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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)
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)
TGA - Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 June 

0845-1600 (Day 1) 
0900-1600 (Day 2) 

TGA - Thursday 20 and Friday 21 July

0845-1600 (Day 1) 
0900-1600 (Day 2) 

TGA - Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 August

0845-1600 (Day 1) 
0900-1600 (Day 2) 

WHK - Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 September 

0845-1600 (Day 1) 
0900-1600 (Day 2) 

TGA - Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 October

0845-1600 (Day 1) 
0900-1600 (Day 2) 

TGA - Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 November

0845-1600 (Day 1) 
0900-1600 (Day 2) 

Register for the course (2 day course) here

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)
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)
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)  
TGA - Thursday 24th August  0930 - 1130

 

TGA - Thursday 23rd November  0930 - 1130

 

To register - change link

Click here to register - Oral Health - Lift the Lip

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)
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)
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)