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A range of training courses are currently available for Queensland Health maternity care workforce. Some of these include:
For other courses and programs see:
The ALSO Course is designed to assist health professionals to manage emergencies that may arise in maternity care. Click here for more information about ALSO.
Good communication is a fundamental building block in providing good patient care. Yet healthcare communication is almost always time-pressured, and different communication styles can create very different impressions. This course emphasises the power of non-verbal communication, and uses facilitated discussion and real-life examples for participants to explore the issues and find solutions for themselves. For more information click here
The Family Partnership Training Course is designed to provide basic training in the Hilton Davis Parent Advisor/Family Partnership Model (Davis 1993, Davis Day & Bidmead 2002-see www.cpcs.org.uk).
The theoretical framework underlying this Model emphasises the need for highly skilled professional communication and assumes that a respectful relationship between parent and helper is a powerful support in its own right and the means by which parent's self esteem may be increased. Therefore, the aim of the current training course is to enable child health staff working with children and parents to improve their understanding of the helping processes, and to provide the opportunity to practice the skills of engaging parents and developing supportive and effective relationships with them.
Training is conducted on an as-needs basis. Contact your local Child and Family Health Service for details and dates of training.
Breastfeeding Foundation for Nurses & Midwives is a professional development educational course on lactation and breastfeeding management for health professionals supporting women during pregnancy, birthing and for the duration of breastfeeding. The course covers the 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and the 7-Point Plan for the Protection, Promotion and Support of Breastfeeding in community settings.
The program has been approved as an allowed internet site on QHEPS, therefore, clinicians are able to access it, to progress their training at work or at home on the internet. Once registered, participants receive a password that allows them to complete the training at their own pace.
There are three levels of training including Breastfeeding Essentials, Essentials Update and Essentials for Doctors. Click here for more information about this course.
Links to a range of breastfeeding education programs endorsed for Queensland Health statewide access are available hereMaCRM is a 2 day multi-disciplinary program which focuses on the clinical and behavioural management of maternity emergencies using a combination of lectures, skills stations, scenarios and debriefing sessions.
MaCRM is the only standardised, evidence-based obstetric emergency response program in Queensland which includes 'human factor' training.
In 2007 MaCRM was endorsed by the Executive Management Team as a "core course" of the Skills Development Centre, Brisbane training program. MaCRM is delivered both at the SDC and on the road visiting rural sites across the State. Click here for more information about MaCRM
MidPLUS is a continuing professional development (CPD) framework for all Australian midwives. It was designed based on ANMC Competency Standards for the Midwife.
Click here for more information about MidPLUS and Midwifery Practice Review
The Australian Government has funded a National Smokefree Pregnancy Project (NSPP). Quit South Australia are managing the national project and The Cancer Council Queensland is co-ordinating the project for Queensland.
The NSPP aims to encourage maternity care staff and Indigenous health workers to provide information, advice and support around smoking in pregnancy.
In Queensland smoking related deaths among Indigenous people are approximately three times higher than the state average. SmokeCheck is a Queensland Health program that trains health professionals working with Indigenous clients in brief intervention for tobacco use.
SmokeCheck uses brief intervention and a motivational interviewing approach to assist Indigenous clients to quit smoking. Culturally appropriate resources have been developed as part of the program.
SmokeCheck training provides health professionals with the skills and tools required to provide smoking cessation interventions to Indigenous clients. Health professionals who have taken part in SmokeCheck training receive regular refresher training, SmokeCheck newsletters and one-on-one support.
Click here for more information about SmokeCheck.
SmokeCheck project officers can be contacted on +61 7 3837 5644.
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