The Goodfellow Club

An Innovative, Effective, Self-Reflective and Self-Paced - eLearning CALD Culture and Cultural Competence Training Module.

After becoming a finalist in the Primary Health care stream, the CALD team went on to win two awards: the Overall All Winner for 2010 WDHB Health Excellence Awards and a Highly Commended Workforce Development and Innovation Award.

The remarks were that the vote was unanimous and immediate after presentation. Here are some of remarks from the judging panel:

• A very sound and innovative use of technology.
• Impressive, transferable creative solution.
• Very appropriate, well presented, awesome. Can be rolled out regionally may be internationally as well.  Congratulations to the team!
• Excellent tool – so needed.
• Superb tool, universally applicable to an international standard.
• Innovative use of technology to support clinicians
• Excellent integration of primary and secondary sector needs.
• A fantastic tool to help deal with super-diversity in the Auckland region.
• A really positive and engaging initiative.

For a full list of winners, click here http://www.knowledgecentre.co.nz/News/WaitemataHealthExcellenceAwards/tabid/63/language/en-NZ/Default.aspx

These courses are specifically designed for General Practitioners to recertify you for Advanced Cardiac Life Support.  The courses are is up to NZRC Level 5 (8 CME credits) or up to Level 7 (12 CME credits)  Certification is presently valid for a year. 

The courses include a session on IV Cannulation –

 http://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/som/acsc/resus/default.aspx

Weekday courses run from 4.00 pm to 9.00 pm. Level 5
Weekend courses run from 8.00 am to 5.00 pm.

Minimum number of participants 4
Maximum number of participants 8

Contact:  Christine Halkett 021 883450 for more information.