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Courses and Events for Health Care

8th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry new item

The theme of the eighth European conference is "New horizons in interdisciplinary approaches". The conference will take place on October 23-26, 2013.

Details on how to register are available at: www.oudconsultancy.nl/GhentSite/ecvcp/congressregistra.html.

For more information on the 2013 conference, held in Ghent, Belgium go to: www.oudconsultancy.nl/GhentSite/index.html.

Injury Prevention and Disability Management for Long Term Care and Home Care Providers

On May 27, 2009, the Health Employers' Association of BC and WorkSafeBC hosted an information session on strategies, tools and resources which long term care and home care employers, managers, and supervisors can use to improve worker safety and claims management. The theme of the session was employers helping employers build safer workplaces.

Agenda for May 27, 2009 (PDF 90 KB)

South Fraser Home Support's Safety Program and Disability Management, Presented by Barbara Valois and Marcia Klassen:

Patient Handling - tools and resources, Presented by Marjorie Brims, Interior Health Authority:

Violence Prevention - tools and resources, Presented by Leslie Gamble, Interior Health Authority:

Building a Culture for Safety and Care, Presented by Geri Pearson and Meg Roberts, Delta Hospital Extended Care, Fraser Health Authority:

Healthcare Learning and Development Opportunities

http://www.phsa.ca/HealthProfessionals/Occupational-Health-Safety/default.htm

"Online opportunities for BC healthcare staff are available to develop healthcare-specific occupational health and safety knowledge and skills. The Online Learning Centre houses a variety of healthcare-specific courses free-of-charge to anyone working in BC healthcare."

Downtown Eastside Health Care Service Providers Information Session - June 9, 2006

This information session was held specifically for downtown eastside health care service providers. The morning session consisted of four presentations: violence, MSI, needlesticks and bedbugs. A copy of the morning's agenda, speaker bios, the four presentations and the session evaluation report are available.



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