This course updates Clinical Coders' skills in coding Cardiothoracic surgery events.

The enrolment key is available from the course tutor.

This course updates Clinical Coders' skills in coding Neurosurgery events.

The enrolment key is available from the course tutor.

These competency assessments are only for Waitemata DHB staff to complete as part of our medication administration competency assessment process.

Please do NOT enrol in these tests if this process does not apply to you.

Clinical Skills Update - LCC & Huia Ward

  Intended audience: LCC & Huia Ward Registered Nurses

Prerequisites: Completion of Clinical Cardiology Modular Course

Duration: 2 Hrs. E-Learning + 6 Hrs. Face-to-Face seminar

Course contact: Cardiology Education Team

    Method: Blended

 About this course:

Kia ora! This course aims to provide a review and update on relevant evidence-based issues, practices, and clinical skills in cardiology.

It also aims to assess and update Cardiology Nurses' level of competency in compliance with the cardiology service-specific professional knowledge and skills. 

Clinical Updates bookings for ARDS Dental Assistants.

Intended audience: Child Youth and Family Mental health services staff

Duration: 8 hour

Course contact:  Fiona Smorag (Clinical Educator), Alix Bradley (Facilitator)

About this course

Clinical workshops for eating disorders are a group of online trainings that are designed to increase clinicians knowledge, competence and confidence when working with eating disorders and eating disordered presentations. 

Whakaminenga / Who is this for: ED Nurses
Prerequisites: Nurse Initiated X-Rays KA Module
Takawā / Time:  2 hour online and 8 hours face to face and half hour observed in practice for sign-off
Course contact: Zoe Faulkner & John Sawtell
Method: Blended
Frequency: Once

Whakaminenga / Who is this for: ED Nurses
Takawā / Time: 2 hours
Course contact: Zoe Faulkner
Method: eLearning + Face-to-Face sign-off
Frequency: Once

Whakaminenga / Who is this for: Counties ED nurses preparing for their orientation to Resuscitation
Prerequisites: Nurses who have completed Monitored Study Day/orientation and consolidation
Takawā / Time: 4.5 hours online + (x2) 8 hour study days

Course contact: Lauren Du Plessis
Method: eLearning + Study Day
Frequency: Once

Last updated: June 2024

About: This workshop will help develop your confidence, communication skills and increase your ability to influence to positively impact H&S practice within your organisation. 
Mā wai tēnei / Who is this for: Health and Safety Representatives
Takawā / Time: 8 hours
Course contact: Alex Worthington or Health and Safety Team
Frequency: Once

About: This one-day course recognises that health and safety includes psychological wellbeing as much as physical safety. You’ll learn to identify the risks of stress, fatigue, anxiety, and bullying, and develop practical strategies for managing them — both for yourself and for your colleagues. The workshop explores the Whare Tapa Whā model of wellbeing, resilience-building strategies, and toolkits for everyday energy management and recovery. 
Mā wai tēnei / Who is this for: For HSR’s, managers or other staff who express an interest
Takawā / Time: 8 hours
Course contact: Alex Worthington or Health and Safety Team
Frequency: Once

About: This advanced training course reviews the role of the Health and Safety Representative and builds on your skills, knowledge and competencies developed in the Health and Safety Representatives (Stage 1)
Mā wai tēnei / Who is this for: If you have been a health and safety representative for one year and have completed Initial Training
Prerequisites: Health & Safety Initial HSR Training
Takawā / Time:  8 hours
Course contact: Alex Worthington or Health and Safety Team
Frequency: Once

This Counties Manukau learning hub contains all perioperative online learning required for your role. Links include mandatory training and speciality areas - TADU, PSU, PACU or Theatres.

This is a directory page, which will link through to relevant courses and materials related to the page topic.

To ensure correct operation of the instrumentation within the laboratory it is important to have the knowledge and understanding of how the instrumentation operates and works.  You are here to get a General understanding of the ISE, Photometric & Immunoassay Modules of the Cobas 8000 Analyser System.

Who is this for: Automation Laboratory Support Services

Time: 30 minutes

For Technical support contact see Koawtea Learning Help page

It is expected that clinical staff of all levels will complete this mandatory eAssessment which replaces the quality & legal session run on the Clinical Half Day.

This eAssessment is based on the TEN Rights outlined in the Code and is designed to test your understanding of how the code is applied in a clinical setting.

This eAssessment contains 15 questions. Each question is based on a learning objective. Questions are in a multiple choice format. The allocated time for the test is 20 minutes. Pass mark 90%.

The Code (The HDC Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights Regulation 1996) gives “rights” to all consumers, and places “duties” (obligations) on people and organisations providing services.

It covers a wide range of providers (whether public or private). The Commissioner’s jurisdiction is restricted to the quality of care; it does not cover issues of funding or entitlement to service.

Kia ora! 

A Code Orange is Auckland District Health Board’s (Auckland DHB) emergency call for assistance to limit or eliminate a risk when staff feel concerned about their own safety, the safety of a patient, others or the environment, or when an incident is impeding or obstructing the provision of clinical care.

The Code Orange policy defines Auckland DHB's expectations and management of situations where staff have identified that their safety or the safety of others (including the environment) is at risk.

The expectations of this course are that you will: 

• read the policy 
• access any resource page(s) on Hippo 
• complete the self-evaluation section  - this acknowledges that you have read the policy/guideline and have had an opportunity to discuss any questions you have with your preceptor/nurse educator or manager 

Participants: open to any professional background where this has been identified as a gap in the team

Duration: 8 hours

About this course

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a talking therapy that helps treat a wide range of health conditions. It has a goal orientated, practical approach to problem solving. Its goal is to change patterns of thinking and/or behaviour that are at the core of their challenges. Step 1. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy training will equip clinicians to support people to engage in basic CBT skills. This is part of the talking therapies skill set. 

Please note: Prior to signing up to attend this course please ensure you have discussed with your manager and gained approval to attend so that appropriate measures are taken to manage staff cover in your absence from your role.

Participants: Open to registered clinical staff with a sound knowledge of working with people with schizophrenia and have some knowledge of cognitive rehabilitation and are committed to using CRT in practice with their clients on going.

Duration: 16 hours, two full days

Course contact:  Linda Ritchie 

Course Facilitators:  Katrina Wallis (RNZOT), Wieteke Idzerda (RNZOT), & Sophie Semite (RNZOT) 

About this course

People diagnosed with mental illness that experience psychosis may also be impacted by cognitive impairment.

Improvements such as in memory and attention have been found with therapies that target these areas.    (Lieberman, 2008).  Recent developments in cognitive rehabilitation have seen an increase in the number of studies claiming success in improved cognitive processes and overall functioning (National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence, 2008)   However, evidence suggests targeting remediation of cognition alone is less effective than an intervention that incorporates adaptive/compensatory interventions and social cognition skills  to support performance in day to day activities. (Harvey et al, 2012; O’Carrol, 2010: McGurk et al, 2007: McGurk et al, 2013)

The Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT) programme taught on this course is based on the proof of concept that was run in 2016 at WDHB and the CRT training from Kings College London. It aims to support people to improve thinking skills with the ultimate aim of improving quality of life.

Summary of content

Topics to be covered include:

(a)    CRT research and evidence

(b)   The theoretical background to CRT

(c)    A model for targeting metacognitive thinking skills and how they may relate to everyday living skills

(d)   The core skills needed to for clinicians to use  CRT effectively with service users. 

(e)    Assessment and formulation

(f)    Clinical issues in delivering CRT and therapist competences

(g)   service-related issues (e.g. the practicalities of therapy and how it may be accommodated within services).

Please note: Prior to signing up to attend this course please ensure you have discussed with your manager and gained approval to attend so that appropriate measures are taken to manage staff cover in your absence from your role.

This is a directory page, which will link through to relevant courses and materials related to the page topic.

Intended audience: This course is intended for all clinical Waitemata staff who may usea combat application tourniquet

Prerequisites: Please watch the video and answer the quiz (Thanks to Pip Cotterell from Pharmaco for the video)

Duration: This is a 15 minute online course

Method: This is  an online course, for further information please contact your educator

About this course:

Kia ora! The overall aim of this course is share education tools for the use of the Combat application tourniquet. This course has been developed to enhance safe practice of the CAT, however please talk to your educator for further practical information.