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Date: 31/03/2023 Location: Other
This clinical audit will guide GPs through the process of identifying patients for whom herpes zoster (HZ) vaccination is recommended, and outlines the evidence and current Australian recommendations for selecting the most appropriate type of HZ vaccine for each patient.
1 Educational activity hour
1 Performance review hour
4 Outcome measurement hours
Date: 24/03/2023 Location: Other
This education the causes, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of IBS and aims to ensure GPs can confidently manage patients independently. IBS is prevalent in both primary and secondary care. There are multiple causes, including dietary and psychological factors. GPs are ideally placed to diagnose and treat IBS as they are familiar with a patients psycho-social context and dietary patterns.GPs can make the diagnosis of IBS when characteristic symptoms are present in the absence of symptomatic red flags. The diagnosis can be made early, before receiving the results of basic non-invasive testing; where possible, avoid the strategy of diagnosing IBS after extensive testing. GP can be reassured, and optimistic, about managing IBS as there are many effective treatments available.
0.5 Educational activity hour
0.5 Performance review hour
Date: 23/03/2023 Location: Other
Managing Multimorbidity – Primary Care Webinar Series 2023 aims to address gaps in knowledge and skills of primary healthcare workers in managing multimorbidity, particularly in considering patients co-existing physical and mental health and social circumstances; coordinating across members of the multidisciplinary team; managing polypharmacy; and conducting consultations to address multiple conditions.
Date: 21/03/2023 Location: Other
With rising practice costs, an increased focus on compliance, an ageing population with higher levels of chronic disease, a tougher economy and no new Medicare funding, appropriately implementing chronic disease management in general practice is more important than ever. This session will focus on how to start the journey of optimising your chronic disease management processes.
1 Educational activity hour
Date: 16/03/2023 Location: Other
1.5 Educational activity hours
Date: 10/03/2023 Location: Other
This education considers the issue of polypharmacy in older people and offers practical suggestions on how to recognise opportunities to deprescribe. It aims to ensure GPs can appropriately review and adjust medications based on current patient goals, need and risks.
0.5 Educational activity hour
0.5 Performance review hour
Date: 17/03/2023 Location: Other
This education covers chronic cough in children and aims to ensure GPs can appropriately investigate, diagnose, and manage the underlying causes for this common childhood symptom.
0.5 Educational activity hour
0.5 Performance review hour
Date: 13/03/2023 Location: NSW
This is an interactive workshop designed to assist GPs to evaluate and optimise their management of patients with difficult to treat asthma. It will review the evidence for adding LAMAs to ICS/LABA in asthma as well as how to do this in manner that is consistent with Australian guidelines.
1 Educational activity hour
0.5 Performance review hour
Date: 15/03/2023 Location: Other
Primary care professionals are well placed to identify sexual health issues early and support the treatment and management of sexually transmitted infections. In this webinar, Healthy Male will outline some of the opportunities that present in primary care to identify where a male patient may be at risk of an STI and the history taking, screening, referral pathways and other resources available to support male patients in primary care.
1 Educational activity hour
Date: 11/03/2023 Location: Other
Spot Diagnosisis a podcast series that examines the skin complaints commonly encountered by general practitioners. It is tailored specifically for medical students and GPs, but will also be useful for nurses and pharmacists.This podcast provides evidence-based, up-to-date medical education andamp; information aimed at upskilling medical practitioners in treating skin complaints, in order to improve the skin health of our communities. andlt;grammarly-desktop-integration data-grammarly-shadow-root="true"andgt;andlt;/grammarly-desktop-integrationandgt;