Day 2 | Session 3| Concurrent | Gynaecology care reaching our communities
LARC training: making any door the right door
The Aotearoa LARC training and trainee standards outline the minimum requirements to be considered a NZCSRH certified LARC provider and LARC trainer. The beauty of them is that they are agnostic when it comes to health profession and apply to doctors, nurses, midwives alike.
This presentation will outline my experience of facilitating LARC train the trainer workshops with the aim of establishing a network of competent LARC inserters across the country.
Emma Macfarlane
Nurse Practitioner
Dunedin South Medical Centre
Emma Macfarlane is a nurse practitioner based in Dunedin who worked for many years exclusively in sexual and reproductive health. She has more recently moved into primary care where her skills and experience have proven popular amongst the practice population.
Declining to decline - collaboration between Southland Women's Health and WellSouth PHN
Following a notice that routine referrals would be closed, collaboration between Southland Women's Health Department and WellSouth PHN significantly reduced waitlists and kept routine referrals open for primary care. We'll discuss the approaches taken and impact on our community.
Dr Andy Shute
GP Liaison for Southern
Wellsouth
I'm a GP - FRNZCGP and practice owner in Invercargill, work as clinical advisor and GP Liaison for Southern for WellSouth, Local Clinical Integrator, Commissioning for Te Whatu Ora and I'm a visiting medical educator for the RNZCGP. While not doing all that I love to read, run and spend time with my family.
Engaging Pasifika communities in the South. What's so special?
Pasifika communities in Te Waipounamu, New Zealand's South Island, are growing faster than our health services. A look at what is effective talanoa, and why it is important in addressing the health needs of our Pasifika women.
Dr Letava Tafuna'i
Senior Clinical Advisor - Pasifika
Wellsouth Primary Health Network
Letava is a GP born and raised in Samoa, to a Samoan father and a Fijian mother. She did her undergraduate studies in Fiji and worked in Samoa and Australia before moving back to New Zealand. She is a fellow of the RNZCGP and RACGP and currently serves as the Senior Clinical Advisor, Pasifika for WellSouth Primary Health Network. Additionally, Letava is the Associate Dean (Pacific) for the Dunedin School of Medicine. Alongside her passion for improving health outcomes for Pacific communities, she is dedicated to building the Pacific health workforce and training future health professionals to provide enhanced support and address the health needs of marginalised minority groups particularly Pacific peoples.
Free communications | Know your Period: a co-designed consumer resource about abnormal uterine bleeding
How do I know if my period is abnormal? This is the question that many people wanted answered, and to answer it, the start of a collaborative co-design project. Parimala and Sara will share the development process and considerations.
Know Your Period has been co-designed with, and for, people with lived experiences of AUB. It is a first step in increasing availability of resources for people living with AUB in Aotearoa.