Advanced Practice Immersion Workshop
The MND Advanced Practice Immersion Workshop returns in 2026, featuring a new set of topics for this year!
Learn from the experts and those with lived experience of MND at this special ‘MND Exchange’ event - a collaboration between Calvary Health Care Bethlehem and MND Victoria, facilitated by expert clinicians and MND specialists
Designed for allied health, nursing and care professionals, this expert-led, hands-on immersive workshop equips participants with practical skills in highly relevant, often overlooked areas of MND care, including complex feeding, airway management, and dignity-focused personal care - critical for supporting people living with MND.
Details:
Date: Thursday 30th April 2026
Location: Calvary Health Care Bethlehem; 476 Kooyong Rd, Caulfield South VIC 3162
Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Check in open at 8:30am.
Cost: $295 per person
Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided.
Places are strictly limited - book NOW to secure your spot!
Program Highlights
Introduction: Sector Insights and Research Developments
Broaden your organisational understanding of Calvary Health Care Bethlehem and MND Victoria, and their important roles in supporting and caring for those impacted by MND. We’ll highlight what’s new and promising in MND research, showing how global efforts are shaping the future of care and translating scientific progress into meaningful outcomes
Masterclass 1: Complex Nutritional Management in MND: Innovations & Practical Approaches
Managing nutrition in MND presents unique challenges that require a tailored, patient centred and multidisciplinary approach. This interactive masterclass will focus on advanced nutritional strategies including managing progressive dysphagia and preventing malnutrition & dehydration. Participants will gain insights into creative ways to optimise nutrition, while respecting cultural & personal food preferences. The session will also highlight emerging approaches to blenderised tube feeding and practical ways to maximise oral intake.
Attendees will leave with a nutrition toolbox of strategies and resources to enhance quality of life, plus a preview of a new three-part package on evidence-based gastrostomy care, developed with Barwon Health and funded by FightMND.
Masterclass 2: Applied Upper Airway and Secretion Management in MND
Effective airway and secretion management is essential for comfort, safety, and quality of life in people living with MND. This clinically focused masterclass will provide strategies for managing complex respiratory and bulbar challenges. Participants will learn about multidisciplinary assessment of complex secretions, including approaches to support team decision-making when instrumental assessments are unavailable. The session will also cover airway clearance techniques, oral care considerations (including support for clients using non-invasive ventilation), and the resources and networks available to enhance care for those with complex secretions.
Masterclass 3: Supporting Dignity in Complex Aspects of MND Care
This hands‑on workshop is designed to equip health workers and supporting staff with tips and tricks in managing the complex aspects of MND care while keeping comfort and dignity at the centre. The session will be run by a specialist nurse from our Statewide MND Clinic and an experienced Occupational Therapist, to take attendees through practical strategies to support with managing continence, toileting and intimate care, considerations for intimacy and sexuality and bed-based care considerations.
Facilitated Panel: Finding the Way Through: Guidance in Complex MND Care
This facilitated Q&A session will explore the complexities of MND care, highlighting practical guidance when things get challenging. Experts, people living with MND, carers and MND Advisors will share insights, strategies, and lived experience to help navigate difficult decisions and provide support across the spectrum of care.
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For questions, contact MND Victoria's Education Team on - P: 9830 2122 or E: info@mnd.org.au
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