Heart failure training courses for clinicians
Managing Heart Failure: From Hospital to Home Course
Location: The Princess Alexandra Hospital
Date: Thursday 1 May and Friday 2 May 2025
Time: 8.30 - 3.00pm
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The course aims to help professionals:
- understand the pathophysiology heart failure (HF), diagnostic methods, and medical treatment
- gain in-depth knowledge of medication management
- support patients to control symptoms and improve quality of life through diet, exercise, energy conservation, quality sleep and palliation
- address social and emotional challenges such as intimacy, depression, and activities of daily living
- understand the role of implantable cardiac devices for heart failure in managing arrhythmias and remote monitoring of pulmonary congestion.
Course Costs per person
Mode | Registration | Queensland Health* | Non-Queensland Health |
In person (parking included) | 2 days | $195 | $390 |
1 day | $100 | $200 | |
Webinar | 2 days | $100 | $200 |
1 day | $60 | $120 |
In person attendance includes morning tea and lunch.
* Free for QLD Heart Failure Support Services staff. Note - a unique discount code is applied to your Queensland Health email (only applies for staff registered with Statewide Heart Failure Services).
Speakers
Sessions are delivered by medical, nursing and allied health clinicians with heart failure expertise.
Participants
Suitable for all professionals who care for people with cardiac or chronic conditions who wish to have a better technical understanding of heart failure and approaches to treatment. Relevant for GPs, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, exercise physiologists, occupational therapists, dietitians, social workers and psychologists.
Enquiries
Please phone (07) 3139 6910 or email qldheartfailure@health.qld.gov.au.