Current Initiatives
With current global travel restrictions easing, the Postgraduate Overseas Specialist Training (POST) Program is reviewing the success of the telehealth initiatives for professional development. Over the last three years, projects have facilitated peer exchange, remote training of clinicians, as well as mentoring and Communities of Practice.
With the COVID-19 pandemic creating an unprecedented uptake in telehealth across our region, there are significant advantages for providing digital opportunities for professional development. This includes primary and specialist services and across urban as well as rural and remote settings. This has been driven by necessity in terms of the need for reduced face-to-face contact and supported by national and regional interventions.
Email us POST.program @ svha.org.au for further details and to register in advance for these course.
2023 OPHELIA Training: Online Pacific Health Exchange:
A short course for Pacific Health Workers delivering Child and Youth Mental Health Services.
Thursdays March-June 1pm Suva. Range of topics and practice examples.
Check your regional time zones: 2pm Tonga, Samoa, 1pm Marshall Islands, NZ, Fiji, 12 noon FSM, Solomon Islands, 11am Port Moresby, Melbourne, Sydney
While the foundation course is complete for 2023, the organisers are planning further workshops for extending the learnings. All mental health workers are invited to participate via zoom, register in advance
Veilomani 2022 Training: Online course for responding to Gender Based Violence for Pacific Health Workers to improve health care for families experiencing violence during COVID-19.
Free of charge for all workers based in Pacific Island countries.
The weekly lunchtime sessions will start on Wednesday 31 August. These will be 1 hour on Wednesdays from 1pm Suva time (11am PNG, 12 Solomon Islands, 1pm Marshall Islands, 2pm Samoa, Tonga)
Email us POST.program @ svha.org.au for further details and to register in advance for this course.
Mental Health Nurses Pacific Community of Practice
From March to October, the program will run every Thursday, 1pm Suva via zoom. The program will include Education Sessions, and a concurrent leadership program.
All mental health nurses are invited to participate via zoom. Email us POST.program @ svha.org.au for further details and to register in advance for this course.
2022 OPHELIA Training: Online Pacific Health Exchange:
A short course for Pacific Health Workers delivering Child and Youth Mental Health Services.
Wednesdays May- July 2022 1pm Suva. Range of topics and practice examples.
Check your regional time zones: 2pm Tonga, Samoa, 1pm Marshall Islands, NZ, Fiji, 12 noon FSM, Solomon Islands, 11am Port Moresby, Melbourne, Sydney
All mental health workers are invited to participate via zoom, register in advance
