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Find courses listed below for eligiblilty and registration information. Contact our team if you have any questions or need help.
This is a full day training course for our midwives and LMCs.
Venue will be confirmed in your confirmation email. Please check dates below Tauranga (TGA) and Whakatāne (WHK)
Pre-requisite before you can register on this course you must complete the Combined Emergency Skills Assessment.
If you don't already have an account create an account.
Once you have passed the pre-requisite, you can book onto the session you require, from Te Whariki a Toi.
Facilitator(s) Julz Griffiths
Course content
- Adult/maternal resuscitation
- Neo-natal resus
- Childbirth emergency skills
Course date(s) 2023 | Course time(s) |
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WHK - Wednesday 21 June | 0900 - 1630hrs |
TGA - Wednesday 23 August | 0830 - 1630hrs |
WHK - Wednesday 4 October | 0900 - 1630hrs |
TGA - Wednesday 1 November | 0830 - 1630hrs |
To register - change link here
Register for the Combined Emergency Skills for Midwive's course
This free, two-day training course is recommended for all health professionals who work in the community, in hospitals, health agencies and GP surgeries and who have contact with patients and/or clients.
Please note you must be able to attend both days.
Venue will be confirmed in your confirmation email. Please check dates below Tauranga (TGA) and Whakatāne (WHK)
Pre-requisite before you can register on this course you must complete the Course: Violence Intervention Programme (healthlearn.ac.nz)
If you don't already have an account create an account.
Once you have passed the pre-requisite, you can enroll directly from Te Whariki a Toi.
Course facilitator(s) Deb Fielding and Raewyn Butler
Course content
- Day 1 - looks at the dynamics of intimate partner violence and routine enquiry training.
- Day 2 - focuses on child abuse and neglect, identification management and reporting.
Course date(s) 2023 | Course time(s) |
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TGA - Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 June |
0845-1600 (Day 1) |
TGA - Thursday 20 and Friday 21 July |
0845-1600 (Day 1) |
TGA - Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 August |
0845-1600 (Day 1) |
WHK - Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 September |
0845-1600 (Day 1) |
TGA - Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 October |
0845-1600 (Day 1) |
TGA - Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 November |
0845-1600 (Day 1) |
This is a full-day course for all clinical staff who are currently working for our contracted organisations in the Bay of Plenty.
Venue will be confirmed in your confirmation email. Please check dates below Tauranga (TGA) and Whakatāne (WHK).
Facilitator(s) Internal specialist
Pre-reading none
Course fees Free
Course content
- Hand hygiene and standard precautions
- Clinical microbiology and specimen collection
- Multi drug resistant organisms (MDROs)
- Isolation precautions
Course date(s) 2023 | Course time(s) |
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TGA - Tuesday 12 September | 0830-1600hrs |
To register - new link
Register for the Infection Prevention and Control, Back to Basics course
This registration is open to LMCs.
All of our midwives need to book via Te Wharaki a Toi.
Course date(s) 2023 | Course time(s) |
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TGA - Tuesday 20 June | 0900-1600hrs |
Register your interest for the Maternity Forum
Any queries or further information email Julz.Griffiths@bopdhb.govt.nz
This free, two-hour training course is for all health professionals and staff in the Western and Eastern Bay of Plenty who have contact with children aged 0-4 years or their families.
Venue will be confirmed in your confirmation email. Please check dates below Tauranga (TGA) and Whakatāne (WHK)
Course facilitator(s) Zirsha Wharemate and Hatea Ruru
Course content
- Understanding the importance of good oral health in children 0-4 years
- Understanding the risk and protective factors related to dental decay
- Gaining confidence and skills in identifying children with, or at risk of developing dental decay
- Referral process to community dental services for follow-up
- Implementing a plan for good home care and engagement with dental services
Course date(s) 2023 | Course time(s) | |
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TGA - Thursday 24th August | 0930 - 1130 |
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TGA - Thursday 23rd November | 0930 - 1130 |
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To register - change link
This course is a full day course for all midwives who care for sick newborns/infants who are currently working for our contracted organisations in the Bay of Plenty.
Venue will be confirmed in your confirmation email. Please check dates below Tauranga (TGA) and Whakatāne (WHK).
Pre-requisite see below pre-reading and test
Facilitator(s) Internal specialist
Pre-reading manual and pre-test both will be sent out a month before the course date
Course fees Free
Course content
- An education programme to provide consistency to the post-resuscitation/pre-transport stabilisation care of sick newborns/infants
- Information is organised in a mnemonic to assist with retentions and recall
- This is valuable information for health professionals caring for newborn babies/infants
Course date(s) 2023 | Course time(s) |
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TGA - Thursday 10 August | 0830 -1630hrs |
To register
Register for the STABLE Study Day
This free three-hour workshop is delivered by Zoom and is for all staff who are currently working for our contracted organisations in the Bay of Plenty
Venue this workshop is delivered by Zoom. All details will be emailed to you before the start date, including the Zoom link.
Facilitator(s) Mahana Culture
Course fees Free
Course content
Understand and learn how to identify and address:
- What implicit bias is
- Ethnic bias, particularly against Māori
- What institutional racism is
Course date(s) 2023 | Course time(s) |
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Tuesday - 13 June - ZOOM | 0930 - 1300hrs |
Thursday 29 June - ZOOM | 0930 - 1300hrs |
Thursday 13 July - ZOOM | 0930 - 1300hrs |
Wednesday 26 July - ZOOM | 0930 - 1300hrs |
Thursday 3 August - ZOOM | 0930 - 1300hrs |
Thursday 24 August - ZOOM | 0930 - 1300hrs |
Wednesday 30 August - ZOOM | 0930 - 1300hrs |
Tuesday 12 September - ZOOM | 0930 - 1300hrs |
Wednesday 27 September - ZOOM | 0930 - 1300hrs |
Wednesday 11 October - ZOOM | 0930 - 1300hrs |
Thursday 26 October - ZOOM | 0930 - 1300hrs |
Tuesday 31 October - ZOOM | 0930 - 1300hrs |
Wednesday 15 November - ZOOM | 0930 - 1300hrs |
Thursday 30 November - ZOOM | 0930 - 1300hrs |
Tuesday 12 December - ZOOM | 0930 - 1300hrs |
Thursday 21 December - Zoom | 0930 - 1300hrs |
To register - change link
Register for the Register for the Unconscious Bias and Institutional Racism course
Have any questions or need help?
Email educationcentre.admin@bopdhb.govt.nz
Ph 07 579 8360/07 579 8557 (Tauranga)
Ph 07 306 0705 (Whakatāne)