laua hoki! Kia tirohia ake nei he atua!
Ko nga ahuatange o te ao te kitea, ko nga ahuatanga o te ao tipuna
Ko nga ahuatanga o te atuatanga,
Kai tau te rangimarie ki runga I a tatou katoa
He Rongoā Pai – He Oranga Whānau is a programme for Māori community based health workers. It aims to improve knowledge and provide information to whānau about the safe and effective use of medicines.
FREE Training Course
In 2008, PHARMAC is offering a FREE two day training course
on medicines for Māori Community Health Workers and Māori Primary Care
Nurses.
With only 30 places per training session places are filling
fast.
Overview
Course facilitators include some of the country's leading professionals in Rongoa Māori, Pharmacy and General Practice in Primary Care.
The course aims to;
• Increase awareness of safe and appropriate use of medications
• Improve 'access' to medicines
• Develop patient and whanau education recourses to be used by Maori
community-based health workers (kaimahi)
• Promote medications as part of managing overall healthcare
Course topics
Key Themes within the program include:
• Māori Health and Māori Priorities
• Rongoa Māori
• Health conditions that impact of Māori
• The Role of Pharmaceuticals in New Zealand Health
• Access to subsidised medicines
• Health problems that impact on Māori
• The 5 R's – Practical application
• Treatment of and effective communication with Māori
Eligibility
To be eligible for the FREE training you must be:
• Māori AND
• A Registered Nurse working in a primary care role, OR
• A Community Health Worker AND
• Committed to positive health outcomes for whanau; AND
• Committed to actively participating and completing the education programme
While preference is given to kaimahi who have Māori ancestry, the programme is open to all nurses and community workers. Should your work role not match entirely with the description given here, we will be happy to discuss your participation in the seminars.
There are only 30 places available per training session.
Costs
Participants are expected to cover travel costs to and from the Marae and koha to the Marae. There is no additional cost to the participants aside from these costs noted above.
Kai, accommodation and course materials, are included as part of the training and are funded by PHARMAC. The program setting is noho marae (stay over on the marae), please bring slippers, pillow and sleeping bag.
¹ M. Wilson, M Parore, Mauri Ora Associates Ltd. “Formative Evaluation Results of a Pilot Clinical Pharmacology Training Programme for Māori Healthcare Workers.” DHBRF Workshop Report October 2007.
| Training Timetable | |
| REGION | PROPOSED |
| Northland | 21 & 22 April 2008 |
| Hawkes Bay | 24 & 25 November 2008 |
| Porirua | 23 & 24 June |
| Lakes | 14 & 15 July 2008 |
| Tainui | 11 & 12 August 2008 |
| Southland | 8 & 9 September 2008 |
| Tairawhiti | October |
| Wanganui/ Taranaki |
November |
| Waitemata | December |
| Nelson/ Marlborough |
February |