Healing in a new land; an
update in refugee mental
health for GPs and
primary care providers
The Northern Melbourne Medicare Local, The
Inner North West Melbourne Medicare Local
and the Macedon Ranges & North Western
Melbourne Medicare Local along with the
Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture
(Foundation House) warmly invite you to participate
in a day focussed on working with refugees and asylum
seekers toward positive mental health outcomes.
Saturday 23 November 2013,
8.45am - 4.30pm
At Foundation House, 6 Gardiner Street, Brunswick (Mel 29 F7)
No cost.
Each participant will receive a pack of resources for their work with refugees and asylum seekers
40 Category One RACGP CPD points apply for GPs. The Forum is also accredited as a MH CPD
This training has been endorsed by APEC No. 060823317 as authorised by the RCNA according to approved criteria.
This educational forum will be relevant for GPs who work with refugees, together with practice staff, nurses and
other doctors. There will be presentations and workshops including the latest updates on refugee mental health
issues in Victoria, and plenty of opportunity for interactive discussion about working with refugees in GP practice.
Learning objectives
 Increase skills in applying cultural formulations in understanding and managing mental health problems
in refugees and asylum seekers
 Raise preparedness to respond to current issues that impact on the mental health and emotional well
being of refugees and asylum seekers
 Increase strategies toward effective management of and advocacy for mental health and wellbeing of
refugee patients and asylum seekers
 Develop strategies for personal safety and psychological wellbeing for oneself, workmates and patients
that can be translated into a team approach in the general practice or workplace setting
To register
Book via this link. http://www.trybooking.com/DQGE
Bookings are open until Wednesday 13 November
For further information
Kay Dufty
Ph: (03) 9353 4923
Infiniti Health Solutions for Northern Melbourne Medicare Local
Online Booking Enquiries
Adriana Mendieta
Ph: (03) 9389 8965
Foundation House
Program
8.15am Registration and early Morning Tea
8.45am House Keeping and Welcome
9.00am Key Note Address
Current policy context for asylum seekers and other
humanitarian entrants
Paris Aristotle
9.35am Victoria’s Response: Innovations and Ongoing Challenges
Sue Casey,
CEO, The Victorian Foundation for
Survivors of Torture
Manager of Health Sector Development,
Foundation House (TBC)
9.50am “Cultural Formulation from a clinician’s viewpoint –
Assessing and understanding mental health problems in
refugees and asylum seekers.”
Dr Justin Kuay,
Consultant Psychiatrist, Victorian
Transcultural Psychiatry Unit and
colleague (TBC)
10.40 – 10.50am Morning Tea
10.50 – 11.10am
A Community’s Perspective of Mental Health
Community Liaison Worker,
Foundation House
11.10 – 12.00pm Staying Empathic, Staying Effective: Promoting
Professional Resilience, Avoiding Burnout
Michelle Bihary,
Founder and Managing Director,
The Delta Centre
12.00 – 1.00pm Lunch and Resources Bazaar
1.00 – 2.35pm Concurrent Sessions
Anger in the Waiting Room
Ramini Shankumar,
Manager Southern Health Dental
Services and
Raul Foglia,
Psychologist
Sue Casey
Facilitator Discussion
Lester Jones
Where’s The Pain? Managing Chronic Pain in Refugees
Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences,
School of Allied Health, Department of
Physiotherapy, La Trobe University
Melanie Block,
Physiotherapist Team Leader, Western
Region Health Centre
2.35pm – 2.50pm Afternoon Tea
2.50 – 4.30pm Concurrent Workshops
The Taboo and the Hidden: Supporting refugee women
who are experiencing family violence
Holding on till Help Arrives: Counselling Refugees in
Primary Care
Jennifer Dawson,
Senior Practitioner, “In Touch”
Multicultural Centre Against Family
Violence
Dr Joanne Gardiner,
GP and Refugee Health Fellow
Dr Georgia Paxton,
Development and Disabilities in Refugee Children
4.30pm
Close, Networking and Celebration with Refreshments
Paediatrician and Clinical Leader, Royal
Children’s Hospital