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Date: 21/10/2024 Location: ACT
This session will cover in detail what you need to know about screening options to empower your patients to make an informed choice about how they screen. We willlook at the eligibility for self-collection, results management, and provide a walkthrough of the cervical screening pathway. We willlook at the laboratory processing of self-collected samples and cover the causes of unsatisfactory results.
0.5 Performance review hour
0.5 Educational activity hour
Addressing health inequities
Date: 18/10/2024 Location: Other
This education outlines the pathophysiology of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and discusses diagnostic protocols and potential treatment options. It aims to ensure the GP can play a crucial role in the diagnosis and management of ME/CFS.
0.5 Performance review hour
0.5 Educational activity hour
Professionalism
Ethical practice
Date: 14/10/2024 Location: QLD
Genomic medicine is a rapidly evolving field with many clinical applications. While individual genetic conditions are often rare, as a collective, genetic conditions are very common with approximately 60% of people being affected with a disorder that has some sort of genetic background. Genomic technologies are being applied to both monogenetic and complex diseases. Additionally, genomics is informing management of both genetic and non-genetic disease. This eLearning resource is intended to provide relevant information about genomic medicine to assist General Practitioners in the implementation of genomics into their everyday practice.
3 Educational activity hours
Addressing health inequities
Professionalism
Date: 18/10/2024 Location: ACT
This session will cover the essentials of the cervical screening program in Australia. GPs will learn about the role of HPV in the development of cervical cancer, how cervical cancer can be effectively prevented, and the options available for cervical screening in Australia, including the option to self-collect. Following this session, GPs will feel confident having conversations with their patients and community about cervical screening, answering questions, and encouraging participation.
0.5 Performance review hour
0.5 Educational activity hour
Culturally safe practice
Addressing health inequities
Date: 15/10/2024 Location: Other
Join us for an engaging, case-based update on mosquito-borne diseases. This webinar will cover chikungunya, dengue, Japanese encephalitis, malaria, yellow fever, and Zika virus, with a special focus on the pre-travel consultation. Learn how to effectively assess a traveller's risk based on their destinations and activities, and gain insights on when to prescribe antimalarials and vaccines. Stay informed about the latest advancements in prevention and control, including new vaccines and treatments.We’ll also share practical strategies for preventing mosquito bites and provide valuable resources to enhance your practice. Presented by Professor Nicholas Zwar an academic general practitioner with a long-term clinical, research, and teaching interest in travel medicine and Dr Sarah McGuinness, an academic infectious diseases physician with a special interest in travel medicine.
Culturally safe practice
Addressing health inequities
Professionalism
Ethical practice
1.5 Educational activity hours
Date: 20/10/2024 Location: Other
The “Fast-tracking Function: Iron Deficiency Insights for Primary Care” course focuses on enhancing the management of iron deficiency in women through intravenous (IV) iron therapy in general practice: 1. Addressing Underdiagnosis and Undertreatment: • Identify common issues in diagnosing and treating iron deficiency in women. Review tools and strategies for timely and appropriate management. 2. Appreciating Rapid Iron Replacement: • Understand clinical contexts where rapid iron replacement can restore patient function sooner. Highlight the advantages of IV iron therapy over oral supplements. 3. Enhancing Adherence and Improving Outcomes: • Explore challenges with patient adherence to oral iron supplements and present IV iron therapy as a solution for faster and better outcomes. 4. Establishing IV Iron Services in Practice: • Provide practical guidance on setting up IV iron services, including patient selection, informed consent, dosage and administration protocols, and monitoring for adverse effects. 5. Ensuring Viability and Sustainability of Practice Services: • Discuss strategies for integrating IV iron therapy sustainably. Explore financial planning, patient co-pays, and government rebates to support practice viability.By focusing on these themes, the course equips general practitioners with the knowledge and skills to manage iron deficiency effectively, improving patient outcomes and ensuring practice sustainability.
2 Educational activity hours
1 Performance review hour
5 Outcome measurement hours
Date: 11/10/2024 Location: Other
This education covers the diagnosis and treatment options of basal cell carcinoma, Bowen’s disease (otherwise known as squamous cell carcinoma in situ) and cutaneous warts. It aims to ensure GPs can confidently diagnose and perform surgical excisions, curettage and cautery, and cantharidin application.
0.5 Performance review hour
0.5 Educational activity hour
Professionalism
Ethical practice
Date: 04/10/2024 Location: Other
This education reviews the current concepts of aetiology, diagnosis and management of bone marrow failure syndromes. While most GPs will rarely encounter bone marrow failure, it has significant consequences for both the patient and their family. It aims to ensure GPs can recognise some of the features in a cytopenic patient that may indicate an underlying bone marrow failure syndrome, and introduce some of the principles of management for these conditions.
0.5 Educational activity hour
0.5 Performance review hour
Professionalism
Ethical practice
Date: 27/09/2024 Location: Other
This education outlines an approach to cryptorchidism used by many paediatric surgeons, place the various anomalies in their embryological context, and discuss the diagnosis and management of these conditions. It aims to ensure GPs can triage referrals appropriately and avoid unnecessary investigations. It also provides an insight into paediatric surgical thinking regarding cryptorchidism, to harmonise messaging being delivered to families by medical practitioners of different specialties.
Professionalism
Ethical practice
1 Educational activity hour
Date: 26/09/2024 Location: Other
Join Lung Foundation Australia for a virtual learning event marking Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month in September.In this virtual learning event, we will hear from an expert panel on the GPs role in early detection and ongoing management of Pulmonary Fibrosis.
1 Educational activity hour