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Rural Obstetrics & Gynaecology Forum 2025 | Perth | June 21 & 22, 2025

By Locums, Newsletter, Workshops

About the Forum 

This forum is run in partnership with WA Country Health Service and Rural Health West.

The one and a half day Rural Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum 2025, will include optional Friday workshops, small problem-based discussions, lectures, and simulation sessions delivered concurrently and facilitated by experienced specialists.  The forum will provide an opportunity to network with fellow colleagues.

Optional Pre-Forum Workshops

Fetal Surveillance Education Program (FSEP)

The FSEP Full program provides a solid foundation of information for all clinicians involved in antenatal and intrapartum care. The goal is to reduce the risks of adverse perinatal outcome by improving professional levels of understanding and confidence in the area of fetal surveillance.

Date: Friday 20 June 2025

Venue: Aloft Perth, 27 Rowe Avenue, Rivervale

Cost: $220 – $330.00

Ultrasound Workshop (Late obstetrics)

An engaging and hands-on Ultrasound Workshop tailored specifically for rural General Practitioner Obstetricians. This one-day workshop aims to enhance late pregnancy scanning skills and knowledge, empowering rural healthcare providers to provide high-quality ultrasound services within their communities. Topics that will be covered include fluid, placenta and cervix scanning, measuring biometry, reviewing of images and much more. Each workshop participant will get approximately four hours of scanning practise, as well as four lecture sessions to consolidate and further knowledge.

Date: Friday 20 June 2025

Venue: Aloft Perth, 27 Rowe Avenue, Rivervale

Cost: $1100.00

Forum Details

Date: Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 June 2025

Venue: Aloft Perth, 27 Rowe Avenue, Rivervale

REGISTER NOW

Eligibility

  • GP Obstetricians
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialists
  • GP Registrars with Basic or Advanced DRANZCOG

Registration Fees (inclusive of GST)

Category Fee (inc. GST)
Registration only $1375
Venue Accommodation per night
Includes breakfast and accommodation for one
$145

Registration fee includes:

  • 1.5 day upskilling and educational activities/resources
  • Travel grant*
  • Lunch and refreshments at forum
  • Sundowner
  • Pending accreditation with ACRRM and RACGP CPD hours
  • Pending for RANZCOG CPD 2025
  • Pending approval for the Rural Procedural Grant

*Travel grant is only applicable to eligible delegates living and working in rural Western Australia

Ultrasound Workshop I Perth | Friday 20 June, 2025

By Newsletter, Workshops

This education workshop is proudly delivered by Rural Health West in partnership with WA Country Health Service.

This workshop is being run ahead of our Rural Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum, however is open to non-forum delegates.

An engaging and hands-on Ultrasound Workshop tailored specifically for rural General Practitioner Obstetricians. This one-day workshop aims to enhance late pregnancy scanning skills and knowledge, empowering rural healthcare providers to provide high-quality ultrasound services within their communities.

Eligibility: Obstetricians, GP Obstetricians
Length: 8:00am – 5:15pm
Cost: $1100.00

 

To register: https://ruralhealthwest.eventsair.com/rogf25/ultrasoundonly/Site/Register

Fetal Surveillance Education Program (FSEP) | Friday June 20, 2025

By Newsletter, Workshops

This education workshop is proudly delivered by Rural Health West in partnership with WA Country Health Service.

This workshop is being run ahead of our Rural Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum, however is open to non-forum delegates.

The FSEP Full program provides a solid foundation of information for all clinicians involved in antenatal and intrapartum care. The goal is to reduce the risks of adverse perinatal outcome by improving professional levels of understanding and confidence in the area of fetal surveillance.
By the end of the FSEP session, it is hoped that participants will:

  •  Appreciate the importance of fetal and utero-placental physiology in interpreting CTGs
  •  Have an improved understanding of the physiological genesis of the fetal heart rate and its patterns
  •  Have improved their ability to interpret the CTG trace (normal and abnormal), using a physiological approach
  •  Have improved their capacity to respond appropriately to potential fetal compromise
  •  Have improved their confidence in interpreting and managing antenatal and intrapartum CTGs
  •  Have improved their awareness of the resources available to assist in CTG interpretation and management
  •  Consider implementing an ongoing, multidisciplinary review of intrapartum CTGs in their health care facilities

Eligibility: Obstetricians, GP Obstetricians, Midwives, Residents, Registrars, Trainees, Midwifery Students, Medical Students
Length: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Cost: $220 – $330

Payment structure
You will receive an email link for payment in an event confirmation email 6-8 weeks prior to the workshop, if successful. Payment is required within 10 days of receiving the email. If full payment is not received within 10 days, your place will be offered to another delegate.

Tp register: https://ruralhealthwest.eventsair.com/rogf25/fsepreg/Site/Register

National Maternity Workforce Strategy 2026–2036

By Newsletter, Resources, Uncategorized

National Maternity Workforce Strategy 2026–2036 | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

 

The National Maternity Workforce Review (Phase 1) – Final report | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

About the strategy

The National Maternity Workforce Strategy (NMWS) 2026–2036 is a coordinated effort to build a resilient and sustainable maternity workforce across Australia.

Phase One

The review project, led by Queensland, aimed to provide:

  • an overview and environmental scan of current literature
  • jurisdictional strategies and workforce plans
  • engagement and consultation from national workforce representatives.

The review project made several key findings, which will lead to the development of Phase Two.

Read the final report.

Phase Two

Co-led by New South Wales and Queensland. The Strategy addresses key challenges in:

  • workforce recruitment
  • retention
  • development to meet the nation’s evolving maternity care needs.

Stemming from the Independent Review of Australia’s Regulatory Settings Relating to Overseas Health Practitioners (Kruk Review), the NMWS emphasises accessible, culturally safe maternity services for all Australians.

Scope

The NMWS focuses on practical strategies to support the recruitment, retention, and professional development of maternity clinicians, including:

  • midwives
  • obstetricians
  • general practitioners
  • relevant allied health professionals.

Excluding industrial matters or models of care, this strategy supports clinicians working to their full scope across various settings, informed by a commitment to cultural safety and equity. First Nations voices play a key role in shaping the strategy to ensure inclusive, respectful outcomes.

Steering Committee

The NMWS Steering Committee will be appointed in late 2024. Representatives will be from both large and small jurisdictions as well as experts to guide the Strategy’s development.

This committee ensures alignment with stakeholder feedback and national priorities, operating with input from the Strategic Advisory Group. The Steering Committee reports to the Health Workforce Taskforce to maintain a coordinated approach.

Strategic Advisory Group

The Strategic Advisory Group will be appointed in late 2024. It will include cross-professional representatives across the Maternity Workforce with a focus on First Nations and rural health perspectives.

The Advisory Group provides feedback on essential workforce needs and solutions, supporting a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach to maternity care.

Project timeline

The National Maternity Workforce Strategy will be completed by late 2025. Key phases include:

  • Stage 1: Governance, Recruitment and Initial Consultation
  • Stage 2: Consultation
  • Stage 3: Strategy Development, review/endorsement and publication.

Paediatric Emergencies and Clinical Healthcare Scenarios (PEaCHS) | Geraldton | 14 March 2025

By Newsletter, Workshops

Paediatric Emergencies and Clinical Healthcare Scenarios (PEaCHS) | Geraldton

This education workshop is proudly delivered by Rural Health West in partnership with WA Country Health Service.

This Rural Health West CPD workshop is a one-day workshop in paediatric emergency scenarios and skills. It will give delegates real-life examples and the opportunity to manage sick or injured children in a safe environment.

The workshop content includes:

  • Hands-on simulation – practise common scenarios and structured care
  • Short presentations by experienced paediatric emergency physicians
  • Comprehensive handbook of lecture materials and practical skills
  • ‘Resuscitation reminders’ card for your ID badge clip

Eligibility: GP Obstetricians, ED doctors and nurses and GPs. Priority is given to those working in the local region.
Length: One Day – 8.00am-5.00pm
Cost: $350-$440

Accreditation:
5 Educational Activity and 1 Reviewing Performance CPD Hours with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
5 Educational Activity and 3 Outcome Measurement PDP Hours. 6 Emergency Medicine and 6 Obstetric and Gynaecology MOPS Hours with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine.
This workshop is eligible for the procedural grant, Emergency Medicine and Obstetrics components. We ask participants to contact their relevant college to ascertain your eligibility for the grant prior to attending.

Payment Structure
You will receive an email link for payment in an event confirmation email, 6-8 weeks prior to the workshop. Payment is required within 10 days of receiving the email. If full payment is not received within 10 days, your place will be offered to another delegate.

Cancellation Policy

  • Applicants who give notice of cancellation of four (4) weeks or more will receive a full refund of the course fee.
  • Applicants who withdraw from the course 14 days prior will receive a 50 per cent refund of the course fee.
  • Applicants who fail to attend a course or who withdraw from the course less than 14 days of the course date will be considered on an individual case basis.

Privacy Statement
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