DANA Queensland is proud to bring you the WOW11 ‘Do No Harm’ program. Check it out. We have an awesome line up of speakers for the day.
Early Bird registration finishes on April 20th, so if you are keen to attend, then get in quick.
Click here to visit the website.
The team in Brisbane has been hard at work putting together a varied and interesting program for WOWS11. They are always at pains to make sure each year is different to the last!
Click here to check out what is on offer (and don’t forget to take advantage of the early bird rates before March 16th ).
WOWS11 is a one day symposium for health professionals examining substance use and society. It will be held in Brisbane on May 11th.
The Organising Committee invites clinicians to submit abstracts to present on research, projects, challenging clinical issues and clinical initiatives in their workplace.
The selected abstracts will be oral presentations, designed to be short and snappy and strictly no longer than five minutes each.
Find out more at the event website.
Don’t miss out! This opportunity is open for 10 days only.
Indivior has generously sponsored 3 x $500 scholarships to help fund registration, travel and accommodation to attend WOWS11 for Nurses and Allied Health Clinicians in rural and remote areas of Queensland.
This one day symposium will be held in Brisbane on Friday 11th May 2018 at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Education Centre, Butterfield St, Herston. For more information visit the event website. For your chance to win, you will need to complete the official application form.
The International Global Alcohol Policy Conference (GAPC17) is the leading forum for the world’s alcohol policy makers and researchers. GAPC 2017 will be co-hosted by Foundation of Alcohol Research and Education (FARE), Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), National Alliance for Action on Alcohol (NAAA) and Global Alcohol Policy Alliance (GAPA) in Melbourne Australia in October 2017.
Click here to find out more.
ASHM, through their Scholarship Program, is offering Scholarships to attend the Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference from 6–8 November 2017 in Canberra, Australia.
If you would like to attend, follow this link to get all the information you need in order to apply for one of these scholarships.
Now in its 10th year, WOWS 10 (Walk on the Wildside) is a keenly anticipated one-day event on the Brisbane educational calendar, so be sure to keep Friday May 12 free so that you can attend.
Presentations around the theme of ‘Diversity’ in the drug and alcohol arena will be made by several invited speakers, including the noted overseas keynote speaker, Professor Sharon Walsh, who will address ‘Medically Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence in the 21st Century’.
There will also be an opportunity for selected clinicians to present at WOWS10. With this in mind you are invited to submit abstracts with a view to presenting on research, projects, challenging clinical issues and clinical initiatives from your workplace. For your abstract to be considered it must reflect a presentation that is short, snappy and strictly limited to a maximum of five minutes. Abstracts should be limited to a maximum of 250 words. The abstract should include:
There is also a chance to win an espresso coffee machine to take back to your workplace. The presenter of the presentation that is judged best on the day by the panel of WOWS10 guest speakers, (heavily influenced by the audience response) will be the lucky winner.
Email your abstract to: WOWS10@health.qld.gov.au no later than March 31 2017. Successful presenters will be sent details about the presentation format by April 13 2017.
If you would like more information, please direct your questions to the above email address.
Venue:
Education Centre
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Butterfield Street, Herston
For information phone 07 3646 1525 or email WOWS10@health.qld.gov.au
Survivors & Mates Support Network (SAMSN) is Australia’s first NGO dedicated to supporting male survivors of child sexual abuse,
their families and partners, as well as the professionals who work with them. They have several workshops coming up in NSW. These workshops are designed to assist clinicians
and other professionals working with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Note that there is a good early bird rate if you register before 19.7.2016.
Click here for more information: http://www.samsn.org.au/eight-week-groups
NSW Health has provided several scholarships so that DANA & ACMHN who are based in NSW can attend the Alcohol and Other Drug Symposium being held in Canberra on 28.4.2016
The Scholarships will cover the cost of a 1 day symposium registration (valued at $265).
Applications will close on Wednesday 13 April 2016.
Full details are provided in this document...Scholarship Program
Fantastic conference in March 2016 on Addiction Medicine specifically related Alcohol and Drug presentations in the Emergency Department.
For program info and to register click on this link
