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Title

Non-Directive Pregnancy Support Counselling

CPD hours

3 Educational activity

Curriculum domains

Practice medicine within an ethical, intellectual and professional framework
Provide primary care
Provide secondary medical care 

Curriculum learning areas

Adult internal medicine (AIM)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G)

Non-Directive Pregnancy Support Counselling

Enrol

This non-directive pregnancy counselling course is relevant for a rural and remote practice context and enables rural practitioners in generalist practice to review and refine their non-directive counselling skills. The course is a case-based activity that has been developed to illustrate the principles of non-directive counselling; examine pregnancy related counselling issues and provide pregnancy related information resources.

Successful completion of this module will enable GPs to claim MBS item number 4001. On completion, ACRRM will report your details to the Department of Human Services. Processing times vary and the DHS will confirm when you start claiming this item number.

Online learning hours:
3.00
Total hours:
3.00
 
Learning objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Provide rural generalist with an understanding of the difference between non-directive counselling and more directive counselling (such as cognitive therapy).
  • Provide rural generalists with specific skills in the counselling of pregnancy-related concerns including (but not restricted to) emotional preparedness for pregnancy and parenting, taking into account hopes and fears, and post-partum depression.
  • Provide rural generalist with the skills to offer the patient on request, unbiased, evidence-based information about all options and services available.
  • Ensure rural generalists explore any outstanding issues which the patient may not have thought of, and which could be relevant to the issue(s).

Provider Information

Provider

The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Address

Level 1, 324 Queen Street
BRISBANE CITY
QLD, 4000