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Date: 04/12/2024 Location: Other
More than half a million Australians are exposed to silica dust in their workplace. Do you know which workers are at risk and how, when and why to monitor their lung health?
1 Educational activity hour
Ethical practice
Addressing health inequities
Culturally safe practice
Date: 04/12/2024 Location: Other
Use of AI scribe tools is fast becoming integrated into medical practice. General Practitioners need to have an understanding of the basic principles of AI scribes as well as an overview of the medico-legal risks and patient safety issues.
Professionalism
Ethical practice
1 Performance review hour
Date: 27/11/2024 Location: Other
This free online activity consists of a peer-reviewed clinical review article and 15 interactive clinical questions.
1 Educational activity hour
0.5 Performance review hour
Date: 28/11/2024 Location: Other
The complexity of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) disease and the requirement for individualised and evolving management is a challenge in already burdened general practice. This webinar will use a longitudinal case-based approach to support GPs in their understanding of the evolving and competing management priorities of CKM disease and help them to develop easy-to-implement strategies to effect real impact for patients.
1.5 Educational activity hours
Date: 02/12/2024 Location: Other
Approximately 1 in 4 Australians aged over 65 were prescribed antidepressants in 2022-2023, a rate substantially higher than the 1 in 7 reported across all age groups – despite older adults reporting lower rates of depression and anxiety.Additionally, the average duration of antidepressant therapy in Australia is about fouryears, which exceeds current guideline recommendations are of 6–12 months for a single episode of depression and at least 12 months for managing anxiety, after an acceptable response is achieved.These discrepancies raise concerns about the impacts of both unnecessary and prolonged medication use, especially in older adults who have increased sensitivity to the adverse effects and long-term harms of antidepressants.
2.5 Outcome measurement hours
1.5 Educational activity hours
Addressing health inequities
Culturally safe practice
Professionalism
Ethical practice
2.5 MOPS (AST - Mental Health) hours
Date: 03/12/2024 Location: Other
Approximately 1 in 4 Australians aged over 65 were prescribed antidepressants in 2022-2023, a rate substantially higher than the 1 in 7 reported across all age groups – despite older adults reporting lower rates of depression and anxiety.Knowledge and skills to optimise the management of depression and anxiety in older adults, is critical for GPs as this area of healthcare has a significant public health implications.The purpose of this educational visit is to enhance the understanding and practices of healthcare professionals in managing depression and anxiety among older adults through a holistic, person-centered approach.
1 Performance review hour
Addressing health inequities
Professionalism
Ethical practice
Date: 03/12/2024 Location: Other
This webinar provides a comprehensive overviews from expert presenters, to bridge knowledge gaps and enhance clinical decision-making when managing patients with gout and eczema in primary care.These conditions can significantly impact patients' quality of life and require ongoing management for GPs to stay updated on evolving treatment guidelines.
0.5 Educational activity hour
0.5 Performance review hour
Professionalism
Ethical practice
Date: 01/01/2027 Location: Other
This online course equips General Practitioners with the knowledge and skills to identify, assess, and support patients experiencing Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) use and mental health concerns, with a focus on culturally safe care for First Nations Australians. Participants will learn to use validated screening tools, deliver brief interventions, apply harm minimisation strategies, and navigate referral pathways, enabling them to provide holistic, respectful, and effective care within a collaborative primary health care setting.
1 Educational activity hour
0.5 Performance review hour
Culturally safe practice
Date: 01/01/2027 Location: Other
GP will be involved in patient history taking and referral of pathology services for clinically appropriate testing for data capture. The GP is encouraged to include all clinically relevant history on the referral form for data collection.The audit report includes de-identified data for patients who have undertaken a cervical screening test (CST) for pathological examination by Australian Clinical Labs. Each sample requires data collection as a standard practice for submission to the National Cancer Screening register quarterly. The same information used for public health measures will be presented to the program participants for individual consideration against the national averages. Each participant can compare their clinical outcomes against the national averages on the following issues:- Cases for unsatisfactory samples- Adequate clinical history inclusion when referring cervical screening tests- Incidence of clinically significant results in certain patient cohorts- HPV, STI and organism positivity rates and types- Cervical lesional types
5 Educational activity hours
20 Outcome measurement hours
5 Performance review hours
Professionalism
6 MOPS (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) hours
Date: 15/11/2024 Location: Other
This education covers the presentation, the recommended diagnostic workup and the overall management as well as the intricacies of asthma in children. It aims to ensure GPs can provide optimal asthma care for children in their community.
0.5 Performance review hour
0.5 Educational activity hour