IPC Train the Trainer – education skills

Wednesday 18 June 2025, 2.00PM AEST

Speaker: Perri Waddell, Gerontology Nurse, Aged Care Manager and ACIPC Facilitator 

IPC Train the Trainer – education skills

The Aged Care IPC Lead (or person responsible for IPC) has a range of responsibilities as determined by the ACQCS. Providing ongoing assessment of staff capability and education is a core function of the role. There is a gap between knowledge gained from completing an IPC course and teaching ability. This presentation explores ways to train the trainer by giving IPC Leads (or person responsible for IPC) some training tools to sustainably embed and advance IPC in aged care.

About the speaker: Gerontology Nurse, Perri Waddell is the 2024 West Australian Nurse and Midwifery Excellence Awards (WANMEA) Nurse of the Year. Perri is a migrant, hospital trained nurse who has called Australia home for the past 21 years. She has committed herself to role modelling aged care as a nursing career pathway. Perri holds a Masters in Clinical Nursing~Gerontology (ECU), Bachelor of Dementia (UTAS) and Post Graduate Certificate in Infection Control (Griffith). Perri is a credentialled IPC- Primary and contracted facilitator for ACIPC’s FIPC course and has facilitated over 600 students through the FIPC course. Perri is currently a Registered Nurse in the most remote Residential Aged Care Facility in Australia and recognises the challenges aged care IPC Leads face when driving best practice from the front line. 

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Webinar PowerPoint Resources

IPC Train the Trainer – education skills: https://www.acipc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ACIPC-Train-the-Trainer-June-25.pdf

Aged Care Connexion – Webinar questions Guest speaker Perri Waddell answers questions that we weren’t able to get to during the webinar: https://www.acipc.org.au/members/forums-members/topic/aged-care-community-of-practice-webinar-questions/