Are you looking to refresh your skills in plastering, suturing, and eye and ear assessment?

This course equips remote and isolated health professionals with essential practical skills in suturing, plastering, and ENT assessment to enhance clinical confidence, safety, and responsiveness in low-resource settings.

Through hands-on, culturally safe training, participants will develop the knowledge and skills to deliver timely, effective care aligned with best practice standards, thereby strengthening workforce capability and improving health outcomes in rural and remote communities.

This hands-on course empowers health professionals in remote and isolated settings with practical skills in suturing, plastering, and ENT assessment. Through culturally safe, best-practice training, you’ll gain the confidence and capability to deliver timely, effective care in low-resource environments—strengthening workforce resilience and improving health outcomes for rural and remote communities.

1. Demonstrate safe and effective first aid suturing techniques for a range of wound types, using appropriate materials and methods suited to remote and resource-limited settings.
2. Apply plastering skills to imobilise fractures and soft tissue injuries safely.
3. Conduct focused ear, nose and throat assessments to identify common conditions and determine appropriate management or referral pathways.
4. Reflect on scope of practice and escalation pathways, recognising when to seek support, refer or adapt procedures based on context and available resources.