Professional development

  

Presentations / Workshops

 

The speech pathology service provides workshops, seminars and in-services for the community on request.
We have provided education and information for the following:

  • Bendigo Health dysphagia orientation lecture to all new Bendigo Health staff
  • City of Greater Bendigo Council including meals on wheels, personal care and home care
  • Bendigo Regional Institute of Technology (BRIT) - Childcare
  • Disability services providers
  • High school careers nights
  • Nursing homes
  • Pre-school teachers
  • Other interested community groups
Speech Careers

Please contact the manager of speech pathology services on (03) 5454 7162 for more details.

 

Staff professional development

 

We have a strong commitment to our own professional development at Bendigo Health.
Staff attend;

  • Meetings
  • Speech pathology interdepartmental campus meetings 1 x fortnight
  • Speech pathology departmental meetings 1 x month
  • Speech pathology regional meetings 3 x year
  • In-services
  • Department 1 x month
  • Campus specific 1 x month
  • Conferences
  • Speech Pathology Australia conference annual
  • Workshops
    Recently attended workshops;
  • DISC Behavioural Analysis workshop
  • SPILM - Retaining Gen Y
  • Functional Voice & Voice therapy
  • Launching into Literacy
  • Leadership forum
  • Neuropathy as a Foundation for dysphagia management - Maggie Lee Huckabee, Melbourne.
  • Hanen "It Takes Two to Talk" training
  • Quality Matters Workshop
  • Student Supervision workshop/ Compass workshop - La Trobe University
  • Enhancing Practice project workshops
  • Special interest groups
  • Head and Neck (HnN)
  • Dysphagia (DIG)
  • Speech Pathologists in Adult Rehabilitation (SPAR)
  • Speech Pathologists In Community Health (SPICH)
  • Speech Pathologists In Leadership Management (SPILM)
  • Competency training
    Competency programs are offered to speech pathologists who commence a new position at Bendigo Health, or those who are looking to develop their skills in a new area. The programs currently include;
  • dysphagia
  • videofluoroscopy

Mentoring

 

Staff are encouraged to develop relationships with other professionals outside of Bendigo Health, either as a mentor or mentee. If you are interested in mentoring contact;

 

 

 

 
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