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.
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
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
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.
Various dates and venues: see Registration for details
Deprescribing and Motivational Interviewing in Primary Care webinar
Sydney North Health Network and the Centre for Health System Reform and Integration (University of Queensland – Mater Research) invites GPs, Practice Nurses, Pharmacists and Allied Health Professionals to an interactive webinar on Deprescribing and Motivational Interviewing in Primary Care. Our work in Healthy Ageing and Identifying Risk of Frailty aims to prevent avoidable hospital admissions and to keep people well and at home for longer. This education session will discuss deprescribing for community dwelling older adults and provide an introduction to motivational interviewing including some strategies to empower patients to overcome barriers.
Date: Tuesday 30th April 2024
Time: 6.00 – 7.00pm (AEST)
Register here
Cost: Free
For more information contact: Ruby Strauss (ruby.strauss@mater.uq.edu.au) from the Centre for Health System Reform and Integration
SafeScript NSW Webinar: Managing NSW Schedule 8 Approvals Online
You’re invited to join an interactive webinar on Wednesday 1 May at 7pm to learn more about SafeScript NSW and how you can use it when managing approvals to prescribe Schedule 8 medicines in NSW.
WHEN: Wednesday 1 May, 2024
TIME: 7.00pm – 8.00pm
REGISTRATION: Click here
If you have any questions, please email safescript@health.nsw.gov.au or to learn more about SafeScript NSW visit the SafeScript NSW website.
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
Women’s Health Essentials in Primary Care
Face-to-face CPD event, ‘Women’s Health Essentials in Primary Care.’ This is open to all GPs and GP Registrars. This activity has been curated by fertility specialists in conjunction with GPs, for GPs in the community.
Topics to be covered on the day:
1. Fertility Assessment and IVF
2. Family Planning and Contraception (incl. egg freezing)
3. Impact of unintended pregnancy
4. Breast cancer screening
5. Carrier screening and genetic testing
6. Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain
7. Menopause
Followed by LARC practical session – Mirena and Implanon
Date: Saturday 4 May 2024
Time: 8:45am – 4:35pm AEST
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel in Sydney
Cost: $60 for GPs and $30 registrars
RACGP hours
Register & further information
Beyond the discharge door: supporting sustainable community reintegration following injury
Community reintegration is a key outcome of rehabilitation, however achieving successful community integration is challenging, a complex and multifaceted process.
In this presentation, Johnny will draw on his research to highlight the complexity involved in successful community reintegration and discuss how addressing this complexity requires systems thinking and co-production research.
Presented by: Dr John Bourke PhD, Research Fellow Implementation Science, John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research The University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health Kolling Institute
Date: Tuesday 7 May 2024
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Kolling Institute, Level 5 Auditorium, 10 Westbourne Avenue, St Leonards, or MS Teams
Empowering Your Clients via a Pleasure-Centred Approach to Sexual Health
This webinar, aimed at health professionals and educators, will outline the value of pleasure-focused, positive approaches to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Relationships and Sexuality Education. It will emphasise the need to move beyond traditional harm reduction/risk minimisation paradigms and towards affirming and holistic care that promotes sexual well-being, empowerment, and safer sex practices. Attendees will hear from a range of guest speakers with experience in either clinical or education settings and gain practical tips and tools to incorporate pleasure-positive approaches into their own work.
Date and Time: Wednesday, 8th May: 7:00pm – 8:30pm (AEST)
Location: Online via Teams
Attendance at all sessions is required to receive accreditation.
Speakers:
Anne Philpot – Founder and Co-Director, The Pleasure Project
Karen Freilich – GP, Arlie Women’s Clinic & Sex Therapist, Monash Sexual Medicine and Therapy Clinic
Facilitator: Cherie Bennett – Clinical Nurse Specialist, Sydney Sexual Health Centre & Medical Educator, ASHM.
Target Audience: This webinar is relevant to anyone having discussions with clients or patients about sexual health, particularly primary healthcare providers.
Endorsement and CPD: Accreditation of this activity is pending.
Further information: Contact ASHM Education, click here to send an email. Or call 0431 320 429 for further assistance.
Patient Reported Measures Symposium 2024
This virtual event is an opportunity for health professionals to develop knowledge about Patient Reported Measures (PRMs) as an enabler to improving outcomes and experiences for diverse populations across the care continuum. The free event will host new health initiatives, innovations and research related to Patient Reported Measures (PRMs) that have (or will) translate into improved outcomes and experiences for people across the care continuum. It will support clinicians and other professionals to deepen their understanding of PRMs, through hearing reflections on outcomes and learnings that are relevant across the health sector.
Audience: All health professionals, consumers, researchers, academics, PRM experts and early-career researchers to register to attend.
Date: Friday, 17 May 2024
Time: 8:45am – 4:30pm
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
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
NSW & ACT Hepatitis B for Nurses and Midwives
The course will provide Nursing and Midwifery Professionals with advanced practical skills and knowledge in hepatitis B nursing.
The course includes presentations and case discussions that introduce the epidemiology and natural history of hepatitis B, vaccination, testing, fibrosis assessment, advanced liver disease, stigma and discrimination and the cultural context of hepatitis B nursing and midwifery.
Course Time & Date:
Session 1: Saturday 18 May, 9:00AM – 1:00PM (AEST)
Session 2: Saturday 25 May, 9:00AM – 1:00PM (AEST)
Location: Online – Zoom
Attendance at all sessions is required to receive accreditation.
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