Training for Nurses
CTEC offers skills training workshops for nurses who are required to perform procedural nursing assistance. CTEC offers workshops to qualified nurses who are looking to learn
- treatment room skills
- endoscopy nurse skills
- theatre/microsurgical skills
The following workshops and educational events are suitable for nursing staff.
CTEC Calendar
Core Skills: Plastic Surgery Upper Limb Workshop
Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse) Suitable for: Junior and Senior Trainees and Service Registrars with an interest in Plastic Surgery. Limited Theatre Nurse positions are available.Team Care of the Bariatric Patient Workshop
Workshop
Suitable for: General Practitioners, GP Proceduralists, Consultants, Trainees, Junior Doctors, Anaesthetists, Nurses, Dietitians, Allied Health Professionals and Medical Students (limited places)Advanced Vascular Surgery: Anatomical Approaches Workshop
Workshop
Suitable for: Consultants, Advanced and Intermediate Trainees in Vascular Surgery. Observers also welcome (Limited places). Theatre Nurses are welcome in the role of assisting and scrubbing for workshop participants. Saturday
Feb 29
2020
Feb 29
2020
Core Skills: Plastic Surgery Lower Limb Workshop
Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (observer)Sold out (nurse) Suitable for: This workshop is designed as two concurrent full day Trainee Sessions. Junior Trainee Session: Suitable for Plastic Surgery Service Registrars and Junior SET Trainees in Plastic Surgery. Senior Trainee Session: Suitable for Senior SET Trainees and Fellows, Limited positions are available for Observers and for Theatre Nurses in assisting and scrubbing for workshop participants. Friday
Mar 20
2020
Mar 20
2020
The Cutting Edge: Introductory GP Wound Suturing
Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse) Suitable for: General Practitioners, GP Registrars, GP Trainees and Nurse Practitioners Wednesday
Mar 25
2020
Mar 25
2020
Core Skills: General Surgery Trainee Workshop
Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: RACS General Surgery Trainees. Limited places are available for Service Registrars with strong surgical experience, for Observers, and for Theatre Nurses in the role of assistant. Friday
Mar 27
2020
Mar 27
2020
Core Skills: Vascular Surgery Workshop
Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: Vascular and General Surgery Trainees SET 1-4, Service Registrars with strong surgical experience. Limited Observer positions are available. Monday
May 18
2020
May 18
2020
Core Skills: Level 2 Oncoplastic Surgery Workshop
Workshop
Suitable for: Oncoplastic Breast & Plastic Surgeons, Fellows and SET 4-5 Trainees. Limited positions are available for Observers and for Theatre Nurses in the role of assistant. Thursday
May 28
2020
May 28
2020
The Cutting Edge: Emergency Procedures
Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: General Practitioners and GP Registrars. Nurse Practitioners are welcome in the role of assisting the GPs. Limited places are available for Observers. Saturday
Jun 6
2020
Jun 6
2020
The Cutting Edge: Practice Nurse Skills Training Workshop
Workshop
Sold out (doctor) Suitable for: Newly graduated nurses, nurses new to the role of procedural assisting, nurses seeking to update their skills and those seeking a position in a General Practice. Wednesday
Jun 10
2020
Jun 10
2020
GI Skills Training: Endoscopy Nurse Training Workshop
Workshop
Sold out (nurse) Suitable for: Western Australian Endoscopy Nurses - Enrolled Nurses and Registered Nurses Friday
Jun 19
2020
Jun 19
2020
Core Skills: Laparoscopic General Surgery
Workshop
Available (doctor) Suitable for: Accredited Registrars, Junior General Surgery Trainees and Service Registrars with strong laparoscopic experience Friday
Jul 24
2020
Jul 24
2020
The Cutting Edge: Advanced Skin Procedures
Workshop
Available (nurse)Available (observer)Sold out (doctor) Suitable for: GPs skilled in surgery with access to appropriate levels of equipment and operating facilities. It is of particular relevance for rural GP Proceduralists. Limited positions available for Observers and for Theatre Nurses in the role of assistant. Saturday
Aug 1
2020
Aug 1
2020
The Cutting Edge: Peripheral Nerve Block
Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse) Suitable for: Emergency Physicians, Anaesthetists, General Practitioners, Emergency Department Nurses and Nurse Practitioners Tuesday
Aug 18
2020
Aug 18
2020
Core Skills: Microsurgical Skills for Theatre Nurses
Workshop
Available (nurse) Suitable for: Theatre Nurses and Nurses Assisting on Plastics, ENT, Eye Surgeries and Neurosurgeries Wednesday
Sep 9
2020
Sep 9
2020
GI Skills Training: Endoscopy Nurse Training Workshop
Workshop
Suitable for: Western Australian Endoscopy Nurses - Enrolled Nurses and Registered Nurses Thursday
Oct 22
2020
Oct 22
2020
Core Skills: Workshop in Neck Dissection for Thyroid Carcinoma
Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse) Suitable for: Consultant/Fellow Session: Consultants & Fellows in Endocrine Surgery, General Surgery, Head & Neck Surgery. Surgical Trainee Session: RMOs, Service Registrars & SET Trainees in General Surgery & Head and Neck Surgery (limited to three places), Limited places are also available for Observers and Theatre Nurses in the role of assistant. Friday
Oct 30
2020
Oct 30
2020
Core Skills: Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Skills
Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: Senior SET Trainees and Consultants in Colorectal Surgery. Theatre Nurses in assisting and scrubbing for workshop participants. Limited Observer positions are available. Friday
Nov 6
2020
Nov 6
2020
Core Skills: ENT Sinus Surgery Workshop
Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: Trainees, Fellows and Junior Consultants in ENT Surgery, Limited Observer positions and limited assistant positions for Theatre Nurses are also available . This workshop is immediately followed by the Core Skills: Facial Plastic Surgery workshop. Participants are welcome to register for both workshops. Saturday
Nov 7
2020
Nov 7
2020
Core Skills: ENT Facial Plastic Surgery Workshop
Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: RACS Surgical Trainees, Fellows and Junior Consultants in ENT and Plastic Surgery. Limited Observer positions and assistant Theatre Nurse positions are also available. , This workshop follows on from the Core Skills: ENT Sinus Surgery workshop the day prior. Friday
Nov 13
2020
Nov 13
2020