Western Health eLearning

Available courses

BOSSnet Digital Medical Record Training

Facilitator: Sean Downer
Facilitator: Jasmine Sinanaj
Facilitator: Sara Russell
Facilitator: Joanna Pang
Facilitator: Cheens Lee

BOSSnet Digital Medical Record Training

Fire and Emergency Procedure training is a requirement of Western Health. This is to ensure that all staff are aware of the procedures to be adopted in the event of an emergency. All staff are required to do this course annually. Click here for enrolment keys for this course

Quality and Clinical Governance

Facilitator: Deidre Silvester
Facilitator: Claire Sheridan

To increase clinical and non clinical staff awareness of the application of quality & risk reporting and management at both local and organisational. It aims to provide staff with the tools for delivering safe,quality and effective healthcare and assist staff in mitigating and managing risk should it occur. Click here for enrolment keys.

Not sure which Division you are: click here

Moodle Help

A range of manuals and tools to assist students and facilitators in the setup and use of the Moodle E-learning platform.

Advanced Life Support

Facilitator: Michele Noronha
Facilitator: Julie Jones
Facilitator: Marcel Mihulka
Facilitator: Kathryn Mcmahon
Facilitator: Claire Sheridan

This course is designed for medical and nursing staff who are required to complete advanced life support training as part of their clinical role. Click here for course enrolment keys.

Basic Life Support

Facilitator: Michele Noronha
Facilitator: Marcel Mihulka

This course is designed for health care professionals who are required to complete basic life support and defibrillation training as part of their clinical role. Click here for course enrolment keys

Bedside Nursing Handover

Facilitator: Leanne Rhodes
Facilitator: Janet Monohan
Facilitator: Louise Mckinlay
Facilitator: Debra Kerr

This is a resource which can be used by nursing staff at Western Health for the introduction of bedside handover. The aim of performing a clinical handover at the bedside is to provide a more accurate exchange of information on caring for the patient. It is hoped that there will be an improvement in the amount and the accuracy of information transferred between nursing staff. Bedside handover allows patients to participate and take an active role in their treatment and nursing care. Effective communication is paramount to patient care and safety.

Blood Transfusion Practice.

Facilitator: Katrina Limjuco
Facilitator: Susan McGregor

Designed for all nursing, midwifery and medical staff who collect blood for pretransfusion testing, prescribe, administer and care for patients having blood components or products as part of their treatment. Click here for course enrolment keys.

Care of the Medical/Surgical Patient

Facilitator : Vicki McGowan
Facilitator : Marie Papadopoulos
Facilitator : Janet Monohan

Designedto assist all nursing staff that care for acute patients in the Medical and Surgical arena to further develop their clinical knowledge and skill base.Click herefor course enrolment keys.

Complex Care Patient

Facilitator: Anna Green
Facilitator: Roslyn Haywood

The ICU Liaison service has developed several e-learning packages to assist you with the management of the complex care patient and the management of the deteriorating patient. Click here for course enrolment keys

Continuing Education Short Courses

Facilitator: Janet Monohan
Facilitator: Vicki McGowan
Facilitator: Marie Papadopoulos

Designed to provide continuing education courses with the aim of enabling the healthcare workforce to maintain current skills and knowledge and foster professional development and expertise

ECG Interpretation - Basic

Facilitator: Elizabeth Scholes
Facilitator: Lee Kristapsons

This course in intended for Registered nurses who are enrolled in the ECG Interpretation - Basic short course through the Centre for Education. The pre reading package is designed to enable you to revise the cardiac anatomy and physiology.

Epidural Analgesia

Facilitator: Deanne Campbell
Facilitator: Davina Taylor
Facilitator: Jillian Woods

The aim of these competency courses is to prepare Division One Nurses and Midwives to safely and effectively care for patients receiving Epidural Analgesia. Click here for course enrolment keys

Falls Risk, Prevention and Management Learning Package

Facilitator: Marianne Wos
Facilitator: Helen Mcgeehan
Facilitator: Douglas Mill

Designed to assist all nursing, medical and allied health staff employed by Western Health to become familiar with the policies and procedures related to the assessment of patients for falls risk, falls prevention and appropriate post falls management. Click here for course enrolment keys

Medication Administration

Facilitator: Vicki McGowan
Facilitator: Christine Sharp
Facilitator: Oliver Evans

Annual mandatory quiz for registered midwives, registered nurses and medication endorsed enrolled nurses. Click here for course enrolment keys.

Ordering Appropriate Diagnostic Tests

Teacher: Valentina Trajkovski

The ordering of appropriate diagnostic tests has a major impact on the care you provide. If you are a junior medical officer find out how you can order diagnostic tests responsibly at Western Health.

Recorded Educational Sessions

Facilitator: Daryll Mckenna

Admistration of Ambulating Aids to patients for Safe Discharges

Facilitator: Alicia Martin
Facilitator: Kathryn Mcmahon
Facilitator: Ann Williams
Facilitator: Jacinta Munro

This course is only available for Day Procedure Units.

CCU Discovery Program

Facilitator: Lee Kristapsons
Facilitator: Elizabeth Scholes

This course is for registered nurses working in the cardiac care unit (CCU) who are currently undertaking the CCU discovery program. The course is designed to enhance the nurses' knowledge and skills in the management of the Cardiac Patient.

Security Training

Facilitator: Christine Neumann-Neurode
Facilitator: Peter Heyes
Facilitator: Trevor Lawson

CSSD eLearning Education Packages

Facilitator: Kathryn Mcmahon
Facilitator: Karen Tricker
Facilitator: Ann Williams

The CSSD elearning modules have beed developed as an educational tool for all CSSD Instrument technicians.

Graduate Nurse Program

Facilitator: Judy Nelson
Facilitator: Jennifer Ratcliff
Facilitator: Christine Raguz
Facilitator: Janine Martin
Facilitator: Carolyn Steinman
Facilitator: Jessica Andrews
Facilitator: Tracey Adriaans
Facilitator: Helen Mcgeehan
Facilitator: Paula Gray
Facilitator: Chelsea Cornford
Facilitator: Loreta Ferrer

Information resource for all Graduate Nurses

HMO "Prime Directive"

Facilitator: Daryll Mckenna

This course is designed for HMOs as an educational resource

ICU Discovery Program

Facilitator: Sandra Braaf
Facilitator: Kelly Habjan
Facilitator: Roslyn Haywood
Facilitator: Nicola Donohoe
Facilitator: Kim Spalding
Facilitator: Michelle Smith

ICU Students

Facilitator: Michelle Smith
Facilitator: Kelly Habjan
Facilitator: Nicola Donohoe
Facilitator: Sandra Braaf
Facilitator: Kim Spalding
Facilitator: Roslyn Haywood

ICU Staff

Facilitator: Roslyn Haywood
Facilitator: Kim Spalding
Facilitator: Nicola Donohoe
Facilitator: Sandra Braaf
Facilitator: Michelle Smith
Facilitator: Kelly Habjan

Intern Portal

Facilitator: Daryll Mckenna

This course is designed for interns as an educational resource

Name Changes in Texture Modified Food and Fluids at Western Health

This brief educational package has been prepared to ensure that staff are aware of the new names of texture modified food and fluids for Western Health. These grades must be used in the new i.PM system.

Neonatal Life Support

Facilitator: Marlene Hopper
Facilitator: Elizabeth Collis

This course has been designed for nurses, midwives & doctors to prepare them for assessment in neonatal resuscitation. Click here for enrolment keys for this course.

Pre Admission Clinic

Facilitator: Karen Rossitto

This course area is for pre-admission nursing staff only.

Renal Therapies

Facilitator: Marie McIntosh

This course is designed for all nurses and medical staff working in renal specialities within Western Health Services. The course is intended to further enhance renal knowledge making it fun and interactive, including the completion of annual competencies where stated. Click here for course enrolment keys

Residential Aged Care Learning Packages

Facilitator: Douglas Mill
Facilitator: Wendy Lacey

This site is designed for Residential Aged Care nurses and encompasses a number of learning modules and self assessment tasks specific to Residential Aged Care nursing. Click here for enrolment keys for this course.

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Sunshine Hospital Emergency Department

Facilitator: Melissa Tully
Facilitator: Samantha Boswell
Facilitator: Christine Hill

Supportive Care Training Package

Facilitator: Angelina Cutri
Facilitator: Shae Wissell

The Supportive Care course has been designed for nursing and allied health staff who are working with oncology patients. This training forms part of their clinical role.

To access this course you will need a key. Please click on the link to find out what your key is.

Western Hospital Emergency Department

Facilitator: Caroline Barnes
Facilitator: Christine Carub
Facilitator: Sarah Taylor

This section is for use by nursing staff working in the Emergency Department at Western Hosptial.

Cutlural Diverstiy

Facilitator: Assunta Morrone

These modules contain culturally specific information about particularly ethnic groups. The information is general and does not always reflect the diverse groups living in Australia. While a person's culture will impact on their behaviour, decisions and lifestyle it should never be used as an excuse to limit another person's human rights.

At the end of this module you will be able to

identify the demisions of culture
identify what you need to be cultural appropriate
reflect on your own cultural values
Identify general characteristics of certain cultural groups

Supervisor Training and Education Program 2012

Facilitator: Danny Nguyen

An interprofessional clinical supervision training program for clinicians working with students in Western Metropolitan & Central Metropolitan CPNs

Malnutrition Identification and Management- the Basics

Facilitator: Aranka Nenov
Facilitator: Hollie Bevans

Click here for course enrolment keys

Dietetic Student Clinical Education

Facilitator: Rachel Evans
Facilitator: Heather Jordan

The Western Health Nutrition Dept have created an e-learn package to assist Deakin Masters students, Clinical Educators, Clinical Supervisors and buddies to progress successfully through the 9 week acute and sub-acute clinical placement.