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 2013
| Course Name | Content | Duration | Target Audience | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Diabetes foot short course | 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 assist clients to identify changes in their feet that require a referral to podiatrist, diabetic foot screening & care plans and providing 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 flyer (58KB) |
| Remote foot care onsite training | The training is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and practical skills in foot care to promote client self management and for health professionals to provide improved clinical services. Completion of the training includes SDL module & working with a podiatrist onsite to gain experience and complete the remote foot care competency. | Self directed | Remote based health professionals working in the clinical setting in the Northern Territory. | Remote foot care flyer (58KB) |
Preventable chronic disease short course | This introductory course is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and practical skills to provide clinical services to clients with chronic conditions. The content of this course includes: Population health and prevention, use of health care clinical systems to improve management of chronic conditions, communication strategies e.g.: brief interventions and sharing health information to promote self management Exploring the ethical approach required to manage chronic conditions. | 3 days | All Health Professionals in the Northern Territory | Preventable chronic disease flyer (185KB) |
Remote cardiac care short course | 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 working in the community setting | Remote cardiac care flyer (217KB) |
Respiratory short course | 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 short course flyer (184KB) |
Renal care short course | 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. This course combines the renal anaemia educational day, followed by 2 days of renal specific education and 1 day of palliative care education. | 3 days | All Health Professionals working with renal patients in the community | Renal short course flyer (184KB) |
Renal care short course | 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, including conservative treatment and dyalsis options of care. | 3 days | All Health Professionals in the Northern Territory | Renal Course ASH (208KB) |
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 flyer (238KB) |
| Diabetes care in the community short course | To provide participants a sound introduction to the knowledge, skills and understandings in relation to the prevention, early detection, and management of Diabetes effectively in a community context. | 3 days | All health care professionals working within the community setting in the NT. | Diabetes care in the community flyer (231KB) |
