Available education

This is a full day training course for our midwives and LMCs.

All our midwives need to book via the Training Calendar, under My Menu on OnePlace.

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 tewharikiatoi.ac.nz | Combined Emergency Skills Refresher. 

If you don't already have an account create an account.

Once you have passed the pre-requisite, you can register here.

Facilitator(s) Judith Madsen

Course fees $125 to be paid into our bank account:

02 0100 016708600
(Ref: CESD, date of attendance and your last name)

Course content

• Adult/maternal resuscitation
• Neo-natal resus
• Childbirth emergency skills

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 tewharikiatoi.ac.nz | Violence Intervention Programme (VIP) online course.

If you don't already have an account create an account.

Once you have passed the pre-requisite, you can register here.

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.

To register

Register for the Family Violence, Child Abuse and Neglect course (2 Days)

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 

To register

Register for the Infection Prevention and Control, Back to Basics course

This is a one-hour face-to-face workshop for registered nurses in primary care who are currently working for our contracted organisations in the Bay of Plenty. There is also an online component that you need to complete before registering and attending the workshop.

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 tewharikiatoi.ac.nz | Male Catheterisation online course.

If you don't already have an account create an account .

Once you have passed the pre-requisite, you can register here .

Facilitator(s) Internal expert

Course fees  Free

Course content

• Intermittent self-catheterisation
• Supra pubic catheter change

Please note: Bowel Care courses sometimes run on the same day as these sessions

To register

Register for the Male Catheterisation course

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

To register

Oral Health - Lift the Lip - Google Forms

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