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VARIOUS DATES: General Practitioners invited to attend Grand Rounds at Royal North Shore Hospital – Every Tuesday  

As part of their commitment to working collaboratively with local GPs, Royal North Shore Hospital clinicians and executive are inviting local GPs to attend the weekly Grand Rounds sessions. Attendance can be face-to-face or virtually, with details listed below.

Time: Every Tuesday from 1-2pm

  • Face to Face Attendance: Level 5, Kolling Building, Royal North Shore Hospital, Westbourne Street, St Leonards (registration is not required)
  • OR
  • Virtual attendance (MS Teams)Click here to join the meeting

Where: The Auditorium, Level 5, Kolling Institute Building, Cnr Westbourne & Reserve Roads, St Leonards

GPs and other primary health care professionals requiring more information should contact NSLHD-GPLO@health.nsw.gov.au. (This is for GPs and Health Professionals only – this email address is NOT the general point of contact for Grand Rounds).


VARIOUS DATES: Advanced Training in Suicide Prevention – Blended  

This heavily subsidised blended learning workshop aims to increase health professionals’ skill and confidence in taking a detailed suicide history and developing a collaborative management plan to increase the safety of people planning suicide. Participants will recieve practical tools for health professionals managing the full spectrum of suicide risk presentations including the acute suicidal crisis, care after a suicide attempt and assisting families experiencing suicide bereavement.

Accreditation 6.5 CPD hours incl. 5.5 hrs Education Activity & 1 hr Reviewing Performance (RACGP & ACRRM)Mental Health CPD with GPMHSC (GPs) 6.5 hours CPD (psychologists) *All modules must be completed to gain CPD hours

Target Audience
Allied Health, GPs, Multi-disciplinary, Mental Health Nurse, Psychologists, Social Workers, Youth Workers, Other mental health professionals

Topics Covered

  • Suicide prevalence, stigma and culture
  • Undertake a suicide risk assessment effectively
  • Develop a collaborative safety planImplement a team approach to treatment planning
  • Provide effective management following a suicide attempt
  • Self-care and bereavement

Learning Objectives

  • Undertake a suicide risk assessment effectively.
  • Develop a collaborative safety plan.
  • Implement a team approach to treatment planning.
  • Provide effective management following a suicide attempt.

REGISTER: https://black-dog-institute.my.salesforce-sites.com/forms/bdi_EducationMasterCourseIndividual?mstrCrsId=a1K1H000009QhlJUAS


ONGOING: Introduction to Syphilis for Midwives & Clinicians Providing Antenatal Care (NSW)  

This online learning module is designed to provide midwives and clinicians providing antenatal care in NSW, with the tools to identify priority populations for antenatal syphilis testing in their practice, and distinguish the stages of syphilis infection based on a patient’s history and clinical presentation. This one-hour learning module will outline treatment guidelines for these stages, including more complex clinical scenarios, as well as the process of contract tracing/partner notification after a syphilis diagnosis.

Course available online from: 19/12/2023 – 11/09/2025 (available on demand, no fixed date)

Cost: Free

Venue: Online

Register: https://ashm.org.au/training/nsw-introduction-to-syphilis-for-midwives-and-clinicians-providing-antenatal-care/


Benchmarque Immunisation online workshops  

These Benchmarque workshops are $95 (inc. GST) each:-

Basic Catchups for Immunisation – This three hour interactive course is an opportunity to review, consolidate and expand on your learned knowledge for an individual who is new to Immunisation in Australia. This Basic Catchup course will cover practicing regular catch-up scenarios and provide an opportunity to ask questions and create your own scenarios that you have seen in your clinical setting. This course is suited for new to Immunisation Catchup scheduling or new to Practice Nursing.

  • Saturday 2 March, 8:30am – 11:30pm AEST or
  • Saturday 11 May, 8:30am – 11:30pm AEST

Book here (choose date)

Complex Catchups for Immunisation – This three hour interactive course is an opportunity to review, consolidate and expand on your learned knowledge for an individual who has been working for more than 1 year as an Immuniser. This Complex Catchup course will cover practising complex catch-up scenarios and provide an opportunity to ask questions and create your own scenarios that you have seen in your practice.

  • Saturday 13 April, 8:30am – 11:30pm AEST or
  • Saturday 8 June, 8:30am – 11:30pm AEST

Book here (choose date)

 

 

 


VARIOUS DATES: Advanced Training in Suicide Prevention – Face to Face  

This heavily subsidised workshop aims to increase health professionals’ skill and confidence in taking a detailed suicide history and developing a collaborative management plan to increase the safety of people planning suicide. It also provides practical tools for health professionals managing the full spectrum of suicide risk presentations including the acute suicidal crisis, care after a suicide attempt and assisting families experiencing suicide bereavement. Please note that this workshop discusses suicide, and we understand this can be a difficult topic to discuss, especially for people who have lived experience of suicide or suicidality. We ask you to take care of your mental health and wellbeing when deciding to attend this workshop.

Accreditation 7.5 CPD hours incl. 4.5 hrs Education Activity & 3 hrs Reviewing Performance (GPs), Mental Health CPD (GPs), 7.5 hours CPD (Psychologists)

This workshop is eligible for one day of funding under the Emergency Medicine component of the Rural Procedural Grants Program (GPs)

Prerequisites:
Completion of predisposing activity

Target Audience: 
GP Registrars, GPs, Multi-disciplinary, Psychologists, Social Workers, Other mental health professionals

Topics Covered

  • Topic 1 – Suicide and Stigma
  • Topic 2 – The Suicidal Crisis
  • Topic 3 – Acute Management
  • Topic 4 – After the attempt
  • Topic 5 – Bereaved by Suicide

Learning Outcomes

  • Undertake a suicide risk assessment effectively
  • Develop a collaborative safety plan
  • Implement a team approach to treatment planning
  • Provide effective management following a suicide attempt
  • Respond to the needs of people bereaved by suicide

REGISTER: https://black-dog-institute.my.salesforce-sites.com/forms/bdi_EducationMasterCourseIndividual?mstrCrsId=a1K12000003n5TfEAI


Personality Disorders workshop  

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Date:  Monday, 18 March 2024
Time: 8.30am arrival tea & coffee and registration, 9.00am – 1.00pm presentations, finishing with a networking lunch from 1.00 – 2.30pm
Venue:  The Epping Club, 45-47 Rawson Street, Epping

Topics: 

  • What is a personality disorder?
  • Borderline Personality Disorder: Current state of the research
  • Accommodating a Personality Disorder
  • Treating a Personality Disorder

Guest speaker:   Clinical Associate Professor Neil Jeyasingam, Psychogeriatrician and a research scholar of the Institute of Psychiatry (Sydney) and Institute of Psychiatry (UK). A/Professor Jeyasingam holds a double masters in Psychiatry and Business (Health Administration), and is published widely in personality disorders, anxiety and bipolar disorder, in peer reviewed journals and the Sydney Morning Herald.

Register online here – registrations close 8/3/24

Free parking is also available if required (please forward car registration details to accessplus@pccs.org.au)

 


LUNCH WEBINAR: Showcasing the new Council for Intellectual Disability eLearning modules  

Presented by Pablo Garcia (CID)

When: Wednesday 20 March, 2024

Time: 12.00pm – 12.45pm

Access: Click here to join the meeting

Meeting ID: 423 612 284 952    Passcode: b5DdPw


Webinar: The role of surgery in the management of advanced NMSC in the era of effective systemic therapies  

Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA) invite you to join our webinar for clinicians with an interest in skin cancer.

During the webinar, a panel from different surgical disciplines will discuss the role of surgery and sequencing of treatment modalities in the management of advanced non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC)/keratinocyte cancers through case discussions with audience participation.

Chair:  A/Prof Sydney Ch’ng, MIA and Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Cancer Centre

Panellists:

  • Prof Neil Gross, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • A/Prof Kerwin Shannon, MIA and Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Cancer Centre
  • A/Prof Deshan Sebaratnam, University of New South Wales
  • Dr Amy O’Connor, Sunshine Coast University Hospital
  • Dr Andrew Foreman, Royal Adelaide Hospital

Cost: Free

Date & Time: Wednesday 20 March, 9pm – 10:15pm AEDT

Click here to Register and more information


Menopause Education Webinar for Clinicians  

A case-by-case guide to managing menopause presentations, including complex cases and special considerations.

Overview:  The online education sessions will include a presentation of one or more of case studies followed by a short presentation.  In the upcoming education session we will discuss a patient with secondary amenorrhoea at an early age, including differential diagnosis, complications of preexisting medical conditions and long term management in a forum of use to both specialists and family physicians

Audience:  This free online event is aimed primarily at GPs, endocrinologists, gynaecologists, nurses and allied health professionals.

Date & Time:  Monday 25 March 2024, 6pm – 7pm

Register here 

CPD certificates will be available for self reporting. Registration is essential to receive the zoom link. Registrants will then be emailed with information for future
MenoECHOTM sessions which will be held bimonthly.

For further information: ausmenoecho@gmail.com


Climate change and mental health webinar  

Join us for this education session, with a focus on climate change and the impacts on mental health. This event is supported by the NSW/ACT PHN Disaster Management Network and is open and free to all primary healthcare providers.

The session will discuss:

  • the impacts of climate change on mental health
  • how primary care can recognise and respond to climate-related anxieties and mental illness
  • identify effective strategies to implement in practice to support patients and health professionals

Learning outcomes:

  • Discuss the impacts of climate change on mental health
  • Recognise and respond to climate-related mental illness presenting in patients
  • Implement effective strategies in practice to support patients and health professionals

Speakers:

  • Climate change and mental health – Dr Louise Shepherd, Clinical Psychologist
  • GP perspective – speaker TBC

Date:  Monday 25 March 2024

Time:  7.00 – 8.15pm

Register Here Registrations are essential, please ensure you register as an individual, not as a group, so that we can record all participants accurately and distribute certificates accordingly.

For further info, contact Lauren Thomas , CPD Program Officer – Maternal Health – 02 9304 8731 or l.thomas@cesphn.com.au


Contraceptive Implant (Implanon NXT) Insertion and Removal Training – Face to Face Assessment  

Learn or refresh your knowledge about the contraceptive implant, Implanon NXT and the skills to safely insert and remove the device. This combination of online self-paced learning and face to face, supervised hands on training and assessment is suitable both as an introduction for new inserters or a refresher.

Content includes:

Contraceptive options and their efficacy
Long acting reversible contraception (LARC) including contraceptive implants
Pharmacokinetics of Implanon NXT
Indications and contraindications
Initiation of the contraceptive implant including client consultation, administration of local anaesthetic and the safe insertion and removal of the implant in a primary care setting
Management of common side effects
Insurance

Following the successful completion of the course, participants must ensure they have adequate professional indemnity insurance to implement Implanon NXT insertion and removal into their scope of practice.

Further information

Various dates and venues:  see Registration for details

Register here


LUNCH WEBINAR: The health passport – a redesign project with an NGO  

Presented by Linda Mortimer, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District

When: Wednesday 27 March, 2024

Time: 12.00pm – 12.45pm

Access: Click here to join the meeting

Meeting ID: 426 917 917 546   Passcode: zZMZQ9

 


ANZAED Eating Disorder Credential for GPs webinar  

With support from the Department of Health and Aged Care, the Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED) is proudly expanding the ANZAED Eating Disorder Credential to GPs to enhance the effectiveness and consistency of care for eating disorders in Australia. The Credential for GPs emphasises early identification and initial response for people with eating disorders, encompassing screening, assessment, diagnosis, and referral to appropriate treatment providers.

The ANZAED Eating Disorder Credential for GPs will provide formal recognition of qualifications, knowledge, and training needed to meet minimum standards for the delivery of safe and effective eating disorder care. Importantly, it connects help-seekers with Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinicians through a searchable directory on the connected website.

Once credentialed, GPs will receive public recognition for their knowledge and commitment to providing eating disorder care via a post-nominal, certificate, and digital badge. Credentialed GPs will also have access to webinars for ongoing professional development and an online moderated forum to connect with other GPs working in this space.

Date: Wednesday 27 March 2024
Time: 12:00 – 12:30pm AEDT
To learn more, register here http://tinyurl.com/webinarGPs


Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare webinar  

This is the next hot topic in Train IT Medical’s “Practice Priorities” webinar series – AI in Healthcare – What you need to know, what do you need to do.

Date: Wednesday 3 April

Time: 12.30pm AEDT

Link to register & more information: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rDskQXS0Re-0YhEe91zfOw#/registration


iDEA 2024 conference  

The iDEA 2024 conference, our annual gathering of innovative minds and change makers, is headed to New South Wales (NSW) in April.  These two days will be packed with exploration and knowledge sharing on all aspects of environmental and climate health.

Bringing together bright minds to give talks that are idea-focused, informative and practical, iDEA fosters learning, inspiration, and action – and provokes conversations that matter. Expect to see some of the most engaged speakers from around Australia sharing their thoughts, learnings and experiences.

Date: Friday, 5th April and Saturday, 6th April 2024

Venue: Parkroyal Darling Harbour, 150 Day Street Sydney

Get tickets here and more information


OTAC: Free training course for GPs and other prescribers on Opioid Dependence Treatments  

Are you a general practitioner or other prescriber interested in learning about opioid pharmacotherapy treatments for opioid dependence?

The University of Sydney (funded by the NSW Ministry of Health) is hosting a free 1-day training course with local drug and alcohol specialists in Sydney CBD for medical and nurse practitioners to learn more about how to safely prescribe opioid pharmacotherapies (methadone and buprenorphine) for opioid dependence.

The Opioid Treatment Accreditation Course (OTAC) allows medical and nurse practitioners to learn more about this important treatment and gives the opportunity to undertake a clinical place along with being recognised as accredited prescribers of opioid pharmacotherapies for opioid dependence.

The next session will be held at Rydges Sydney Central on Saturday, 6th April 2024, and facilitated by Prof Apo Demirkol and Dr Vicki Hayes of South Eastern Sydney LHD Drug & Alcohol Services.

To register for the OTAC, visit: https://OTAC-April2024.eventbrite.com.au

For more information, contact otac.info@sydney.edu.au or call (02) 9515 6419

*Other health professionals may be interested in a range of educational activities such as the monthly clinical case webinars and additional learning activities.


NSW Sexual & Reproductive Health in Primary Health  

This two-part online course aims to provide practitioners with an overview of sexual and reproductive health care in general practice, covering sexual health, sexual history taking, STI screening, contraception and unintended pregnancy.

This training also discusses how STI screening can be integrated into contraception and unintended pregnancy consultations.

Learning outcomes:

  • Describe the components of sexual health
  • Implement effective sexual history taking
  • Integrate evidence based STI screening into practice
  • Define current contraceptive options and their relevant counselling points
  • Demonstrate an approach to unplanned pregnancy including counselling and discussion of options

Course dates:

Part 1: Saturday, April 06th, 2024. 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM (AEST)

Part 2: Saturday, April 13th, 2024. 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM (AEST)

Please note that full attendance of both parts of the course is required for accreditation points and a statement of attendance to be issued.

CLICK HERE to register

Course time: 9:30am – 12:30pm (AEST)

Contacteducation@ashm.org.au  or phone: 0431320 429


2024 Immunisation Professional Development Conference  

We are so excited to announce our sponsorship of Benchmarque Group’s Inaugural 2024 Immunisation Professional Development Conference. The purpose of the event is to deliver a blend of hands-on skills-based workshops, and updates from experts in the field.

Content will include COVID and the changing focus in Primary Healthcare, Managing RSV in Primary Healthcare Settings, NIP and priority populations, Vaccine Hesitancy, Culturally Safe  Practice in Immunisation, Vaccine Strategies and Promotions, Travel vaccines and Complex Catch-Ups.

Date: Wednesday 1st May – Thursday 2nd May 2024
Location: Pullman Sydney Airport NSW Gadigal Country
Cost: $600 per person (covers both days)
Early bird cost: $540 – 10% OFF if you register before 7th March 2024

With registrations already coming in from all around Australia, a national audience is expected, ready to complete almost their year’s worth of CPD in just 2 days. Spots are limited and are filling up quick, register today via the link below.

Registration: please click here


Patient Reported Measures Research Symposium  

The Agency for Clinical Innovation will host the second Patient Reported Measures (PRMs) Symposium in 2024, held virtually. The symposium aims to bring together clinicians, consumers, researchers, academics, PRMs experts and early-career researchers to explore current advances and best practice in the PRMs field.

This year’s theme is Patient Reported Measures: Enabling improved outcomes and experiences for people across the care continuum.

Audience:  Health professionals, consumers, researchers, academics, PRM experts and early-career researchers working with PRMs or wanting to learn more about PRMs.

Date & Time:  Friday 17 May 2024, 9:00am to 4:00pm

Online via MS Teams

Register here

Further information and call for abstracts:  https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/about/calendar/patient-reported-measures-research-symposium

Contact:  ACI-PRM@health.nsw.gov.au


2024 Australasian Melanoma Conference  

Melanoma Institute Australia invites you to join us for the 2024 Australasian Melanoma Conference, held at the Hyatt Regency in Sydney’s beautiful Darling Harbour.

Chaired by 2024 Australians of the Year, Prof Georgina Long AO and Prof Richard Scolyer AO, AMC2024 unites us to not only amplify the impact of melanoma research and care, but also to foster invaluable networking opportunities to establish new partnerships and ignite collaborations.

With multidisciplinary healthcare professionals and researchers from Australia, New Zealand and beyond, we look forward to immersing ourselves in two days of insightful discussions, presentations and workshops, all aimed towards achieving our common goals of zero deaths from melanoma and lowering the burden of this disease.

Dates: 25-26 October 2024

Location: Hyatt Regency, Sydney

Register here and for more information


ONGOING: Introduction to Syphilis for Midwives and Clinicians Providing Antenatal Care (NSW)  

This online learning module is designed to provide midwives and clinicians providing antenatal care in NSW, with the tools to identify priority populations for antenatal syphilis testing in their practice, and distinguish the stages of syphilis infection based on a patient’s history and clinical presentation. This one-hour learning module will outline treatment guidelines for these stages, including more complex clinical scenarios, as well as the process of contract tracing/partner notification after a syphilis diagnosis.

Course available online from: 19/12/2023 – 11/09/2025 (available on demand, no fixed date)

Cost: Free

Venue: Online

Register: https://ashm.org.au/training/nsw-introduction-to-syphilis-for-midwives-and-clinicians-providing-antenatal-care/