Last updated 22/03/2023

 

NORTHERN REGION PSYCHIATRY TRAINING PROGRAMME

FORMAL EDUCATION COURSE: STAGE 2 TRAINEES 2023 SEMESTER 1

 

Weds

0900 – 1030

1100 – 1230

1330 - 1500

1530 - 1700

Notes

 

 

Psychiatry of Old Age Module

 

 

1-Mar

Clozapine

Jasminka Milosevic

 

Introduction to Old Age Psychiatry

Gary Cheung

 

Effects of ageing on early & late onset psychiatric disorders

Letitia Dobranici

Assessing decision-making capacity

e-learning module 1

 

8-Mar

Dementia: Diagnosis and Management

Richard Worrall

Dementia: behavioural assessment and non-pharmacological interventions

Jim Xu

Wish to die in older adults

Prof Sylvie Lapierre

 

 

15-Mar

Late-life mood Disorders

Sachin Jauhari

(Note: Change of time 1000 – 1230)

 Personality disorders in later life

Raghavakurup Radhakrishnan

Palliative Care

Oleg Kiriaev

 

 

22-Mar

Late-onset psychotic disorders

Paul Jones

ECT for older adults

Paul Jones

 

Voluntary assisted dying

Gary Cheung

 

Testamentary capacity

Gary Cheung

 

 

29-Mar

Psychopharmacology

Angela O’Brien 

Psychological Interventions in older adults

Snezana Mitrovic-Tosovic

 Resilience in older adults

Gary Cheung

Assessing decision-making capacity

e-learning module 2

 

 

5-Apr

Couple Therapy

Nic Beets

Good Friday

7 April

 

12-Apr

Mid-semester Break

Easter Monday

10 April

 

19-Apr

Mid-semester Break

 

 

27-Apr

(Thurs)

 

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course (Day 1) Chris Bampton *

 

Anzac Day

25 April

 

4-May

(Thurs)

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course (Day 2) Chris Bampton *

 

 

11-May

(Thurs)

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Course (Day 3) Chris Bampton *

 

17-May

Psychological effects of trauma & Dissociative disorders

Thom Rudegeair

Writing Skills

Gary Cheung & Song Chan

Planning for Stage 3 Training

Song Chan

 

 

24-May

Rural Psychiatry

Verity Humberstone

 

Formulation

Verity Humberstone & Gary Cheung

Psychiatry of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

Gail Fleming

 

 

31-May

RANZCP Congress Perth 28 May to 1 June 2023

 

 

7-Jun

Workshop: Dialectical Behavioural Therapy

Mike Batcheler

King’s Birthday

5 June

 

 

 * Trainees who have completed this course in 2022 can opt to use this time for their Scholarly Project: Check with Director of Academic Programme g.cheung@auckland.ac.nz