Other Training
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Psychotherapy Training and Psychological Formulation Training
Topical Reviews in Psychiatry (TRIPs)
Crisis Resource Management (CRM) Training
Other Educational Opportunities
Unsure which training programs you can and cannot attend? Check out the HNET Training Matrix (pdf) 103K.
HNET eLearning Centre
HNE Health staff can visit the HNET eLearning centre at 
. Click here for help in accessing the HNET Psychiatry MyLink resource.
Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds occur on Wednesday afternoons at 1.30pm in the MHA Building, Mater Hospital and is preceded by a lunch at 1pm. It is an open forum with all employees of Hunter New England Mental Health and participants from other Area Health Services invited. Grand Rounds are an important educational opportunity for all staff and has a long tradition of being popular with medical students, allied health staff, junior and senior medical staff, psychologists and other interested clinicians. Recently, the structure has been modified to create the opportunity for an increased academic focus, thereby enhancing the continued professional development value of each session. Grand Rounds are usually presented by members of the multidisciplinary team from each subspeciality and location throughout our network. High levels of audience participation are encouraged.
- Grand Rounds Schedule 2012 (pdf) 125K
WHO CAN ATTEND? All mental health clinicians.
SRMO Training
We now have a brand new SRMO program, designed for SRMOs in the service, as well as potentially any HNAPP members who have already been through our JMO program once. This will comprise six sessions (twice annually), three of which will give people a chance to present and discuss a case. Alternating with these will be three sessions on some of the essential topics in hands-on psychiatry - Suicidality, Medication Adherence, and Counter-transference. Dr Marina Vamos will be hoping for plenty of feedback - both formally and informally - since this is an experimental venture for all of us.
- SRMO Program: Semester 1, 2012 (pdf) 47K.
WHO CAN ATTEND? SRMOs and HNAPPers who have already completed the JMO Training Program.
Clinicals Training
This program is designed for those registrars or ECE candidates who will be sitting the clinical examinations during the academic year.
- Clinicals Program: Semester 1, 2012 (pdf) 46K
WHO CAN ATTEND? Registrars and ECE candidates sitting clinical exams in current academic year only.
Examination Preparation
- 2012 RANZCP Examination Timetable (pdf) 90K.
- Written Exam Prep Program - July/August 2012 (pdf) 17K. WHO CAN ATTEND? Registrars sitting RANZCP writtens only.
HNET provide a 5-week examination preparation program for those preparing to undertake the RANZCP writtens. This program runs twice yearly and includes a mock written examination held under the same conditions as the actual exam. A helpful website for exam preparataion is www.mcc.ca
There are some videos you can watch in preparation for examinations at this site: http://library.med.utah.edu/neurologicexam/html/introduction.html (These video files are large and may take some time to download and watch, so if you would like to access them instantly from disc, there is a disc available at the Mater library for borrowing).
Dr Neil Port has written fantastic guides for preparing for clinical examinations:
- Putting the Individual Patient back into the OCI/MOCI (pdf) 302k.
- Preparing for the OCI (pdf) 345K is intended for Australian registrar candidates.
- Preparing for the MOCI (pdf) 411K is intended for International Medical Graduates.
Psychotherapy Training and Psychological Formulation Training
One of our HNET Psychotherapy Educators, Dr Marina Vamos, will be running psychotherapy training on the 1st Wednesday of every month at 5pm in the MHA Building, Meeting Room 5 (Room 4015) at the Mater Hospital. The invitation to attend this training is open to all junior medical staff.
Dr Nick Bendit will again this year be providing psychological formulation sessions on a Wednesday afternoon from 5.15pm and these have previously been extremely valuable teaching for first-year registrars. The sessions will include presenting a case, discussion and learning to understand why the person was in trouble. The sessions may include other elements of the formulation and a focus on the psychodynamic / relational aspects. Sessions will be every Wednesday (except the 1st Wednesday of the month) in the MHA Building, Meeting Room 5 (Room 4015) at the Mater Hospital.
WHO CAN ATTEND? Registrars, SRMOs and CMOs only. (Not PGY1 and 2 rotational JMOs or SITs).
Art of Psychiatry Training
Dr Alan Weiss holds training sessions on The Art of Psychiatry (pdf) 201k, each Wednesday from 12-1pm at the Mater Hospital, Level 4 MHA Building, Meeting Room 4019.
WHO CAN ATTEND? Mater Hospital registrars only.
CAMHS Training
In order to support the specialised training required for working with children and adolescents, medical staff are supported to attend specific training in Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) whenever they are doing a rotation there. The sessions run on Thursdays from 3-5pm in Room F007, 621 Hunter, Newcastle.
- CAMHS Training Program: Semester 1, 2012 (pdf) 7K.
WHO CAN ATTEND? Registrars who are currently doing a CAMHS rotation - may do this in addition to the psychiatry training program. Any other medical staff doing a CAMHS rotation may do this program instead of other training.
Topical Review In Psychiatry (TRIPs)
- The Mental Health Services for Older People 'Topical Review' runs on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month at the Mater Hospital (MHC Meeting Room 2003). For more information, contact Bryan McMinn at bryan.mcminn@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au or 4033-5667. Click here to download the program (pdf) 65K
- The Hunter Valley Mental Health Service (HVMHS) run a 'Topical Review' each Thursday morning from 9.05am for 55 minutes in the MMHU Conference Room. See attached suggested topic list for Semester 1, 2012 (pdf) 29K. For further information, please contact Anoop Sankaranarayanan at sanka.anoop@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au or 4939-2906.
- A 'Topical Review' for 1st year registrars runs at the Mater Hospital on specific Wednesday afternoons at 4.30pm - other medical officers/registrars are also welcome. For further information or to register interest in attending please contact Harsimrat Singh-Sandhu at harsimrat.sandhu@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au or 4904-9000
- The Newcastle Mental Health Service is holding a TRIP session on the last Thursday of each month from 9.00am at 670 Hunter St, Newcastle. For more information, please contact Artin Jebejian at artin.jebejian@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
- The Morisset Hospital 'Topical Review' runs every Tuesday at 1pm in the Doctor's Cottage, Morisset Hospital. All Medical Officers are welcome and there is usually at least two consultants present. Once a month, also at 1pm, an educational presentation on a current sub-specialty psychiatric issue is discussed, alternating between forensic, rehabilitation and neuropsychiatric topics. Once per quarter, the 'topical review' will be replaced by the Movie Club at 2pm. This involves the presentation of a movie with discussion of the psychiatric aspects of the film. The emphasis is on the psychodynamic processes evident in the film. For more information, please contact Umesh Babu at umesh.babu@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au or Leesa Brown at leesa.brown@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
- The Tamworth Banksia Unit and the Armidale Clark Centre have a videoconferenced TRIP session on Mondays from 1.00pm to 2.00pm. A presentation is done on a journal article of interest by the presenter and discussed. Junior doctors, consultants and any staff interested are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Mahendra Nepal at mahendra.nepal@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
Crisis Resource Management (CRM) Training
HNET has been fortunate to secure the skills of the Skills and Simulation Centre at the JHH to provide a full day course in Crisis Resource Management. The simulation based Crisis Resource Management course is designed to teach skills essential to safe clinical practice that medical officers and nursing staff would not otherwise have the opportunity to acquire and practise. Click here for more information (pdf) 11K, or contact Jean Melvin. Download the 2012 dates for training here.
WHO CAN ATTEND? Medical and nursing staff.
Hospital Skills Program (HSP)
Other Educational Opportunities
- TEACHING ON THE RUN: It is the aim of HNET that every Staff Specialist supervising junior medical staff in our service attend at least some modules of Teaching on the Run. To attend any of these workshops, please contact kathy.ingham@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au to book in and she will let us know when you have attended so we can include it in our records. Click here for the 2012 dates of TOTR (pdf) 176K.
- ECT TRAINING: Seminars occur regularly. To see an example of a past presentation, click here (pdf) 79K. To find out more information, please contact Ian Maudsley on 4033-5021.
- PMVA TRAINING: Just like 'Fire Training' and 'CPR', staff are required to remain current in regard to their PMVA (Prevention & Management of Violence & Aggression) training. A single day refresher training module called 1081 is available for staff to meet this obligation. For more information, contact Graeme Davies on 4033-5114.
- CHIME TRAINING: New doctors who require CHIME Training, please click here for information.
- HNE SKILLS & SIMULATION CENTRE: Hunter New England Skills & Simulation Centre
- CENTRE FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: CFMPD has a number of opportunities available to assist you in fulfilling your role as a medical clinician, especially if you are interested in developing your skills in a range of areas beyond your clinical expertise. Contact kathy.ingham@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au for more information.
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IMG MENTORING & SUPPORT PROGRAM: The Mentoring and Support Program of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) is designed for IMGs who are working towards achieving Fellowship of the RANZCP. To view the pamphlet, click here (pdf) 186K. For more information on this program refer to the RANZCP website www.ranzcp.org