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4th Annual Correctional Services Healthcare Summit 2013  

4th Annual Correctional Services Healthcare Summit 2013

29 - 30 August 2013 | Novotel Melbourne on Collins

Addressing the gaps, promoting multidisciplinary care and improving the continuum of care into the community

Addressing the gaps, promoting multidisciplinary care and improving the continuum of care into the community

A Comprehensive Program Addressing:

> Mental disorder and prisons: A public health challenge
> Best practice support model for older prisoners
> Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
> Clinical forensic issues in the corrections setting
> The psychological consequences of killing
> The prevalence, causes, and cognitive characteristics of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
> Comorbidity among a large sample of Australian prisoners with Intellectual Disability
> Opioid Replacement Therapy
> Throughcare: The health needs of prisoners re-entering the community
> The Jailbreak Health Project
> Ear health problems and hearing loss in a juvenile population
> Interactive panel discussion: Children of imprisoned parents
  - Research, policy and practice
> And more...



DO NOT MISS! Two Interactive Pre-Conference Workshops - Wednesday 28 August 2013

Workshop A - 9:30am-1:00pm
Creating and Implementing a Learning Environment and Culture for Prison Health Nursing
Led by Steven Hutchinson & Joanne Andrews, Clinical Practice Consultants, Education and Training, South Australian Prison Health Service, Central Adelaide Local Health Network Statewide Services

Workshop B - 2:00pm-5:30pm
A Framework for Good-Enough Clinical Risk Management in Correctional Environments
Led by Andrew Carroll, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Perception Psychiatry & Brett Bridges, Registered Psychiatric Nurse; Private Mental Health Consultant, Trainer and Counselling Therapist

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This conference is endorsed by APEC No 09081001 as authorised by Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) according to approved criteria. Attendance attracts 12 RCNA CNE points as part of RCNA’s Life Long Learning Program (3LP). In addition, by attending the pre-conference workshops, you will earn an additional 3 RCNA CLE points per workshop - up to 6 RCNA CLE points in total.