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14 October <strong>2005</strong>, Mental Health Conference of Justice<br />

Health and Australian and New Zealand College of Mental<br />

Health Nurses, NSW Branch, Sydney<br />

Presentation on ‘Structured Professional Judgement<br />

in Violence’<br />

18 October <strong>2005</strong>, International Institute of Forensic Studies<br />

and Australian Advocacy Institute’s Third <strong>Annual</strong><br />

Conference, Cable Beach, WA<br />

Workshop on ‘The Future of Self-Regulation of Experts<br />

in Psychiatry and Psychology’<br />

24 January <strong>2006</strong>, Supreme and Federal Courts Judges’<br />

Conference, Brisbane<br />

Presentation on ‘The Jury Project: Communicating with<br />

the Jury’, and panel discussion<br />

10 February <strong>2006</strong>, Sentencing Conference, Australian<br />

National University and National Judicial College of<br />

Australia, Canberra<br />

Presentation on ‘Sentencing: Principles, Perspectives<br />

and Possibilities’<br />

24 March <strong>2006</strong>, Grand Round, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne<br />

Presentation on ‘Spanning the Boundaries: Mental Health<br />

in the Criminal Justice System’<br />

10 May <strong>2006</strong>, Australian Conference of Parole Boards<br />

and Authorities, Sydney<br />

Presentation on ‘Assessing Risk for Violence in the Parole<br />

Context’<br />

29-30 May <strong>2006</strong>, Centre for Mental Health, Brisbane<br />

Two day training on HCR<br />

19-21 June <strong>2006</strong>, Bayview Conference Centre, Melbourne<br />

Three day training on PCL-R<br />

28 June 28 <strong>2006</strong>, Correctional Services Ministers’<br />

Conference, Adelaide<br />

Presentation on ‘Mental Illness and Corrections’.<br />

HOW WE MEASURED OUR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PERFORMANCE<br />

IN <strong>2005</strong>-<strong>2006</strong><br />

Our Performance Measures are established annually by the Department of Human Services.<br />

Performance Measures Performance Targets Outcomes Outcomes Outcomes Outcomes % Change<br />

<strong>2005</strong>-<strong>2006</strong> <strong>2005</strong>-<strong>2006</strong> 2004-<strong>2005</strong> 2003-2004 2002-2003 2003-04 – <strong>2005</strong>-06<br />

Number of education and training sessions<br />

provided to area mental health services 18 24 24 22* 17 9.1%<br />

Number of education and training sessions<br />

provided to other agencies 20 23 30 28* 50 17.9%<br />

Number of formal presentations and papers<br />

delivered to professional forums 30 97 109 94 94 3.2%<br />

Number of professional education<br />

placements provided 150 218 212 215 235 1.4%<br />

* The added focus placed on providing education and training sessions to area mental health services in 2003-2004 resulted in a decrease (from 2002-2003) in the amount<br />

of time able to be spent on providing education and training sessions to other agencies.<br />

One day workshop provided for Corrections<br />

Victoria staff on ‘Working with Prisoners with<br />

a Mental Illness’.<br />

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