management of chronic diseases, use of clinical tools like brief interventions and sharing health information to promote self management and learning the Ethical approach required to manage chronic diseases which is different to managing acute illness. | 3 days | All Health Professionals in the Northern Territory | Preventable Chronic Disease |
Cardiac Care | This course aims to provide health professionals with skills to undertake a comprehensive systematic approach to prevention, management and treatment of cardiac conditions in a community setting. The course will examine the current and future trends in population health statistics focusing on cardiac conditions, current best practice to the prevention and early detection using Cardio Vascular Risk assessment tools, best practice management of cardiac disorders based on current Standard Treatment Manuals and care coordination: systematic approach to managing cardiac disorders in a community setting. | 1 day | All Health Professionals in the Northern Territory | Cardiac Care |
Respiratory | This course includes examination of current public health statistics and issues affecting respiratory health in the NT as well as best practice prevention, management and treatment of common respiratory disorders. Participants are provided the opportunity to develop sound base of knowledge, skill and understandings in respect of prevention, early detection and management of respiratory conditions in acute and community contexts. | 2 days | All Health Professionals in the Northern Territory | Respiratory |
Renal Care Coordination | This course combines the renal anaemia educational day, followed by 2 days of renal specific education and 1 day of palliative care education. Participants are provided with a sound introduction to knowledge and skills in the prevention, early detection and management of clients with chronic renal conditions in a community context. | 4 days | All Health Professionals working with renal patients in the community | Renal Care Coordination |
Breath Easy Walk Easy | The Australian Lung Foundation designed this workshop to provide participants with knowledge and skills to implement Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs in a community setting on an individual or group basis. Sessions will enhance education of clients and carers to improve coping skills and self management as well as enable active participation in their own health care. | 2 days | All Health Professionals, allied Health Professionals and community based workers within remote community health | Breathe Easy Walk Easy |
