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Clinical Improvement processes, indicators, tools and techniques
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| What is continuous improvement and what does it mean to you? Is it relevant to your work? Is it your responsibility or is it something someone else does? Find out more about quality improvement processes, tools and techniques in this program (12 hours). RCNA endorsed. |
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Coping with a clinical emergency
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| This course for rural and remote nurses and midwives aims to improve confidence and ability to cope with all aspects of a clinical emergency. RCNA endorsed |
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Critical appraisal and evidence
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| Learn how to critically appraise the evidence to answer your clinical questions. This course will provide resources and tools to assist clinician's with critically appraising; intervention, diagnostic and prognastic studies, systematic reviews and Clinical Practice Guidelines. RCNA endorsed. |
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Critically appraising Clinical Practice Guidelines
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| Clinical Practice Guidelines are an important resource to the evidence-based clinician, but are of variable quality. This workshop will aid you to critically appraise Clinical Practice Guidelines (1.5 hours). RCNA endorsed. |
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Critically appraising diagnostic studies
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| How accurate are the various tests and diagnostic indicators that we use to assist us in making clinical decisions? This module will aid the acquisition of skills in the critical appraisal and understanding of studies that address the accuracy of tests (1.5 hours). RCNA endorsed. |
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Critically appraising intervention (treatment) studies
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| Questions about treatment are the most commonly asked questions by clinicians. The ability to search and appraise the literature is therefore critically important for both the treating clinician and ultimately the patient (1.5 hours). RCNA endorsed. |
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Critically appraising systematic reviews
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| A high quality systematic review is one of the most powerful sources of evidence to answer your clinical questions. Use this workshop to develop this essential skill in evidence-based practice (1.5 hours). RCNA endorsed. |
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Curriculum design
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Provides a comprehensive overview of education program design, from identifying the training shortfall and establishing a curriculum, to delivery of an education program. RCNA endorsed. |
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Customer focused healthcare
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This course explores the notion of customers in health, how patient centred care has evolved - and will continue to evolve in the future. RCNA endorsed. |
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Dealing with death: Coronial management - Update 2009
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| Dealing with death is a daunting time for all clinicians including junior medical officers. As a JMO, the law requires you to make two key decisions following a patients death; 'Can I complete a Cause of death certificate?' and 'Is this death reportable to the Coroner?' Can you confidently make these decisions. No? - then this education is designed for you. |
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Developing Clinical Practice Guidelines
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| This short course provides an overview of the processes and strategies required to assist clinicians in preparing to plan and develop Clinical Practice Guidelines. RCNA endorsed. |
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Diabetic foot (& ulcer) assessment and management
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| 'A minute spent on screening a foot could save a leg.' Equips you with the skills to screen, assess, educate and develop management programs for patients with diabetes at risk of developing foot ulcers. RACGP and ACRRM accredited; RCNA endorsed |
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Diagnostic and pharmaceutical processes
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This course outlines the role rural and remote nurses may have with respect to diagnostic processes (such as ECG, x-ray and pathology) and pharmacy management. RCNA endorsed. |
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Effective clinical communication
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This course will equip you with a new set of communication skills which underpin patient safety and improve teamwork. RCNA endorsed. |
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Effective clinical teams
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| This course provides practical skills which any clinician can use to improve teamwork in their clinical workplace. RCNA endorsed. |
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Ensuring Correct Patient, Correct Site and Side, Correct Procedure (3Cs)
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| Serious patient harm is statistically rare, however most clinicians agree that even one adverse event is one event too many. To eliminate the chance of such events occurring, Queensland Health has mandated a simple, four-step protocol to guide that encompasses all invasive procedures. All employees and visiting clinicians must comply with this protocol. Find out why, when and how in this short program, delivered in 15 minute units. |
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Essential guides: supporting clinical practice
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This course for nurses and midwives working in rural and remote Australia, aims to familiarise you with the use of the Primary Clinical Care Manual and other clinical decision support tools and clinical information systems to support best practice. RCNA endorsed |
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Evaluation of innovation
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| Learn how to scope processes, interpret data, and bring together evaluation results in a logical format to ensure innovation effectiveness. RCNA endorsed. |
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Everyday leadership (Leading people)
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Influence others to achieve common goals, improve understanding of team dynamics, and develop your own leadership style and qualities. RCNA endorsed. |
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Evidence in action
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Optimise clinical outcomes through evidence-based practice. RCNA endorsed. |
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Exploring your local scene
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Using a collection of worksheets, checklists and activities, this course allows nurses and midwives to explore all aspects of their new rural/remote community and health facility. It also describes strategies for establishing personal and professional support networks and ways of becoming involved in the local community. RCNA endorsed |
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Falls prevention and falls injury prevention for nurses
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| As a nurse, you can influence whether a patient falls or not. This program is designed to help you use your influence and incorporate fundamentals of falls prevention into your daily practice. It highlights how to identify patients at risk, how to document and plan an intervention strategy and how to manage patients accordingly. RCNA endorsed |
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Future trends in healthcare
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Broaden your understanding of the major trends influencing the Australian healthcare system. RCNA endorsed. |
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Imminent birth
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| Babies are born every day - some arrive at the expected time, others follow their own timetable. This short course is designed to support non-maternity trained staff (particularly nursing staff) in providing best care for the mother and baby in the event of an imminent birth in a rural and remote setting. RCNA endorsed. |
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Introduction to critical appraisal
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| An overview of the important elements of critical appraisal, which will demystify the most commonly encountered terms and concepts in the results section of clinical papers (1.5 hours). RCNA endorsed. |
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Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
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| This course provides an overview of EBP and is designed to develop your skills as an evidence-based clinician. At the conclusion of this workshop, you should be able to formulate your clinical questions, search for evidence, and incorporate evidence-based decision making into your discussions with patients (8.5 hrs). RCNA endorsed. |
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Introduction to project management
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Introduces clinicians to the concepts of project planning, implementation and evaluation, while enabling them to confidently participate in a project team (2 hours). RCNA endorsed. |
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Introduction to quality and safety in healthcare
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This course unravels the terms 'quality' and 'safety' for clinicians and reveals the underpinning principles. Improve your understanding of how to apply key processes within quality and safety. RCNA endorsed. |
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Learning in a clinical setting
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Improve your comprehension rate and skills as a learner. This course also equips you with the knowledge and skills necessary to gain the most from the companion course 'Teaching in a clinincal setting' [HI4642]. RCNA endorsed. |
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Managing health service teams
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| This course is designed to provide new or prospective managers with an understanding of the nature of management and explores the types of decisions that are inherent with managing a team. RCNA endorsed. |
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Mental Health
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This course provides nurses with an overview of supporting mental health in their rural or remote communities and managing the assessment and care of individuals experiencing the signs or symptoms of mental illness. RCNA endorsed |
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Mental Health Act 2000
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| Assists clinicians to understand their roles and responsibilities in the assessment, care, treatment and management of patients under the Mental Health Act 2000 (8.5 hours). RCNA endorsed. |
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Patient safety principles and practice
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| Understanding human error and complex systems is crucial for ensuring patient safety. This course will explore these factors and provide you with the ability to lead a workplace that prevents and manages risk. RCNA endorsed. |
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Pressure ulcer prevention and management for nurses
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| No one wants to see a patient develop a pressure ulcer. Nurses often witness how debilitating a pressure ulcer can be. Prevention of pressure ulcers relies on sound professional judgment and minimising patient exposure to pressure ulcer risk factors. Learn how to integrate key strategies of pressure ulcer prevention and management into daily practice. Expert online lectures, interactive case studies and activities are all delivered in 15 minute units to suit your working day. RCNA endorsed. |
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Primary care
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This course will provide you with the history taking and assessment skills required for you to become a more effective rural and remote primary care practitioner. RCNA endorsed |
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Procedural skills and minor trauma
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| This course uses the Primary Clinical Care manual to assess and manage a number of minor traumas. It also demonstrates basic procedural skills that are essential for rural and remote practice. RCNA endorsed.
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Self-care: support and staying sane
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This course for nurses and midwives highlights the need for creating effective teams and supportive networks when working in rural or remote practice. It will equip you with the skills to establish and maintain professional and personal support networks that will last throughout your lifetime. RCNA endorsed. |
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Social dysfunction
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This course will enable to you to manage cases of substance abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault and child neglect in rural and remote practice, more effectively. RCNA endorsed. |
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Teaching in a clinical setting
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| Enhance preparation skills, and develop effective teaching attributes and techniques to become a confident and successful clinical educator. RCNA endorsed. |
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The facts about organ and tissue donation
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Covers all the 'need-to-know' facts about organ and tissue donation. It supports the GP in their role as the main source of health information in the community and will help you to answer common patient queries on this topic. RACGP and ACRRM accredited; RCNA endorsed. |
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The Queensland Health Code of Conduct 2006
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| Queensland Health has developed a Code of Conduct that applies to all employees in all occupational streams, service delivery and administration settings. The Code of Conduct 2006 sets out the acceptable standard of conduct and workplace behaviour required of management and staff. This course assists Queensland Health employees to gain an understanding of the Code and its application to everyday work situations (1hour 35min). RCNA endorsed. |
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The user's guide to Clinical Pathways
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| Clinical pathways are evidence based multidisciplinary plans that promote the optimal outcomes for specific groups of patients. This workshop will introduce Clinical Pathways and provide staff with the skills to use Clinical Pathways in a clinical unit (1hour 45 min). RCNA endorsed. |
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Trauma and emergencies
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This course provides an in-depth look at the primary and secondary survey phases of the patient assessment process. RCNA endorsed. |
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Using measurement to improve healthcare
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| This course examines the why, what and how of information collection, and equips clinicians and managers with effective methods of analysing healthcare data to help improve the quality of their practice. RCNA endorsed. |
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Workforce innovation
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Equips clinical leaders to initiate appropriate workforce innovations to optimise service delivery and patient outcomes. RCNA endorsed. |
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Working within the boundaries
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This course for nurses and midwives covers legal and professional boundaries to ensure you remain professionally safe whilst working in rural and remote settings.RCNA endorsed |
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