Livewire (www.livewire.org.au) – A free, safe and fun online community for young people aged between 10 and 21 that are living with a disability, serious illness or chronic health condition.
Livewire is an initiative of The Starlight Children’s Foundation, and was developed to provide a safe and supportive online space where young people can hang out, connect, share experiences, creatively express themselves and know that they are not alone.

Livewire members can:
•    Socialise in chat rooms and meet people their own age from all over Australia
•    Create a blog about themselves or stuff they are interested in
•    Check out the latest games
•    Enter competitions and win awesome prizes
•    Keep up with news, reviews and interviews
Chat hosts and moderators trained in adolescent health are online 7 days a week to ensure that Livewire remains a fun and supportive place.  Livewire is working with the Australian Federal Police to make certain all members of Livewire remain safe while engaging with the community.
For more information on joining Livewire, go to http://www.livewire.org.au and click on “Join”, or contact the Livewire Support Team on (02) 8425 5971

 

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St George Post Grad Weekend 4-6 September 2009

RHealth and the St George GPs are hosting the St George Post Grad Weekend 4-6 September 2009. The Conference Planning Committee is pleased to invite Doctors to join them in St George on the picturesque banks of the Balonne River. Partners and families are very welcome too.

Click here for Registration Form

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Your Health Our Health Conference


Registrations are now open for the Your Health Our Health Conference at The Empire Theatre, Toowoomba 19 and 20 September 2009. The Conference will provide sessions specifically focused for GPs, GPs and Allied Health Professionals, Practice Nurses and Practice Managers/Practice Staff.

More info

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Do you know a Practice Nurse making a difference?

The 2009 Australian Practice Nurses Association Best Practice Awards are now open.
The Awards seek to pay tribute to those Nurses who have made a considerable contribution to their practice in a particular area. The Awards provide a great opportunity for nurses to share some of the innovative things that they are doing and share with other nurses around Australia.

The Awards open for nomination in 2009 are:
•    CSL Best Practice Award for Immunisation
•    GSK Best Practice Award for Chronic Disease Management
•    Merck Sharp & Dohme Best Practice Award for Innovation in Nursing in General Practice
•    Blackmores Best Practice Award for Women’s Health

In each of these Award categories, the winner will receive $5,000 to contribute to their continuing professional development with the AGPAL Best Practice Award for Quality Improvement to be awarded to one of the finalists of the above Awards as an additional prize of $1,000 towards continuing professional development.

Award nominations close at 5pm on Friday 25 September 2009.
The finalists will be flown to an Awards Ceremony to be held on Friday 27 November in Sydney. A symposium will be held on the same day as the ceremony, with Practice Nurses from across Australia invited to attend. High quality speakers will discuss topics including chronic disease management, immunisation and women’s health it will be a great day of sharing and learning.
This year the process is even simpler with only four questions to fill in. APNA encourages all Nurses to apply as these awards really showcase the innovation and diversity of work and remember: just because you think its normal, doesn’t mean everyone else does.
For further information including nomination forms, past winners’ applications and much more click here.  Or call APNA on 03 9614 7777.