Understanding, Identifying and Addressing Health Needs: Wellbeing in Clinical Practice

Workshop Type: Intermediate | Workshop Level: Six | Catering: Refreshments provided

This workshop explores how health determinants, legislation, and policy shape health outcomes. We'll examine the status quo of our health system, health legislation, and health policy, and how these relate to increased population health need. You'll gain a deeper clinical understanding of how these factors impact health, helping you identify and address related health needs in your practice. This kaupapa will support improved early intervention, intervention strategy, healthcare coordination, and health outcomes. 

• Identify key determinants and factors associated with wellbeing, and examine relevant health legislation and policy within Aotearoa New Zealand's health system.

• Learn how to identify and address health needs within your clinical practice.

• Deepen your understanding of early intervention, intervention strategy, and health care coordination in improving health outcomes.

• Apply safe and effective kaupapa across a wide range of clinical practice scopes and client presentations.

• Gain practical insights to support more effective, informed, and equitable clinical practice.

Everyone working in a clinical practice environment who wants to deepen their understanding of health systems and policy, including general and allied health practitioners, social workers, counsellors, therapists, psychologists, practice managers, and community health workers.

Facilitator Kore Tombs BPhty (Otago), Senior Physiotherapist, Clinical Advisor
Kore is a Tipuna-led and hauora-focused Māori Physiotherapist with 27 years of clinical experience. View full profile here.

This workshop is running for the first time in 2027

1. Working alongside tāngata whaiora  >

2. Working alongside tāngata whenua  >

3. Working alongside whānau  >

4. Working within communities  >

5. Challenging discrimination  >

6. Applying law, policy and standards  >

7. Maintaining learning and kamahi wellbeing  >

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• MHERC may reschedule or cancel a workshop due to unforeseen circumstances or insufficient registrations. If this occurs, you may transfer to another date/workshop, receive a credit, or request a refund.
• Substitutions are free if you arrange a replacement participant.
• Cancellations more than 10 working days before a workshop will incur a $39 service fee; alternatively, we can transfer you to another date/workshop at no charge.
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