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        • About Ko Awatea – We are proud of the difference we are making in transforming health systems in Counties Manukau, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific.

        • How Ko Awatea came to be
        • Our people – Ko Awatea activities are structured across four units, which together employ over 130 internal faculty and draw on a host of external expertise.

        • Executive team
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    • Education
        • Ko Awatea LEARN – Ko Awatea LEARN is a DHB focused, eLearning and education community with a wide range of programmes, courses, and forums available.

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        • Programmes – We offer a wide range of stimulating workshops covering a spread of diverse topics to support you with your development.

        • New programmes
            • Improvement Advisor – Leading and Managing Improvement
              12 April 2017
            • Monitoring and Evaluation Basics
              19 February 2017
        • WebEx sessions – Healthcare Improvement Scotland is a quality improvement organisation, established to advance improvement in healthcare.

        • Upcoming sessions
        • Grand Rounds
        • NETP Intake
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    • Improvement
        • World Health Colab – A collaborative, interactive atlas of system improvement activities designed to collect international knowledge and experience.

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        • Community Organising – Meeting the expanding demands on the health system requires CM Health to shift from reactive care to proactive health promotion.

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        • Campaigns – Ko Awatea operates a wide range of campaigns targeted to local, national and international groups across the Asia-Pacific Region.

          • Mana Taurite – Equity in Health
          • Manaaki Hauora
          • Early Learning
          • Safety in Practice
          • Improving Together
          • Now We’re Talking
          • Youth Health Quality Improvement
        • Completed campaigns – These are some of the longest running campaigns that have reached successful outcomes for Ko Awatea and all those involved.

          • 20,000 Days
          • Beyond 20,000 Days
          • Target CLAB Zero
          • Challenge the Cake
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        • News – See the latest updates from around Ko Awatea, Counties Manukau and the Asia-Pacific.

          • Latest news
              • Longer, healthier lives for our kids
                21 November 2017
              • Relationship-based healthcare: Let’s listen to patients and families
                20 November 2017
        • Expert Views – Hear opinions of those contributing to Ko Awatea.

          • Latest views
              • Success factors for improvement projects in primary care
                18 January 2018
              • Nine things to check before you publish
                1 December 2017
        • The Medicine Stories Project – Read and submit stories from a medical perspective.

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        • Events – Take a look at some of the events we hold at Ko Awatea

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    • Resources
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        • population-medicine
        • creating culture
        • Ko Awatea Publications – View our full list of resources

        • Innovation and Improvement Clearinghouse
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    • Home
    • About
        • Picture1
        • About Ko Awatea – We are proud of the difference we are making in transforming health systems in Counties Manukau, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific.

        • How Ko Awatea came to be
        • Our people – Ko Awatea activities are structured across four units, which together employ over 130 internal faculty and draw on a host of external expertise.

        • Executive team
        • Available positions
      • Close
    • Education
        • Ko Awatea LEARN – Ko Awatea LEARN is a DHB focused, eLearning and education community with a wide range of programmes, courses, and forums available.

        • cmdhb-frontpage
        • Programmes – We offer a wide range of stimulating workshops covering a spread of diverse topics to support you with your development.

        • New programmes
            • Improvement Advisor – Leading and Managing Improvement
              12 April 2017
            • Monitoring and Evaluation Basics
              19 February 2017
        • WebEx sessions – Healthcare Improvement Scotland is a quality improvement organisation, established to advance improvement in healthcare.

        • Upcoming sessions
        • Grand Rounds
        • NETP Intake
      • Close
    • Improvement
        • World Health Colab – A collaborative, interactive atlas of system improvement activities designed to collect international knowledge and experience.

        • map
        • Community Organising – Meeting the expanding demands on the health system requires CM Health to shift from reactive care to proactive health promotion.

          • htj2
        • Campaigns – Ko Awatea operates a wide range of campaigns targeted to local, national and international groups across the Asia-Pacific Region.

          • Mana Taurite – Equity in Health
          • Manaaki Hauora
          • Early Learning
          • Safety in Practice
          • Improving Together
          • Now We’re Talking
          • Youth Health Quality Improvement
        • Completed campaigns – These are some of the longest running campaigns that have reached successful outcomes for Ko Awatea and all those involved.

          • 20,000 Days
          • Beyond 20,000 Days
          • Target CLAB Zero
          • Challenge the Cake
      • Close
    • Engagement
        • News – See the latest updates from around Ko Awatea, Counties Manukau and the Asia-Pacific.

          • Latest news
              • Longer, healthier lives for our kids
                21 November 2017
              • Relationship-based healthcare: Let’s listen to patients and families
                20 November 2017
        • Expert Views – Hear opinions of those contributing to Ko Awatea.

          • Latest views
              • Success factors for improvement projects in primary care
                18 January 2018
              • Nine things to check before you publish
                1 December 2017
        • The Medicine Stories Project – Read and submit stories from a medical perspective.

        • medicineStories2
      • Close
    • Ko Awatea Centre
        • Our centre – Learn about the centre and book your event here.

          • Find & Contact Us
          • Book a Room
          • Room sizes
          • Equipment
          • Conditions of Use
        • Events – Take a look at some of the events we hold at Ko Awatea

          • Our Staff
      • Close
    • Resources
        • creating-systems
        • population-medicine
        • creating culture
        • Ko Awatea Publications – View our full list of resources

        • Innovation and Improvement Clearinghouse
      • Close
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Category Archives: Guests and Visitors

Tariq Habibyar: Saving a nation through education

Born into war in Herat, Afghanistan, by the age of 15 Tariq Habibyar was teaching young girls English and literacy courses in secret while living under the extremist Taliban. The educator philanthropist and founder of the Aida Children’s Fund spoke at Ko Awatea on March 7th about his passion for education. Mr Habibyar credits his…

10 March 2016Leave a commentGuests and Visitors, NewsBy Patricia Hayward

Confronting the worst and achieving the best in human dynamics

Counties Manukau Health staff gathered at Ko Awatea on February 29th to hear visiting leadership expert Mike Wagner, executive director of The Advisory Board, present a workshop on human dynamics. Human dynamics is about the way people interact and work together. Fifty-two staff attended the workshop, which explored the negative and positive extremes of human…

3 March 2016Leave a commentGuests and Visitors, NewsBy Patricia Hayward

Transformational Leadership

31 March 2015Leave a commentBlog, Guests and VisitorsBy

Deb-Filler

Using humour to deal with stress

A lunchtime learning session with Deb Filler Laughter is the best healer – just ask Deb Filler. The Jewish comedienne presented a lunchtime learning session to a packed room at Ko Awatea on Wednesday 18 February, and soon had Counties staff laughing with her hilarious stories and politically incorrect jokes. But behind the humour is…

10 March 2015Leave a commentGuests and Visitors, Lunchtime LearningBy

Professor Su Maddock: Mental Health Innovation in the UK

Ko Awatea is delighted to welcome Professor Su Maddock, who will present a lunchtime learning session at Ko Awatea Centre entitled Mental Health Innovation in the UK: Mainstreaming a Personalised, User-based and Co-designed Approach to Mental Health Recovery on 24 February. Professor Maddock’s presentation will convey the chronology of mental health recovery interventions and offer…

20 February 2014Leave a commentEvents, Guests and Visitors, PresentationsBy

Talanoa

As part of the Nursing and Midwifery celebrations in the first week of May, the Pacific Nursing and Midwifery Leaders Group held the second Talanoa networking forum for this year at Ko Awatea. Talanoa was attended by over 80 health professionals – doctors, medical students, nurses, nursing students, social workers, social worker students and educators.…

28 May 2013Leave a commentEvents, Guests and Visitors, News, PresentationsBy Janet Haley

Innovation College

In partnership with IHI, Ko Awatea facilitated the Innovation Programme last week, 14th & 15th March. Don Goldmann and Andrea Kabcenell were the programme facilitators. Seven organisations were represented. This included a large group from Ko Awatea & CM Health, a group of four from Monash Innovation & Quality, Southern Health, Australia, together with attendees…

20 March 2013Leave a commentEvents, Guests and Visitors, NewsBy Chloe Harvey

Sounds Good, But is it Science?

Written by Martin Marshall, Lead for Improvement Science London and Professor of Healthcare Improvement at UCL. First posted on Improvement Science London on July 18, 2012. The English language is a fascinating thing; powerful in the hands of Shakespeare and Yeats, inadequate in the hands of, well, me. An uncomfortable light has been shone on…

26 February 2013Leave a commentBlog, Guests and Visitors, PresentationsBy

Martin Marshall

Ko Awatea had the pleasure of hosting Martin Marshall, from UCL a Professor of Healthcare Improvement and lead for Improvement Science London. Martin started off his day at Ko Awatea with a tour of the Centre before giving a lunchtime Brown Bag session for staff on “What is Improvement Science?” Martin joined UCL in January…

21 February 2013Leave a commentEvents, Guests and Visitors, News, PresentationsBy Chloe Harvey

Creative Thinking Can Be Learnt

“Creative Thinking to Develop Change” – Brandon Bennett from Ko Awatea on Vimeo. I have always admired creative people – they seem to have a knack for thinking outside the square and coming up with creative ideas and solution – usually on the spot. So what makes some people more creative than others and what…

7 February 2013Leave a comment20,000 Days, Blog, Guests and Visitors, VoicesBy
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