The Integrated Care Communities of Practice (CoP) provide an opportunity to bring together general practice, community health services, hospitals, council services, allied health services, community pharmacies, social services, social groups and others with a view to improving awareness and connectivity between local services.

The main aims of the CoPs are to:

  • Support relationship building across the sectors in local areas,
  • Promote local service awareness,
  • Promote connectivity and communication,
  • Share ideas for patient centred care in the region, and
  • Promote the development of collaborative approaches to care together

CoP events cover various topics and often feature guest speakers and panels of local services for each region. The CoPs include facilitated discussion and optional networking at the end.

Currently there are Integrated Care Communities of Practice in the below areas. If you work in health and social services in any of these areas please join in

Bayside Glen Eira Integrated Care Community of Practice

Next Event

  •  Date and Topic to be confirmed. For further information and suggestions email manager@adma.org.au

Past events

  • 4 June 2024 virtual event. A fireside chat discussing experiences, challenges, potential pathways from perspectives of primary care, community care and hospitals. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Co-Director General Medicine, Alfred Health. Panel: Dr Belinda McDonald, General Practitioner; Tanya Richie, Program Lead, Better Health Network Community Health; Prof Anthony Russell, Director of Endocrine & Diabetes Unit, Alfred Health; Dr Adam Braithwaite, General Practitioner Diabetes Connecting Care Clinic (DCCC), Alfred Health; Dr Archana Thayaparan, Deputy Director General Medicine (Community) Alfred Health; Sian Slade, Enterprise, Fellow (Honorary) & PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne (PhD Navigating the Health System in the South East Melbourne Catchment)
  • 27 February 2024 virtual event. Healthcare for people experiencing homelessness: issues, challenges, referral pathways. Chair: Josie Samers, GP Liaison Alfred Health. Panel: Nilakshi Gunatillaka, Deep End Living Lab Monash Uni | “Talking about housing in healthcare settings: perspectives from clinicians and patients”; Melinda Wagner, Group Manager, Health and Wellbeing at Launch Housing | An overview on health and wellbeing services at Launch Housing and Referral pathways; Komal Gulati, Senior Clinician Hospital Admission Risk program (HARP), Alfred Health | The Hospital; Kelina Attard, Manager Homeless Persons Program, Bolton Clarke | A primary healthcare response to people on the streets, in parks, at food programs, in low cost hotels, boarding houses, caravan parks or living in crisis accommodation.
  • 21 November 2023 virtual event. Women’s Heart Disease. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Co-Director General Medicine, Alfred Health. Panel: A/Prof Monique Watts, Heart Failure Cardiologist, Women’s Heart Clinic at Alfred Health | Unique Symptoms and Risks in Women’s Heart Disease; Dr Archana Thayaparan, General Medicine Physician Alfred Health | Community-based Heart Failure Management at Alfred Health; Michelle Henderson, Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Better Health Network (amalgamation of Star Health, Connect Health and Central Bayside Community Health Services) | Local Cardiac Rehab in Community Health.
  • 1 August 2023 virtual event. Urgent Care in the Community, Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, General Physician, Alfred Health. Presenters: Dr Loren Sher, Director of Victorian Virtual Emergency Department | The Victorian Virtual ED; Daniel Cechner, Head of Clinical Services, Sandringham Ambulatory Care Centre | Priority Primary Care Centres (PPCCs); Anne-Marie Skegg, Psych Crisis Assessment, Alfred Health| Alfred Police and CATT Early Response (A-PACER): response to 000 calls that suggest a mental health issue; Felice Borghmans, Manager Clinical Service Design – Gen Med HITH Alfred Health| Direct referrals into Hospital in the Home from community. 
  • 28 March 2023 virtual event. The impact of music and singing on health, wellbeing and humanity and its therapeutic application in the health system. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Prof Jane Davidson, Professor of Creative and Performing Arts, Chair of Creativity and Wellbeing Hallmark, Coordinator of Opera, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne| The benefits of singing and music on wellbeing: 5 ways singing helps humanity; Michelle Hines, Senior Music Therapist Mental and Addiction Health, Alfred Health & St Vincents Health| Music therapy in mental health: case study; Eleanor Bojo, Senior Music Therapist, Calvary Health Care Bethlehem, Music Therapy; Music Outreach & Music Therapy Livestream at Calvary | A music therapy experience. 
  • 8 November 2022 virtual event. Essentials of Sexually Transmitted Infections.Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenter: Dr Melanie Bissessor, Sexual Health Physician, Melbourne Sexual Health Clinic, Alfred Health. 
  • 6 September 2022 virtual event. Bush Adventure Therapy. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Matthew Franks, Team Leader Wilderness Adventure Therapy, EACH; Peri Boztepe, Mental Health & Wellbeing Service Innovation, SEMPHN | The new mental health Initial Assessment and Referral- Decision Support Tool (IAR-DST); Kellie Shanley, Clozapine prescribing coordinator, Alfred Health and Manager  GP Shared Care Program with the Alfred Mental Health and Addiction Service
  • 5 July 2022 virtual event. Carer Support. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Kei Murakami, Young Carer Support, Victorian Support for Carers Program (SCP), Alfred Health| Case study;  Kat Shore, Carer |Lived experience perspective; Melanie Carlson, SCP Carer Support, Alfred Health | Carers coached on capacity building. 
  • 21 June 2022 virtual event. Joint Health & Back pain: avoiding opioids, imaging and maintaining health. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenter: Prof Flavia Cicuttini, Head Rheumatology Alfred Health. 
  • 10 May 2022 virtual event. Support for Suicidal Adults and Suicide Prevention. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Dr Evan Symons, Unit Head Consultation-Liaison & Emergency Psychiatry & Addiction Health; Dr Nicholas Burgess, Consultant Psychiatrist, Hope Team; Brooke Seebohm, Senior Psychiatric Nurse Alfred Hope, Alfred Health. 
  • 5 April 2022 virtual event. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Kelly Jackson, Regional Manager Community Services, Southern Region at Wintringham | Local case study, older persons homelessness in the area, navigating the system, gaps and more; Brid Crowley and Chloe Ferguson, Star Health | Update on the Prahran Positive COVID clinic. 
  • 8 March 2022 virtual event. Community Health Case Study & Hospital Case Study. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Miranda Eagan, Star Health and Dr Richard Coates, General Physician, Alfred Health and Lead of Alfred COVID Pathways. 
  • 22 February 2022 virtual event. Updates and Case Studies of COVID in the Region. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenter: Dr Richard Coates, General Physician, Alfred Health and Lead of Alfred COVID Pathways. 
  • 26 October 2021 virtual event. Eating Disorders. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Panel: Alison Cassidy, Telehealth Nurse, Eating Disorders Victoria; Rachael Duck, Manager of the Peer Mentoring Program, Eating Disorders Victoria; Dr Paul Denborough, Clinical Director of the Alfred Child and Youth Mental Health Service and Headspace.
  • 28 September 2021 virtual event. Supporting Youth and Young Adults Mental Wellbeing. Chair Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Panel: Dr Stephen Carbone, CEO Prevention United | Mental wellbeing and the prevention of mental health conditions; Elaine Liebetrau, Community Awareness Coordinator, Headspace Elsternwick & Syndal; Sarah Roney, Positive Education Network Coordinator THRIVE | A holistic, evidence-based model now in association with St Kilda AFL and the THRIVE Collective; Kirstie Edwards,  A Path to Follow | Lived Experience Navigation.
  • 31 August 2021 1.00pm virtual event.  Mental Health, Food, Fitness and Frailty. Presenters: Prof Rob Daly, Chair Exercise & Ageing, Deakin University; Clint Wilkie, Population Health Team Leader, Caulfield Community Health; Dr Maria Tslangis, Director, Caulfield Aged and Liaison Psychiatry.
  • 27 July 2021 1.00pm virtual event.  Organisations working together to identify and respond to family violence. Presenters: Georgina Young, Salvation Army Family Violence Service; Kellie Muir, Family Violence Project Coordinator, Family Violence Program, Alfred Health
  • 29 June 2021 virtual event. Partnerships & Silver Linings. Case presentation Sandra Warren, Senior Local Area Coordinator, Brotherhood of St Laurence.
  • 27 April 2021 virtual event. Staying Well at Home: access to aged care and acute services – support from the hospital and community. Case presentation Dr Ibby Wahibi-Izzettin, HARP Senior Medical Registrar, Alfred Health. Chair Dr Daniel Fineberg, General Medicine, Alfred Health.
  • 30 March 2021 virtual event: Addiction Case Discussion. Presenter Lauren Boyd, The Salvation Army Access Health: Specialist Primary Health Care Service.
  • 16 February 2021 virtual event: Mental Health Case Discussion. Presenter Dr Nicolas Mims, Alfred Health.
  • 8 December 2020 virtual event: Case Discussion-Voluntary assisted dying: a collaborative approach to end of life care. Presenters: Dr Jamie Parker-Smith & Lisa O’Driscoll, Alfred Health
  • 24 November virtual event: Case discussion chaired by Dr Daniel Fineberg
  • 10 November 2020 virtual event: Case discussion chaired by Dr Richard Coates
  • 20 October 2020 virtual event: Case Discussion chaired by Dr Daniel Fineberg
  • 6 October 2020 virtual event: Case Discussion of older man presenting to ED whose aim was to return home, chaired by Dr Daniel Fineberg
  • 26 August 2020 virtual event: Provider Health and Wellbeing in the Time of COVID-19. Presenter Prof Jane Fisher, Finkel Professor of Global Health and Director, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University; Dr Nadia Chaves, Infectious Diseases Physician, cohealth Community Health Service and General Physician, Alfred Health; Dr Kym Jenkins, Consultant Psychiatrist, Chair CPMC, Chair Migrant and Refugee Health Partnership, Board member Mental Health Australia; A/Prof Jane Munro, Head of Rheumatology Unit, Dept of General Medicine Royal Children’s Hospital, Clinical Lead Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Churchill Fellow – Pandemic Kindness Movement;  Janice Florent, Counselling Practice Excellence Coach, Clinical Lead for Counselling – cohealth Community Health.
  • 22 May 2020 OR 26 May 2020 virtual events Having Difficult Conversations. Panel details for as per Morning Flyer and Evening Flyer
  • 3 March 2020
    Registrations: 101, from Aged Care Services, Alfred Health, Allied Health, Parks Victoria,  Bayside City Council, Carer Services, Community Health, DHHS, General Practice, Home Nursing, Monash Health, Pharmacy, Southern Melb Primary Care Partnership, SEMPHN, Support Groups, NWPHN, Ambulance Victoria, Alcohol and Drug Services, Bolton Clarke, City of Glen Eira, Monash Uni, Eastern Health.
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  • 23 October 2019
    Registrations: 52 from Alfred Health, DHSV, SEMPHN, DHHS, General Practice, SMPCP, Community Health and Pharmacy.
    What did attendees think?  Review the feedback
  • 18 June 2019
    Registrations: 75 from Aged Care Services, Alfred Health, Allied Health, Ambulance Victoria, Bayside City Council, Cabrini, Carer Services, Community Health, DHHS, DVA, General Practice, Home Nursing, Monash Health, Pharmacy, Southern Melb Primary Care Partnership, SEMPHN, Support Group, Victoria Police.
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  • 6 March 2019
    Registrations: 65 from General Practice; Hospitals; Council; Aged Care; Community Health, Social Services; Social Support; Palliative Care; Mental Health Services and more
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  • 14 November 2018
    Registrations: 74 from General Practice; Hospitals; Council; Aged Care; Community Health, Social Services; Social Support; Palliative Care; Mental Health Services and more
    What did attendees think? Review the feedback

Member’s Area (password protected)

Casey Cardinia Integrated Care Community of Practice

Next Event

  • 17 September 2024, online 7.00-8.00am. Sexual Assault, Family Violence and Elder Abuse- Responding to a Growing Problem. Chair: Dr Wee Jie Chee, General Physician, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health. Panel: Amanda Parkinson, Manager, SECASA (South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault) | Support for People who have Experienced Sexual Assault and Family Violence; Christine du Toit, Specialist Family Violence Advisor & U‑Turn Program Lead, Taskforce | Services and Support for Men Who Are Using Violence and Women Experiencing Violence, especially in the Case of Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD); Katrina Herbert, Service System Navigator, Southern Melbourne, The Orange Door, Family Safety Victoria, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | The Orange Door -Services and Support; Briony Underwood, Team Leader Advocacy, Elder Rights Advocacy | Services and Support for Those Requiring Advocacy or Experiencing Elder Abuse. Register here. For further information or suggestions email manager@adma.org.au

Past events

  • 4 June 2024 virtual event. Healthcare for People Experiencing Homelessness. Chair: Dr Billy Stoupas, Specialist General Practitioner, Principal The General Practitioner. Panel: Nilakshi Gunatillaka, Program Manager & Research Officer, Deep End Living Lab, Equity, Primary Care, Implementation and Community (EPIC) Research Unit , School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University | Talking about housing in healthcare settings: perspectives from clinicians and patients. Aleesha Bendon, Service Manager, South East Crisis Accommodation and Juliana Tardochi, A/Service Manager, Enhancing Families & Children, Launch Housing | An overview on health and wellbeing services at Launch Housing and Referral pathways. Kelina Attard, Manager Homeless Persons Program, Bolton Clarke | An assertive outreach primary health care response by Community Health Nurses to people who are experiencing homelessness or are vulnerable for homelessness.
  • 19 March 2024 virtual event 7.00am-8.00am. Addressing Mental Health, Developmental Delays and Behavioural Concerns in Children. Chair: Dr Wee Jie Chee, General Physician, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health. Panel: Dr Victoria McKay, Paediatrician, Monash Children’s Health and Wellbeing Local; Dr Benjamin Hoadley, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Monash Health. Emily Pen, Windermere Manager, Family Health and Wellbeing. 
  • 31 October 2023 virtual event. Eating Disorders. Chair: Dr Wee Jie Chee, General Physician, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health. Panel: Dr Jacinta Coleman, Consultant Paediatrician – Adolescent Physician; Head, Adolescent Medicine Unit, Monash Children’s Hospital | Adolescents and Eating Disorders; Prof Megan Galbally, Program Director, Mental Health Program, Monash Health & Professor/Director, Centre of Women’s and Children’s Mental Health, Monash University | Monash Health Eating Disorders Clinic Services – Adults, Pregnancy, Perinatal; Dr Sharon Marks, Head of Unit, Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Monash Health | The Metabolic Obesity Service at Monash Health;  Sarah Pollitt, Manager, Telehealth Support Programs, Eating Disorders Victoria | Eating Disorders Victoria Services. 
  • 25 July 2023 virtual event. Urgent Care in the Community– including ED Diversion Programmes and Services for both urgent mental health and physical health needs. Chair: Dr Adam Mohd-Idris, Geriatrician and General Physician, Service Director, Aged and Rehabilitation Division, Medical Lead, Residential InReach Unit, Monash Health. Panel: Michelle Murphy, Project Manager, Narre Warren PPCC, ForHealth |The Priority Primary Care Centres (PPCC); Mick Rogers, Registered Nurse and Senior Clinician, CATT/PACER | The Police, Ambulance and Clinical Early Response (PACER) Program; Dr Loren Sher, Clinical Director, Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED) | The Victorian Virtual ED; Debra Gascard, Acting Director, Community Assessment and Response Team/ Manager Complex Care/ Nurse Practitioner/ Deputy Director of Nursing, Monash Health | The Community Assessment Response Team (CART) Program. 
  • 21 March 2023 virtual event. Tackling Vaping in Children and Adolescents.Chair: Dr Wee Chee, General Physician, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health. Presenters: Zoe Taylor, Acting Manager Communities & Places, Quit Victoria and Emma Dean, Health System Reform Manager, Quit Victoria | Vaping and Quit Victoria support; Dr Chris Barton, Senior Lecturer, Department of General Practice, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University | What do GPs want to know about e-cigarettes?; Adj Clin A/Prof Robert Roseby, Paediatric Respiratory Physician, Monash Children’s Hospital | Vaping in Children and Adolescents; Dr David Jacka, Addiction Medicine Specialist, Monash Health | Is Vaping a Viable Alternative to Cigarettes?
  • 8 November 2022 virtual event. Supporting Older People at Home.Chair: Dr Adam Mohd-Idris, Aged and Rehabilitation Division, Monash Health. Panel: Dr Alisha Spiteri and Dr Vasko Ilievski, Consultant Geriatricians, Physicians GEM@Home Service, Monash Health| The Geriatric Evaluation and Management Programme- GEM@Home; Karen Ivanka, Team Leader, Aged Care Navigators, COTA | COTA Services and Aged Care Navigation Services; Kelly Cooper, Springvale Neighbourhood House| Digital support for older persons through Springvale Neighbourhood House.
  • 2 August 2022 virtual event. The Virtual ED. Chair: Dr Wee Chee, General Physician, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health. Panel: Dr Anika Kibria, Monash Residential InReach Service, Consultant Geriatrician| Residential InReach and the Virtual ED; Dr Maddi Howard, Emergency Physician, Virtual Emergency Department Clinical Lead, Monash Health | Emergency Support for Community Dwelling Patients and the Virtual ED;  Dr Jagdeesh Singh Dhaliwal, General Practitioner, Aged Care GP, Chair of the Older Adults EAG, NWMPHN | A GP and Aged Care Perspective; Dr Bill Stoupas, The General Practitioner | A GP Perspective  
  • 7 June 2022 virtual event. Navigating Services to Support People with Chronic and Disability Needs. Chair: Reece Adams, Head of the Centre for Developmental Disability, Monash Health. Panel: Reece Adams, Head of the Centre for Developmental Disability Health at Monash Health | What is available and how do we best support people with chronic and disability needs;  Justine Little, Head of Profession – Social Work & Spiritual Care, Monash Health | Complex NDIS Discharge planning from hospital; Helen Freris, Manager, Health Services Program, Women with Disabilities Victoria | Inclusive and Rights-Based Health Service Provision for People with Disabilities; Sonia Savanah, Carer and Community Education Officer, Carers Victoria | A carer perspective on navigating disability services and the NDIS. 
  • 5 April 2022 virtual event. Local Mental Health.Chair:Dr Wee Chee, General Physician, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health. Panel: Derek ​ Fagan, Manager, Mental Health and Family Violence Services, Southern Melbourne EACH | State Government Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub – what is happening in our region?Kerrie Bryant, Program Manager Head to Health – Officer Hub & Frankston Satellite Hub, Arena Medical Centre | HeadtoHelp Mental Health Hubs – what is happening in our region?Jack Simcoe Victorian Program Manager Reclink Australia | Rebuilding Lives through sports and arts : Partnering with VicHealth for young people in Dandenong and Casey; Salma Ahmadi, Social Prescribing Officer Springvale Neighbourhood House | Dandenong Social Prescribing Program.
  • 19 October 2021 virtual event. Conversations on Shared Decision Making, End of Life Care and Voluntary Assisted Dying. Chair: Dr Adam Mohd-Idris, General Physician and Geriatrician, Head of Unit, General Medicine Department, Dandenong Hospital, Monash Health. Panel:  Dr Patrick Steele, Palliative Care Consultant, Palliative Care South East & Monash Health; Kelsay Smith, Shared Decision Making Advisor & Voluntary Assisted Dying Liaison officer, Monash Health; Dr Cameron McLaren, Medical Oncologist, Monash Health | Voluntary Assisted Dying. 
  • 27 July 2021 virtual event. Food, Fitness and Frailty; How to Keep Our Elderly Healthy. Chair: Dr Weejie Chee, General Physician, Monash Health. Panel: Dr Adam Mohd- Idris, Geriatrician and Head of General Medicine Dandenong Hospital; Prof Rob Daly, Chair of Exercise and Ageing Deakin University; Julianne Ward, Home Support, City of Greater Dandenong; Annmarie Saffin, Ageing Well Facilitator, Cardinia Shire Council; Holly Slater, Team Leader & Occupational Therapist, Aged and Community Care Team, Cranbourne Centre, Monash Health.
  • 11 May 2021 virtual event. Rolling Out COVID-19 Vaccine in our Community. Panel: Prof Rhonda Stuart, Director South East PHU, Director Infection Prevention & Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases Clinician, Monash Health; Marita Sealey, Executive General Manager, Special Projects, SEMPHN; Anthony Tassone, Victorian Branch President, Pharmacy Guild of Australia; Jacquie McBride, Manager Monash Health Refugee Health & Wellbeing. Chair Dr Wee Jie Chee, Monash Health.
  • 16 March 2021 virtual event: Mental Health Case Study. Panel: Dr Akshay Ilango, Psychiatrist, Deputy Program Medical Director of Monash Health Psychiatric Services; Liz Perrin, Access and Referral Lead Mental Health Services, SEMPHN; Sally Wall, Senior Manager, Mental Health, ERMHA
  • 27 October 2020 virtual event: The New Normal: Challenges and Opportunities Post COVID 19. Panel: Dr Adam Mohd Idris, General Physician & Geriatrician, Head of Unit, General Medicine Department, Dandenong Hospital, Medical Lead, Residential InReach Unit; Dr Jagdeesh Singh Dhaliwal, General Practitioner, Aged Care GP; Melanie Virtue, Manager Springvale Neighbourhood House
  • 25 August 2020 virtual event: Helping Vulnerable Communities during COVID 19 Pandemic. Chair Dr Chris Lemoh, General Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Dandenong Hospital. Panel: Catherine McGrath, Acting Manager Population Health and Community Wellbeing, Southern Melbourne Area DHHS;  Daniel Carter, Director of Aboriginal Health at Monash Health Community; Sushma Shrestha, Senior Social Worker  Rough Sleepers Initiative and Adult Mental Health Program, Monash Health; Chiedza Malunga, Team Leader Monash Refugee Health & Wellbeing Clinic Dandenong, Monash Health
  • 29 May 2020 virtual event: Having Difficult Conversations. Panel: Dr Ranjana Srivastava, Oncologist, Monash Health, Author of Principles for having difficult conversations; Kelsay Smith, Advisor Shared Decision Making, Monash Health; Jack Nagle, SEMPHN, AOD Govt Advisory, founder realdrugtalk; Katherine Dowson, Director,  South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (SECASA).
  • 18 February 2020
    Registrations:  100 from ADMA, Aged Home Care Services, Allied Health, City of Casey, Community Health Services, Disability Services, DHHS, Family Services, General Practices, Home Nursing Services, Mental Health Services, Monash Community, Monash Health, Neighbourhood Houses, Palliative Care, Pharmacy, Social Services, Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre, Enliven Primary Care Partnership, Parks Victoria, Cardinia Shire Council.
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  • 15 October 2019
    Registrations:  56 from ADMA, Aged Home Care Services, Allied Health, City of Casey, Community Health Services, Disability Services, DHHS, Family Services, General Practices, Home Nursing Services, Mental Health Services, Monash Community, Monash Health, Neighbourhood Houses, Palliative Care, Pharmacy, Social Services, Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre, Enliven Primary Care Partnership
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  • 15 May 2019
    Registrations: 64 from Aged Home Care, Allied Health Services, Bolton Clarke, City Of Casey, Community Centre, Community Health, DHHS, enliven PCP, General Practices, Mental Health Services, Monash Health, Neighbourhood Houses, Palliative Care, Pharmacy, SEMPHN, Social Services
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  • 28 February 2019
    Registrations: 65 from General Practice; Hospitals; Council; Aged Care; Community Health, Social Services; Social Support; Palliative Care; Mental Health Services and more
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  • 17 October 2018
    Registrations: 45 from General Practice; Hospitals; Council; Aged Care; Community Health, Social Services; Social Support; Palliative Care; Mental Health Services and more
    What did attendees think? Review the feedback

Members’ Area (password protected)

Greater Dandenong Integrated Care Community of Practice

Next Event

  • 17 September 2024, online 7.00-8.00am. Sexual Assault, Family Violence and Elder Abuse- Responding to a Growing Problem. Chair: Dr Wee Jie Chee, General Physician, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health. Panel: Amanda Parkinson, Manager, SECASA (South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault) | Support for People who have Experienced Sexual Assault and Family Violence; Christine du Toit, Specialist Family Violence Advisor & U‑Turn Program Lead, Taskforce | Services and Support for Men Who Are Using Violence and Women Experiencing Violence, especially in the Case of Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD); Katrina Herbert,Service System Navigator, Southern Melbourne, The Orange Door, Family Safety Victoria, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | The Orange Door -Services and Support; Briony Underwood, Team Leader Advocacy, Elder Rights Advocacy | Services and Support for Those Requiring Advocacy or Experiencing Elder Abuse. Register here. For further information and suggestions email manager@adma.org.au

Past events

  • 4 June 2024 virtual event. Healthcare for People Experiencing Homelessness. Chair: Dr Billy Stoupas, Specialist General Practitioner, Principal The General Practitioner. Panel: Nilakshi Gunatillaka, Program Manager & Research Officer, Deep End Living Lab, Equity, Primary Care, Implementation and Community (EPIC) Research Unit , School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University | Talking about housing in healthcare settings: perspectives from clinicians and patients. Aleesha Bendon, Service Manager, South East Crisis Accommodation and Juliana Tardochi, A/Service Manager, Enhancing Families & Children, Launch Housing | An overview on health and wellbeing services at Launch Housing and Referral pathways. Kelina Attard, Manager Homeless Persons Program, Bolton Clarke | An assertive outreach primary health care response by Community Health Nurses to people who are experiencing homelessness or are vulnerable for homelessness.
  • 19 March 2024 virtual event 7.00am-8.00am. Addressing Mental Health, Developmental Delays and Behavioural Concerns in Children. Chair: Dr Wee Jie Chee, General Physician, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health. Panel: Dr Victoria McKay, Paediatrician, Monash Children’s Health and Wellbeing Local; Dr Benjamin Hoadley, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Monash Health. Emily Pen, Windermere Manager, Family Health and Wellbeing. 
  • 31 October 2023 virtual event. Eating Disorders. Chair: Dr Wee Jie Chee, General Physician, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health. Panel: Dr Jacinta Coleman, Consultant Paediatrician – Adolescent Physician; Head, Adolescent Medicine Unit, Monash Children’s Hospital | Adolescents and Eating Disorders; Prof Megan Galbally, Program Director, Mental Health Program, Monash Health & Professor/Director, Centre of Women’s and Children’s Mental Health, Monash University | Monash Health Eating Disorders Clinic Services – Adults, Pregnancy, Perinatal; Dr Sharon Marks, Head of Unit, Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Monash Health | The Metabolic Obesity Service at Monash Health;  Sarah Pollitt, Manager, Telehealth Support Programs, Eating Disorders Victoria | Eating Disorders Victoria Services. 
  • 25 July 2023 virtual event. Urgent Care in the Community– including ED Diversion Programmes and Services for both urgent mental health and physical health needs. Chair: Dr Adam Mohd-Idris, Geriatrician and General Physician, Service Director, Aged and Rehabilitation Division, Medical Lead, Residential InReach Unit, Monash Health. Panel: Michelle Murphy, Project Manager, Narre Warren PPCC, ForHealth |The Priority Primary Care Centres (PPCC); Mick Rogers, Registered Nurse and Senior Clinician, CATT/PACER | The Police, Ambulance and Clinical Early Response (PACER) Program; Dr Loren Sher, Clinical Director, Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED) | The Victorian Virtual ED; Debra Gascard, Acting Director, Community Assessment and Response Team/ Manager Complex Care/ Nurse Practitioner/ Deputy Director of Nursing, Monash Health | The Community Assessment Response Team (CART) Program. 
  • 21 March 2023 virtual event. Tackling Vaping in Children and Adolescents. Chair: Dr Weejie Chee, General Physician, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health. Presenters: Zoe Taylor, Acting Manager Communities & Places, Quit Victoria and Emma Dean, Health System Reform Manager, Quit Victoria | Vaping and Quit Victoria support; Dr Chris Barton, Senior Lecturer, Department of General Practice, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University | What do GPs want to know about e-cigarettes?; Adj Clin A/Prof Robert Roseby, Paediatric Respiratory Physician, Monash Children’s Hospital | Vaping in Children and Adolescents; Dr David Jacka, Addiction Medicine Specialist, Monash Health | Is Vaping a Viable Alternative to Cigarettes?
  • 8 November 2022 virtual event. Supporting Older People at Home. Chair: Dr Adam Mohd-Idris, Aged and Rehabilitation Division, Monash Health. Panel: Dr Alisha Spiteri and Dr Vasko Ilievski, Consultant Geriatricians, Physicians GEM@Home Service, Monash Health| The Geriatric Evaluation and Management Programme- GEM@Home; Karen Ivanka, Team Leader, Aged Care Navigators, COTA | COTA Services and Aged Care Navigation Services; Kelly Cooper, Springvale Neighbourhood House| Digital support for older persons through Springvale Neighbourhood House.
  • 2 August 2022 virtual event. The Virtual ED. Chair: Dr Weejie Chee, General Physician, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health. Panel: Dr Anika Kibria, Monash Residential InReach Service, Consultant Geriatrician| Residential InReach and the Virtual ED; Dr Maddi Howard, Emergency Physician, Virtual Emergency Department Clinical Lead, Monash Health | Emergency Support for Community Dwelling Patients and the Virtual ED;  Dr Jagdeesh Singh Dhaliwal, General Practitioner, Aged Care GP, Chair of the Older Adults EAG, NWMPHN | A GP and Aged Care Perspective; Dr Bill Stoupas, The General Practitioner | A GP Perspective
  • 7 June 2022 virtual event. Navigating Services to Support People with Chronic and Disability Needs. Chair: Reece Adams, Head of the Centre for Developmental Disability, Monash Health. Panel: Reece Adams, Head of the Centre for Developmental Disability Health at Monash Health | What is available and how do we best support people with chronic and disability needs; Justine Little, Head of Profession – Social Work & Spiritual Care, Monash Health | Complex NDIS Discharge planning from hospital; Helen Freris, Manager, Health Services Program, Women with Disabilities Victoria | Inclusive and Rights-Based Health Service Provision for People with Disabilities; Sonia Savanah, Carer and Community Education Officer, Carers Victoria | A carer perspective on navigating disability services and the NDIS.
  • 5 April 2022 virtual event. Local Mental Health. Chair: Dr Weejie Chee, General Physician, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health. Panel: Derek ​ Fagan, Manager, Mental Health and Family Violence Services, Southern Melbourne EACH | State Government Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub – what is happening in our region? Kerrie Bryant, Program Manager Head to Health – Officer Hub & Frankston Satellite Hub, Arena Medical Centre | HeadtoHelp Mental Health Hubs – what is happening in our region? Jack Simcoe, Victorian Program Manager Reclink Australia | Rebuilding Lives through sports and arts : Partnering with VicHealth for young people in Dandenong and Casey; Salma Ahmadi, Social Prescribing Officer Springvale Neighbourhood House | Dandenong Social Prescribing Program.
  • 19 October 2021 virtual event. Discussion Focused on Shared Decision Making and End of Life Care including Voluntary Assisted Dying. Chair: Dr Adam Mohd-Idris, General Physician and Geriatrician, Head of Unit, General Medicine Department, Dandenong Hospital. Panel: Dr Patrick Steele, Palliative Care Consultant, Palliative Care South East & Monash Health; Kelsay Smith, Shared Decision Making Advisor & Voluntary Assisted Dying Liaison officer, Monash Health; Dr Cameron McLaren, Medical Oncologist, Monash Health | Voluntary Assisted Dying. 
  • 27 July 2021 virtual event. Food, Fitness and Frailty; How to Keep Our Elderly Healthy. Chair: Dr Weejie Chee, General Physician, Monash Health. Panel: Dr Adam Mohd- Idris, Geriatrician and Head of General Medicine Dandenong Hospital; Prof Rob Daly, Chair of Exercise and Ageing Deakin University; Julianne Ward, Home Support, City of Greater Dandenong; Annmarie Saffin, Ageing Well Facilitator, Cardinia Shire Council; Holly Slater, Team Leader & Occupational Therapist, Aged and Community Care Team, Cranbourne Centre, Monash Health.
  • 11 May 2021 virtual event. Rolling Out COVID-19 Vaccine in our Community. Chair Dr Weejie Chee, Monash Health. Panel: Prof Rhonda Stuart, Director South East PHU, Director Infection Prevention & Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases Clinician, Monash Health; Marita Sealey, Executive General Manager, Special Projects, SEMPHN; Anthony Tassone, Victorian Branch President, Pharmacy Guild of Australia; Jacquie McBride, Manager Monash Health Refugee Health & Wellbeing. 
  • 16 March 2021 virtual event: Mental Health Case Study. Panel: Dr Akshay Ilango, Psychiatrist, Deputy Program Medical Director of Monash Health Psychiatric Services; Liz Perrin, Access and Referral Lead Mental Health Services, SEMPHN; Sally Wall, Senior Manager, Mental Health, ERMHA
  • 27 October 2020 virtual event: The New Normal: Challenges and Opportunities Post COVID 19. Panel: Dr Adam Mohd Idris, General Physician & Geriatrician, Head of Unit, General Medicine Department, Dandenong Hospital, Medical Lead, Residential InReach Unit; Dr Jagdeesh Singh Dhaliwal, General Practitioner, Aged Care GP; Melanie Virtue, Manager Springvale Neighbourhood House
  • 25 August 2020 virtual event: Helping Vulnerable Communities during COVID 19 pandemic. Chair Dr Chris Lemoh, General Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Dandenong Hospital. Panel: Catherine McGrath, Acting Manager Population Health and Community Wellbeing, Southern Melbourne Area DHHS;  Daniel Carter, Director of Aboriginal Health at Monash Health Community; Sushma Shrestha, Senior Social Worker  Rough Sleepers Initiative and Adult Mental Health Program, Monash Health; Chiedza Malunga, Team Leader Monash Refugee Health & Wellbeing Clinic Dandenong, Monash Health
  • 29 May 2020 virtual event: Having Difficult Conversations. Panel: Dr Ranjana Srivastava, Oncologist, Monash Health, Author of Principles for having difficult conversations; Kelsay Smith, Advisor Shared Decision Making, Monash Health; Jack Nagle, SEMPHN, AOD Govt Advisory, founder realdrugtalk; Katherine Dowson, Director,  South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (SECASA). Flyer
  • 16 April 2020 via Zoom (17 March 2020 CoP rescheduled due to COVID 19)
    Registrations: 54 from City of Greater Dandenong, Community Health Services, Neighbourhood House, Disability Services, Employment Services, enliven Primary Care Partnership, General Practices, Home Nursing Services, Mental Health Services, Monash Community, Monash Health, Neighbourhood Houses, Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre
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  • 8 October 2019
    Registrations: 45 from Aged Home Care Services, City of Greater Dandenong, Community Health Services, Neighbourhood House, Vic DHHS, Diabetes Victoria, Disability Services, Employment Services, enliven Primary Care Partnership, General Practices, Home Nursing Services, Mental Health Services, Monash Community, Monash Health,Neighbourhood Houses, Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre
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  • 16 May 2019
    Registrations: 51 from Allied Health Services, Alfred Health Carer Services, City of Greater Dandenong, Community Health, enliven Primary Care Partnership, General Practices, Mental Health Services, Monash Health, SEMPHN, Social Services, South East Palliative Care, Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre, Vic DHHS
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  • 20 February 2019
    Attendees : 59 from General Practice; Hospitals; Council; Aged Care; Community Health, Social Services; Social Support; Palliative Care; Mental Health Services and more
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Kingston Integrated Care Community of Practice

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Past events

  • 4 June 2024 virtual event. A fireside chat discussing experiences, challenges, potential pathways from perspectives of primary care, community care and hospitals. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Co-Director General Medicine, Alfred Health. Panel: Dr Belinda McDonald, General Practitioner; Tanya Richie, Program Lead, Better Health Network Community Health; Prof Anthony Russell, Director of Endocrine & Diabetes Unit, Alfred Health; Dr Adam Braithwaite, General Practitioner Diabetes Connecting Care Clinic (DCCC), Alfred Health; Dr Archana Thayaparan, Deputy Director General Medicine (Community) Alfred Health; Sian Slade, Enterprise, Fellow (Honorary) & PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne (PhD Navigating the Health System in the South East Melbourne Catchment)
  • 27 February 2024 virtual event. Healthcare for people experiencing homelessness: issues, challenges, referral pathways. Chair: Josie Samers, GP Liaison Alfred Health. Panel: Nilakshi Gunatillaka, Deep End Living Lab Monash Uni | “Talking about housing in healthcare settings: perspectives from clinicians and patients”; Melinda Wagner, Group Manager, Health and Wellbeing at Launch Housing | An overview on health and wellbeing services at Launch Housing and Referral pathways; Komal Gulati, Senior Clinician Hospital Admission Risk program (HARP), Alfred Health | The Hospital; Kelina Attard, Manager Homeless Persons Program, Bolton Clarke | A primary healthcare response to people on the streets, in parks, at food programs, in low cost hotels, boarding houses, caravan parks or living in crisis accommodation.
  • 21 November 2023 virtual event. Women’s Heart Disease. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Co-Director General Medicine, Alfred Health. Panel: A/Prof Monique Watts, Heart Failure Cardiologist, Women’s Heart Clinic at Alfred Health | Unique Symptoms and Risks in Women’s Heart Disease; Dr Archana Thayaparan, General Medicine Physician Alfred Health | Community-based Heart Failure Management at Alfred Health; Michelle Henderson, Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Better Health Network (amalgamation of Star Health, Connect Health and Central Bayside Community Health Services) | Local Cardiac Rehab in Community Health.
  • 1 August 2023 virtual event. Urgent Care in the Community, Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, General Physician, Alfred Health. Presenters: Dr Loren Sher, Director of Victorian Virtual Emergency Department | The Victorian Virtual ED; Daniel Cechner, Head of Clinical Services, Sandringham Ambulatory Care Centre | Priority Primary Care Centres (PPCCs); Anne-Marie Skegg, Psych Crisis Assessment, Alfred Health| Alfred Police and CATT Early Response (A-PACER): response to 000 calls that suggest a mental health issue; Felice Borghmans, Manager Clinical Service Design – Gen Med HITH Alfred Health| Direct referrals into Hospital in the Home from community. 
  • 28 March 2023 virtual event. The impact of music and singing on health, wellbeing and humanity and its therapeutic application in the health system. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Prof Jane Davidson, Professor of Creative and Performing Arts, Chair of Creativity and Wellbeing Hallmark, Coordinator of Opera, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne| The benefits of singing and music on wellbeing: 5 ways singing helps humanity. Michelle Hines, Senior Music Therapist Mental and Addiction Health, Alfred Health & St Vincents Health| Music therapy in mental health: case study. Eleanor Bojo, Senior Music Therapist, Calvary Health Care Bethlehem, Music Therapy; Music Outreach & Music Therapy Livestream at Calvary | A music therapy experience.
  • 8 November 2022 virtual event. Essentials of Sexually Transmitted Infections.Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenter: Dr Melanie Bissessor, Sexual Health Physician, Melbourne Sexual Health Clinic, Alfred Health. 
  • 6 September 2022 virtual event. Bush Adventure Therapy. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Matthew Franks,Team Leader Wilderness Adventure Therapy, EACH; Peri Boztepe, Mental Health & Wellbeing Service Innovation, SEMPHN | The new mental health Initial Assessment and Referral- Decision Support Tool (IAR-DST); Kellie Shanley, Clozapine prescribing coordinator, Alfred Health and Manager  GP Shared Care Program with the Alfred Mental Health and Addiction Service. 
  • 5 July 2022 virtual event. Carer Support. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Kei Murakami, Young Carer Support, Victorian Support for Carers Program (SCP), Alfred Health| Case study;  Kat Shore, Carer |Lived experience perspective; Melanie Carlson, SCP Carer Support, Alfred Health | Carers coached on capacity building. 
  • 21 June 2022 virtual. Joint Health & Back pain: avoiding opioids, imaging and maintaining health. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenter: Prof Flavia Cicuttini, Head Rheumatology Alfred Health. 
  • 10 May 2022. virtual event. Support for Suicidal Adults and Suicide Prevention. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Dr Evan Symons, Unit Head Consultation-Liaison & Emergency Psychiatry & Addiction Health; Dr Nicholas Burgess, Consultant Psychiatrist, Hope Team; Brooke Seebohm, Senior Psychiatric Nurse Alfred Hope, Alfred Health. 
  • 5 April 2022 virtual event. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Kelly Jackson, Regional Manager Community Services, Southern Region at Wintringham | Local case study, older persons homelessness in the area, navigating the system, gaps and more; Brid Crowley and Chloe Ferguson, Star Health | Update on the Prahran Positive COVID clinic. 
  • 8 March 2022 virtual event. Community Health Case Study & Hospital Case Study. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Miranda Eagan, Star Health and Dr Richard Coates, General Physician, Alfred Health and Lead of Alfred COVID Pathways. 
  • 22 February 2022 virtual event. Updates and Case Studies of COVID in the Region. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenter: Dr Richard Coates, General Physician, Alfred Health and Lead of Alfred COVID Pathways. 
  • 26 October 2021 virtual event. Eating Disorders. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Panel: Alison Cassidy, Telehealth Nurse, Eating Disorders Victoria; Rachael Duck, Manager of the Peer Mentoring Program, Eating Disorders Victoria; Dr Paul Denborough, Clinical Director of the Alfred Child and Youth Mental Health Service and Headspace.
  • 28 September 2021 virtual event. Supporting Youth and Young Adults Mental Wellbeing. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Panel: Dr Stephen Carbone, CEO Prevention United | Mental wellbeing and the prevention of mental health conditions; Elaine Liebetrau, Community Awareness Coordinator, Headspace Elsternwick & Syndal; Sarah Roney, Positive Education Network Coordinator THRIVE | A holistic, evidence-based model now in association with St Kilda AFL and the THRIVE Collective; Kirstie Edwards,  A Path to Follow | Lived Experience Navigation. 
  • 31 August 2021 virtual event.  Mental Health, Food, Fitness and Frailty. Presenters: Prof Rob Daly, Chair Exercise & Ageing, Deakin University; Clint Wilkie, Population Health Team Leader, Caulfield Community Health; Dr Maria Tslangis, Director, Caulfield Aged and Liaison Psychiatry.
  • 27 July 2021 virtual event.  Organisations working together to identify and respond to family violence. Presenters: Georgina Young, Salvation Army Family Violence Service; Kellie Muir, Family Violence Project Coordinator, Family Violence Program, Alfred Health. 
  • 29 June 2021 virtual event. Partnerships & Silver Linings- Case presentation: Sandra Warren, Senior Local Area Coordinator, Brotherhood of St Laurence. 
  • 27 April 2021 virtual event. Staying Well at Home: access to aged care and acute services – support from the hospital and community. Case presentation: Dr Ibby Wahibi-Izzettin, HARP Senior Medical Registrar, Alfred Health. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, General Medicine, Alfred Health.
  • 30 March 2021 virtual event: Addiction Case Discussion. Presenter: Lauren Boyd, The Salvation Army Access Health: Specialist Primary Health Care Service.
  • 16 February 2021 virtual event: Mental Health Case Discussion. Presenter Dr Nicolas Mims, Alfred Health.
  • 8 December 2020 virtual event: Case Discussion-Voluntary assisted dying: a collaborative approach to end of life care. Presenters: Dr Jamie Parker-Smith & Lisa O’Driscoll, Alfred Health
  • 24 November virtual event: Case discussion chaired by Dr Daniel Fineberg
  • 10 November 2020 virtual event: Case discussion chaired by Dr Richard Coates
  • 20 October 2020 virtual event: Case Discussion chaired by Dr Daniel Fineberg
  • 6 October 2020 virtual event: Case Discussion of older man presenting to ED whose aim was to return home, chaired by Dr Daniel Fineberg
  • 26 August 2020 virtual event: Provider Health and Wellbeing in the Time of COVID. Presenters: Prof Jane Fisher, Finkel Professor of Global Health and Director, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University; Dr Nadia Chaves, Infectious Diseases Physician, cohealth Community Health Service and General Physician, Alfred Health; Dr Kym Jenkins, Consultant Psychiatrist, Chair CPMC, Chair Migrant and Refugee Health Partnership, Board member Mental Health Australia; A/Prof Jane Munro, Head of Rheumatology Unit, Dept of General Medicine Royal Children’s Hospital, Clinical Lead Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Churchill Fellow – Pandemic Kindness Movement;  Janice Florent, Counselling Practice Excellence Coach, Clinical Lead for Counselling – cohealth Community Health.
  • 22 May 2020 OR 26 May 2020 virtual events Having Difficult Conversations. Panel details as per Morning Flyer and Evening Flyer 
  • 17th April 2020 via Zoom (24th March 2020 CoP rescheduled due to COVID 19)
    Registrations:  55 from Alfred Health, Community Health, Kingston City Council, Mental Health Services, Monash Health, Peninsula Health, Victorian DHHS, Social Services, SM PCP, SEMPHN
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  • 29th October 2019
    Registrations:  28 from Alfred Health, Community Health, Kingston City Council, Mental Health Services, Monash Health, Peninsula Health, Victorian DHHS, Social Services, SM PCP, SEMPHN
    What did attendees think? Review the feedback
  • 26th June 2019
    Registrations: 49 from Aged Care Services, Alfred Health, Allied Health, Community Health, General Practice, Home Nursing Services, Kingston City Council, Mental Health Services, Monash Health, Neighbourhood Houses, Pharmacy, SEMPHN, SM PCP, Social Services, Support Group, Victoria Police, Victorian DHHS
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  • 20 March 2019
    Attendees: 56 from General Practice; Hospitals; Council; Aged Care; Community Health, Social Services; Social Support; Palliative Care; Mental Health Services and more
    What did attendees think? Review the feedback

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Stonnington Port Phillip Integrated Care Community of Practice

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Past Events

  •  4 June 2024 virtual event. A fireside chat discussing experiences, challenges, potential pathways from perspectives of primary care, community care and hospitals. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Co-Director General Medicine, Alfred Health. Panel: Dr Belinda McDonald, General Practitioner; Tanya Richie, Program Lead, Better Health Network Community Health; Prof Anthony Russell, Director of Endocrine & Diabetes Unit, Alfred Health; Dr Adam Braithwaite, General Practitioner Diabetes Connecting Care Clinic (DCCC), Alfred Health; Dr Archana Thayaparan, Deputy Director General Medicine (Community) Alfred Health; Sian Slade, Enterprise, Fellow (Honorary) & PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne (PhD Navigating the Health System in the South East Melbourne Catchment)
  • 27 February 2024 virtual event. Healthcare for people experiencing homelessness: issues, challenges, referral pathways. Chair: Josie Samers, GP Liaison Alfred Health. Panel: Nilakshi Gunatillaka, Deep End Living Lab Monash Uni | “Talking about housing in healthcare settings: perspectives from clinicians and patients”; Melinda Wagner, Group Manager, Health and Wellbeing at Launch Housing | An overview on health and wellbeing services at Launch Housing and Referral pathways; Komal Gulati, Senior Clinician Hospital Admission Risk program (HARP), Alfred Health | The Hospital; Kelina Attard, Manager Homeless Persons Program, Bolton Clarke | A primary healthcare response to people on the streets, in parks, at food programs, in low cost hotels, boarding houses, caravan parks or living in crisis accommodation.
  • 21 November 2023 virtual event. Women’s Heart Disease. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Co-Director General Medicine, Alfred Health. Panel: A/Prof Monique Watts, Heart Failure Cardiologist, Women’s Heart Clinic at Alfred Health | Unique Symptoms and Risks in Women’s Heart Disease; Dr Archana Thayaparan, General Medicine Physician Alfred Health | Community-based Heart Failure Management at Alfred Health; Michelle Henderson, Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Better Health Network (amalgamation of Star Health, Connect Health and Central Bayside Community Health Services) | Local Cardiac Rehab in Community Health.
  • 1 August 2023 virtual event. Urgent Care in the Community, Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, General Physician, Alfred Health. Presenters: Dr Loren Sher, Director of Victorian Virtual Emergency Department | The Victorian Virtual ED; Daniel Cechner, Head of Clinical Services, Sandringham Ambulatory Care Centre | Priority Primary Care Centres (PPCCs); Anne-Marie Skegg, Psych Crisis Assessment, Alfred Health| Alfred Police and CATT Early Response (A-PACER): response to 000 calls that suggest a mental health issue; Felice Borghmans, Manager Clinical Service Design – Gen Med HITH Alfred Health| Direct referrals into Hospital in the Home from community. 
  • 28 March 2023 virtual event. The impact of music and singing on health, wellbeing and humanity and its therapeutic application in the health system. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Panel: Prof Jane Davidson, Professor of Creative and Performing Arts, Chair of Creativity and Wellbeing Hallmark, Coordinator of Opera, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne| The benefits of singing and music on wellbeing: 5 ways singing helps humanity. Michelle Hines, Senior Music Therapist Mental and Addiction Health, Alfred Health & St Vincents Health| Music therapy in mental health: case study. Eleanor Bojo, Senior Music Therapist, Calvary Health Care Bethlehem, Music Therapy; Music Outreach & Music Therapy Livestream at Calvary | A music therapy experience.
  • 8 November 2022 virtual event. Essentials of Sexually Transmitted Infections. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenter: Dr Melanie Bissessor, Sexual Health Physician, Melbourne Sexual Health Clinic, Alfred Health. 
  • 6 September 2022 virtual event. Bush Adventure Therapy. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Matthew Franks, Team Leader Wilderness Adventure Therapy, EACH; Peri Boztepe, Mental Health & Wellbeing Service Innovation, SEMPHN | The new mental health Initial Assessment and Referral- Decision Support Tool (IAR-DST); Kellie Shanley, Clozapine prescribing coordinator, Alfred Health and Manager  GP Shared Care Program with the Alfred Mental Health and Addiction Service. 
  • 5 July 2022 virtual event. Carer Support. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters:Kei Murakami, Young Carer Support, Victorian Support for Carers Program (SCP), Alfred Health| Case study;  Kat Shore, Carer |Lived experience perspective;Melanie Carlson, SCP Carer Support, Alfred Health | Carers coached on capacity building. 
  • 21 June 2022 virtual event. Joint Health & Back pain: avoiding opioids, imaging and maintaining health. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenter: Prof Flavia Cicuttini, Head Rheumatology Alfred Health. 
  • 10 May 2022 virtual event. Support for Suicidal Adults and Suicide Prevention. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Dr Evan Symons, Unit Head Consultation-Liaison & Emergency Psychiatry & Addiction Health; Dr Nicholas Burgess, Consultant Psychiatrist, Hope Team; Brooke Seebohm, Senior Psychiatric Nurse Alfred Hope, Alfred Health. 
  • 5 April 2022 virtual event. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Kelly Jackson, Regional Manager Community Services, Southern Region at Wintringham | Local case study, older persons homelessness in the area, navigating the system, gaps and more; Brid Crowley and Chloe Ferguson, Star Health | Update on the Prahran Positive COVID clinic. 
  • 8 March 2022 virtual event. Community Health Case Study & Hospital Case Study. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenters: Miranda Eagan, Star Health and Dr Richard Coates, General Physician, Alfred Health and Lead of Alfred COVID Pathways. 
  • 22 February 2022 virtual event. Updates and Case Studies of COVID in the Region. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Presenter: Dr Richard Coates, General Physician, Alfred Health and Lead of Alfred COVID Pathways. 
  • 26 October 2021 virtual event. Eating Disorders. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Panel: Alison Cassidy, Telehealth Nurse, Eating Disorders Victoria; Rachael Duck, Manager of the Peer Mentoring Program, Eating Disorders Victoria; Dr Paul Denborough, Clinical Director of the Alfred Child and Youth Mental Health Service and Headspace.
  • 28 September 2021 virtual event. Supporting Youth and Young Adults Mental Wellbeing. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, Department of General Medicine, Alfred Health. Panel: Dr Stephen Carbone CEO Prevention United | Mental wellbeing and the prevention of mental health conditions; Elaine Liebetrau, Community Awareness Coordinator, Headspace Elsternwick & Syndal; Sarah Roney, Positive Education Network Coordinator THRIVE | A holistic, evidence-based model now in association with St Kilda AFL and the THRIVE Collective; Kirstie Edwards,  A Path to Follow | Lived Experience Navigation.
  • 31 August 2021 virtual event.  Mental Health, Food, Fitness and Frailty. Presenters: Prof Rob Daly, Chair Exercise & Ageing, Deakin University; Clint Wilkie, Population Health Team Leader, Caulfield Community Health; Dr Maria Tslangis, Director, Caulfield Aged and Liaison Psychiatry.
  • 27 July 2021 virtual event.  Organisations working together to identify and respond to family violence. Presenters: Georgina Young, Salvation Army Family Violence Service; Kellie Muir, Family Violence Project Coordinator, Family Violence Program, Alfred Health. 
  •  29 June 2021 virtual event. Partnerships & Silver Linings– Case presentation: Sandra Warren, Senior Local Area Coordinator, Brotherhood of St Laurence.
  • 27 April 2021 virtual event. Staying Well at Home: Access to aged care and acute services – support from the hospital and community. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, General Medicine, Alfred Health, Case presentation: Dr Ibby Wahibi-Izzettin, HARP Senior Medical Registrar, Alfred Health. 
  • 30 March 2021 virtual event: Addiction Case Discussion. Presenter: Lauren Boyd, The Salvation Army Access Health: Specialist Primary Health Care Service.
  • 16 February 2021 virtual event: Mental Health Case Discussion. Presenter: Dr Nicolas Mims, Alfred Health.
  • 8 December 2020 virtual event: Case Discussion-Voluntary assisted dying: a collaborative approach to end of life care. Presenters: Dr Jamie Parker-Smith & Lisa O’Driscoll, Alfred Health
  • 24 November virtual event: Case discussion. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, General Medicine, Alfred Health
  • 10 November 2020 virtual event: Case discussion. Chair Dr Richard Coates, Alfred Health
  • 20 October 2020 virtual event: Case Discussion. Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, General Medicine, Alfred Health
  • 6 October 2020 virtual event: Case Discussion of older man presenting to ED whose aim was to return home, Chair: Dr Daniel Fineberg, General Medicine, Alfred Health
  • 26 August 2020 virtual event: Provider Health and Wellbeing in the Time of COVID-19. Presenters: Prof Jane Fisher, Finkel Professor of Global Health and Director, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University; Dr Nadia Chaves, Infectious Diseases Physician, cohealth Community Health Service and General Physician, Alfred Health; Dr Kym Jenkins, Consultant Psychiatrist, Chair CPMC, Chair Migrant and Refugee Health Partnership, Board member Mental Health Australia; A/Prof Jane Munro, Head of Rheumatology Unit, Dept of General Medicine Royal Children’s Hospital, Clinical Lead Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Churchill Fellow – Pandemic Kindness Movement;  Janice Florent, Counselling Practice Excellence Coach, Clinical Lead for Counselling – cohealth Community Health.
  • 22 May 2020 OR 26 May 2020 virtual events Having Difficult Conversations. Panel details as per Morning Flyer and Evening Flyer 
  • 25 February 2020  Registrations: 80, from ADMA, Aged Care Services, Alfred Health, Allied Health, AOD services, Breastscreen Victoria, Bolton Clarke, City of Port Phillip, Community Health, DHHS, General Practice, Home Nursing Services, Mental Health Services, Patient Education, Pharmacy, Southern Melbourne Primary Care Partnership, Social Services, Stonnington City Council, SEMPHN, NWMPHN, Western Health, Jewish Care.
    What did the attendees think?  Review the feedback
  • 11 October 2019  Registrations:  51 from ADMA, Aged Care Services, Alfred Health, Allied Health, AOD services, Breastscreen Victoria, Bolton Clarke, City of Port Phillip, Community Health, Dental Services, DHHS, General Practice, Home Nursing Services, Mental Health Services, Patient Education, Pharmacy, Southern Melbourne Primary Care Partnership, Social Services, Stonnington City Council.
    What did attendees think?  Review the feedback.
  • 23 May 2019  Registrations: 59 from Aged Care Services, Alfred Health, Allied Health Services, Bolton Clarke, Cabrini, City of Port Phillip, Community Health, DHHS, General Practice, Mental Health Services, Monash Health, Pharmacy, SMPCP, Social Services, SEMPHN, Support Group, Victoria Police
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  • 1 March 2019  Attendees: 64 from General Practice; Hospitals; Council; Aged Care; Community Health, Social Services; Social Support; Palliative Care; Mental Health Services and more
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Western Melbourne Integrated Care Community of Practice

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Past Events

  • 23 July 2024 virtual event 7.00-8.00am. Healthcare for People Experiencing Homelessness. Chair: Catherine Grant, Operations Managers, Chronic and Complex Care Division, Western Health. Panel: Stephanie Dragwidge, Senior Social Worker ED Care Coordinator, Western Health | Care Coordinator experience of managing homelessness for people presenting to ED;  Paula Burns, Housing & Homelessness Support, Coordinator North West, and Stephen Schmidtke, General Manager, Wintringham | Wintringham Support for People Experiencing Homelessness; Rhonda Collins, Manager, Latitude: Directions for Young People | Latitude Specialist Homelessness Support Service; Josephine Giampetrone, Homeless Persons Program Clinical Team Manager, Bolton Clarke| An assertive outreach primary health care response by Community Health Nurses to people who are experiencing homelessness or are vulnerable for homelessness. 
  • 12 March 2024 virtual event 7.00pm-8.00pm. Long COVID. Chair: Catherine Grant, Operations Managers, Chronic and Complex Care Division, Western Health. Panel: Dr Kate Graham, GP; COVID-19 and Public Health Clinical Advisor, Western Victoria Primary Health Network; Lead Clinical Editor, Victorian Tasmanian suite of COVID-19 Health Pathways | An overview of Long COVID and the Long COVID Pathway. Dr Kerrie Clarke, Senior Clinical Psychologist, Austin Health | Long COVID Model of Care and Psychological and Neuropsychological Outcomes. Dr Bernard Shiu, Director, Geelong Long COVID Clinic; Clinical Director, Banksia Medical Centre | A Community-Based Long COVID Clinic. 
  • 21 November 2023 virtual event 7.00am-8.00am. Chronic Disease and Continuing Care in the West. Chair: Catherine Grant, Operations Managers, Chronic and Complex Care Division, Western Health. Panel: Brett Morris, Manager, Safer Care Victoria (SCV) Learning Health Networks | Chronic Disease Learning Health Network; Rachel Vorlander and Jason Pereira, SCV Fellows | Improving Childhood Asthma Management (ICAM); Nicole Durovic, CDE/RN1, Clinical Lead, Diabetes Wellbeing Hub, IPC Health | A New Model of Multidisciplinary Care for clients with diabetes;  Peter Donlon, SCV Lived Experience Consumer Lead | Stay Well Stay Home – Chronic Improvement. 
  • 5 September 2023 virtual event. Urgent Care in the Community. Chair: Catherine Grant, Operations Managers, Chronic and Complex Care Division, Western Health. Panel: Dr Loren Sher, Clinical Director, Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED) | The Victorian Virtual ED; Jack Williams, Program Officer ‑ Primary Care Commissioning, North Western Melbourne PHN | The Priority Primary Care Centres (PPCC); Dr Sam Youssef, General Practitioner, Edgewater Medical Pty Ltd | The Maribyrnong PPCC; Natalie Lentini, Clinical Nurse Educator and WPACER Portfolio co-ordinator, Mercy Mental Health | The Police Ambulance and Clinical Early Response (PACER) Program; Catherine Grant and Jo Stevens, Operations Managers, Chronic and Complex Care Division, Western Health| WH Chronic and Complex Care Division: Discharge Support and ED Diversion Strategies.
  • 28 March 2023 virtual event. School Refusal- Support and Services. Chair: Catherine Grant, Integrative Care Manager, Western Health. Panel: Felicity Pinnuck, Navigator Coordinator, Western Melbourne Area| The Navigator Program; John Chellew, Mental Health Social Worker & Family Therapist, School Refusal Clinic | Services Training and Support from the School Refusal Clinic; Joanne Garfi, Psychologist, Western Allied Health; author- Overcoming School Refusal: A practical guide for teachers, counsellors, caseworkers and parents | Addressing school refusal, childhood anxiety, behavioural disorders; Sally Lasslett, Principal, Hester Hornbrook Academy| Hester Hornbrook Academy.  
  • 25 October 2022 virtual event. Virtual Health Services in the West. Chair: Catherine Grant, Integrative Care Manager, Western Health. Panel: Dr Loren Sher, Clinical Director, Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED)| The Victorian Virtual ED; A/Prof Shane Hamblin, Head of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Western Health | The Endocrinology Telehealth Rapid Access Clinics; Bhavn Trivedy, Advanced Practice Physiotherapist – Adult and Paediatric Virtual Fracture Care. Acting Musculoskeletal Team Lead, Western Health | The Western Health Virtual Fracture (WH V-FRAC) Service.  Information on Digital Support and Access.
  • 21 June 2022 virtual event. Maternal and Child Health in the West. Chair: Catherine Grant, Integrative Care Manager, Western Health. Panel: Jane Le, Project Officer, Murdoch Children’s Institute | Strengthening Care for Children, a Randomised Controlled Trial and Aparna Sethu Nath, North Western Melbourne PHN | Infant Heath Pathways; Ann Hallett, Galinjera Caseload Midwife, Western Health | The Galinjera Maternity Program; Carolynne Reich, Service Lead, Enhanced Maternal and Child Health and Partnerships, Community Support, Wyndham City Council | Accessing MCH Services in Wyndham; June Williams, Coordinator of Maternal and Child Health, Melton City Council | Brief Update of Maternal and Child Health Service delivery at City of Melton; Elisa McDonald, Maternity Unit Manager, Western Health | Maternal and Child Health Services at Bachus Marsh.
  • 29 March 2022 virtual event. Navigating Services to Support People with Chronic and Disability Needs. Chair: Catherine Grant, Integrative Care Manager, Western Health. Panel: Alex Potter, Operations Manager – SNAP Team, TCP and Disability Liaison Service, Western Health; Samantha Reed, Senior Manager, LGA of Wyndham, Brotherhood of St Lawrence; Helen Freris, Manager, Health Services Program, Women with Disabilities Victoria; Sonia Savanah, Carer and Community Education Officer, Carers Victoria; Kirsten Mitchener, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Mercy Palliative Care and Nicole Spina, Nursing Manager, Melbourne City Mission. 
  • 12 October 2021 virtual event. Food, Fitness and Frailty: Our Older Populations’ Health. Chair: A/Prof Craig Nelson, Western Health. Panel: Prof Gustavo Duque, Professor and Chair of Medicine, Western Health and Director, Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS);  Dr Jesse Zanker, Geriatrician, Western Health, PhD Candidate, AIMSS, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne. Director, Aria Health; Lynley Dumble, Director, Community Wellbeing, Brimbank City Council; Kate Helleren, and Vanessa Pizzinga, Exercise Physiologists, cohealth; Lauren Perry, Project Coordinator, Social Prescribing and Power over Pain, Innovation and Community Care, IPC Health.
  • 6 July 2021 virtual event. Mental Health and Western Regional Mental Health Services. Chair: A/Prof Craig Nelson, Western Health. Panel: Dr David Fenn, Medical Director NorthWestern Mental Health; Jagjit Dhaliwal, Executive Director, System Development & Reform, NWMPHN; Catherine Dell’Aquila, Innovation Project Officer, Western Bulldogs & Victoria University, Russell Campbell, Sons of the West Participant, Dr Stephen Carbone, Executive Director, Prevention United.  
  • 18 March 2021 virtual event: Rolling out COVID-19 Vaccination in Our Community. Chair: A/Prof Craig Nelson, Western Health. Presenters: Dr Marion Kainer, Head, Infectious Diseases Unit, Western Health; Janelle Devereux, Executive Director, Health Systems Integration, NWMPHN; Dr Mukesh Haikerwal AC, General Medical Practitioner, Altona North Medical Group; Em Taylor, Community Engagement Manager COVID Response, cohealth; Dr Finn Romanes, Head Western Health, Public Health Unit
  • 10 November 2020 virtual event: Adaptation and Learnings during COVID-19. Chair: A/Prof Craig Nelson, Western Health. Presenters: Dr Jagdeesh Singh Dhaliwal, General Practitioner, Aged Care GP and Chair Aged Expert Advisory Group, NWMPHN; Prof Bodil Rasmussen, Chair in Nursing, Western Health Partnership Advisory Group (NWMPHN; Julia Firth, Operations Manager Adult Specialist Clinics Western Health; Carsten Schley, Clinical Services Manager, Sunshine Headspace; John Jackson, Director, Project Pharmacist, Centre for Medicine Use & Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University
  • 15 September 2020 virtual event: Working with Vulnerable Communities during COVID-19. Chair: A/Prof Craig Nelson, Western Health. Presenters: Mark Lee, Manager, Population Health and Wellbeing, West Melbourne Division, DHHS;  Catherine Grant, Acting HealthLinks and Integrated Care Manager, Western Health; Glen Pringle, General Manager, & Meagan Chiuchiarelli IPC Health; Nisha Gull-e-Nishat, Team Leader, Preventing Violence Together, Womens Health West.

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