Last updated 30_May_2025

AUCKLAND REGIONAL PSYCHIATRIC TRAINING PROGRAMME

FORMAL EDUCATION COURSE: STAGE 2 TRAINEES - 2025 SEMESTER 2

Wed	0900 – 1030	1100 – 1230	1330 - 1500	1530 - 1700			Notes
	Forensic Psychiatry Module
6-Aug	Pacific island cultural aspects of Forensic Psychiatry TBC	Sex offenders Himadri Seth	Introduction to Forensic Psychiatry Krishna Pillai			Radicalisation and Violent Extremism Yvette Kelly
13-Aug	Insanity Sigourney Taylor	Fire Setting Nichola Tyler (via Zoom)	Youth Forensic Psychiatry Craig Immelman			Intellectual disability FASD and ASD Mhairi Duff
21-Aug THURS	Women in Forensic Psychiatry Susan Hatters-Friedman (via Zoom)	Prison psychiatry and Parole Board Reports Jeremy Skipworth	NZ National FEC Virtual Teaching Topics TBA
27-Aug	Victims’ perspectives Ruth Money& Lillian Ng (9:00am - 10:00am)	Personality disorder Lillian Ng (10:30am - 12:00pm)	Stalking Lillian Ng (1:00pm - 2:00pm)			Forensic Psychiatry Rehabilitation Lauren Fowler (2:30pm – 4pm)
3-Sept	Fitness to stand trial Shailesh Kumar (via Zoom)	Violence Risk Assessment James Cavney	Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Emme Chacko
10-Sept	Mid-semester Break & RANZCP NZ Conference (Dunedin)
17-Sept	Mid-semester Break
24-Sept	Advanced Skills in Phenomenology Gary Cheung & Sam Pollen		Telepsychiatry Han Chung Lim		Miscellaneous topics Gary Cheung
1-Oct	Adult ADHD James Gardiner	Transcranial magnetic stimulation Rob Shieff	Recovery Workshop Debra Lampshire
8-Oct	Group Therapy Yulia Krivoshchekova
15-Oct	Family Therapy Workshop Glynnis Carolissen (Please bring 1 case of Single Session Family Consultation to discuss at the workshop)
22-Oct	Primary Mental Health Care Lyndy Matthews	Meeting with DoTs Penny Woods & Song Chan	Assessment and management of psychiatric emergencies Anna Burnside
29-Oct	Early Intervention for Psychosis Claire Paterson	Law & Psychiatry Kate Diesfeld	NZ National FEC Virtual Teaching Topics TBA				Labour Day 27 October
6-Nov	Māori Cultural Seminar for All Stage 1/2/3 Trainees