East Gippsland Nurses workshop
As part of the ongoing Practice Nurse Education Group program, a General Practice Emergencies workshop was held at the Bairnsdale campus of East Gippsland Regional Medical School recently.
Results from the workshop show that as well as being a valuable learning experience for the medical practice nurses, it is also a positive networking opportunity as many of the participants travel from rural and remote areas of Gippsland.
Comments noted that the workshop was a positive reinforcement of existing knowledge, gaps in knowledge were covered and there was special mention of the introduction to SimMan as a learning tool.
Specific topics for the latest workshop included Management of Chest Pain and Anaphylaxis, Management of Asthma and a Structured Approach to Psychiatric Emergencies.
The workshops are designed to give medical practice nurses up to date training opportunities and have been held regularly over the last three years.
Each workshop offers a number of topics and all participants help by providing feedback and evaluation. The responses are taken into account when developing future program topics.
The program is well supported by local medical practitioners and nurse educators who run the topic discussions and instruction.