NZ Education Websites

On this page:

  1. Awhina: Waitemata Health Campus e-Learning
  2. Ako Aotearoa - the National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence
  3. Continuing Professional Development for Nurses
  4. Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre
  5. Health Navigator
  6. Health Navigator - Centre for Clinical Excellence
  7. Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand (HQSC) - Reducing harm from falls
  8. Learn Online Health
  9. Nurse Education in the Tertiary Sector (NETS)
  10. NZ Qualifications Authority: Tertiary Education, Studying in New Zealand
  11. Pregnancy and Alcohol Cessation Toolkit (PACT)
  12. Rauemi Atawhai – A guide to developing health education resources in New Zealand
  13. Victorian Government Health Information: Pressure ulcers

Awhina: Waitemata Health Campus e-Learning

Waitemata District Health Board offers a variety of e-Learning courses covering clinical and non-clinical skills to its staff which are available 24/7 through the internet or via the intranet in one central place.

Ako Aotearoa - the National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence

The Centre promotes excellence in tertiary teaching practice and provides a central hub for institutions to work collaboratively together on improving student learning outcomes.

The web site has a range of useful resources and links on tertiary teaching and learning and also provides a repository for research and projects linked to teaching and learning.

They also have some funding available for innovations, research and projects associated with tertiary education.

Continuing Professional Development for nurses

CPD4 nurses provides professional development learning activities for nurses. The activities are undertaken partially online and partially in conjunction with articles published in NZNO’s Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand journal.

Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre

Description: The HIIRC website provides an extensive knowledge library of literature, directories of individuals and organisations, access to improvement projects, tools and initiatives, and other news and information.

Health Navigator database and website

Health Navigator is a centralised database and website gateway leading to accurate and reliable health information, tools and resources that support, equip and enable individuals and their families to manage their health and any long-term health conditions more effectively. It has significant resources for health professionals.

Health Navigator - Centre for Clinical Excellence

The Health Navigator website provides information for health professionals and consumers towards the aim of self-management.  This section on clinical excellence will primarily be of interest for health providers in primary, secondary and community settings with its focus on quality improvement and high standards of care.  This area of the website also includes reputable information for continuing professional development and online learning.

Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand (HQSC) - Reducing harm from falls

Want to know more about what you can do to help prevent falls and how to reduce harm from falls in older people? The 10 Topics cover core issues in falls prevention such as:

  • to help you support independence for older people, and improve their care
  • as an update on current evidence and best practice
  • in brief interesting articles that can count as learning activities for professional development hours
  • and introduce the resources and videos developed by the national programme; Reducing Harm from Falls

Read more at http://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-programmes/reducing-harm-from-falls/10-topics/

Learn Online Health

Learn Online Health is a vocational training resource hub for health practitioners. There are a range of courses available provided by different organisations including the Hepatitis C e-learning tool, infection control, screening, immunisation, weight management and Heart Foundation courses.

Nurse Education in the Tertiary Sector (NETS)

The NETS website provides useful information on nursing education in New Zealand along with links to all of the institutions in New Zealand providing nursing education – both undergraduate and postgraduate.

NZ Qualifications Authority: Tertiary Education, Studying in New Zealand

This is a very useful webpage from the NZ Qualifications Authority (NZQA) website.

It provides an overview of the tertiary education providers, the courses/programmes being offered, and information for students deciding about studying in New Zealand.

Pregnancy and Alcohol Cessation Toolkit (PACT)

An online alcohol and pregnancy resource for health professionals. Developed by Alcohol Healthwatch and the University of Otago, Wellington, to assist the many New Zealand healthcare professionals who say they don’t feel adequately trained to discuss alcohol use with their pregnant patients.

Studies show up to 30 percent of New Zealand women drink during pregnancy and 50 percent still believe drinking some alcohol during pregnancy is safe – but that healthcare workers are often unsure how to speak with them.

Rauemi Atawhai – A guide to developing health education resources in New Zealand

This guide to developing health education resources in New Zealand has been developed to help the Ministry of Health and its contractors produce effective and appropriate health education resources that meet the needs of the intended audience, are easy to understand, and support improved health literacy. The resource will be very useful for nurses as they develop health education resources with health consumers.

Victorian Government Health Information: Pressure ulcers

Pressure Ulcer Basics is an online education program developed for use by all clinical staff.

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