Planning & Implementing Hearing Healthcare: From Global to Local Solutions
Led by Professor Andrew Smith
Date: Tuesday 6 March – Friday 9 March 2018
Time: Tuesday-Thursday 9am – 5pm, Friday 9am – 1pm
Location: Australian Hearing Hub
Following World Hearing Day, this 4-day instructional course led by Professor Andrew Smith, will provide a platform to align knowledge and discuss avenues towards transforming and integrating hearing healthcare within public health. Bringing together researchers, clinical decision makers and policy makers it aims to familiarise participants with the principles of global public health approaches to ear and hearing care, with an emphasis on effective local planning and implementation. This includes disadvantaged and remote communities and the indigenous population.
Professor Andrew Smith is a world-renowned public health expert at the International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and was responsible for the Prevention of Deafness and Hearing Impairment at the World Health Organisation from 1996 to 2008.
A detailed article regarding the course can be found here – ENT & Audiology News – Andrew Smith: Public health planning for hearing impairment
This course is hosted by the Centre for the Implementation of Hearing Research, Macquarie University and the Australian Hearing Hub.
We have opened up day-only registration. The daily registration rates are:
– Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday: $150
– Friday (half day): $100
If you would like to register for one (or two) days please contact me on sally.piper@mq.edu.au ext. 8709.
Event opening session on Tuesday 6 March, 9.00am – 10.30am (which includes morning tea) will be open and free to the public. You are all warmly invited to attend this session, whether you have registered for the rest of the course or not. Please email sally.piper@mq.edu.au to register.
DRAFT SCHEDULE: PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING HEARING HEALTHCARE: FROM GLOBAL TO LOCAL SOLUTIONS
6-9 March 2018
| Tuesday 6 | Wednesday 7
Thursday 8 |
Friday 9 | |
| AM | Chair: Prof Catherine McMahon
Introduction DVC Research Prof Sakkie Pretorius
Keynote Speech – TBC
The state of hearing research, services, and impact for the Australian population Prof Catherine McMahon
Course Day 1 Prof Andrew Smith Introduction: purpose, overview, learning objectives, teaching methods Hearing awareness exercise (over morning tea)
Public hearing health Strategies/exercise for prevention |
Course Day 2
Prof Andrew Smith Primary Ear and Hearing Care (PEHC), and role of CBR Links to Aboriginal hearing health Samantha Harkus Research study design/ population-based methods, WHO survey methods, rapid assessment Early detection for early intervention Planning: Set objectives and priorities Group work: determine priorities, objectives, activities.
Course Day 3 Prof Andrew Smith WHO Global programme on Prevention of Deafness and Hearing Dr Shelly Chadha (TBC) National Programme for control of Hearing loss & Deafness Barriers to hearing aids Raising awareness & advocacy Health economics Group work: finalise project proposals |
Chair: Prof David McAlpine
Presentation of group projects
Hearing Health and strategy implementation Prof Catherine McMahon and Prof Frances Rapport
Course summary and Q&A Prof Andrew Smith and Prof Catherine McMahon
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| PM |
Global Programmes – are they necessary?
Principles of planning Group work: Define target population, situation analysis, aim of group project
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