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Annual Shared Antenatal Care Update 2024

Sat 24th August @ 8:30 am

Free

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Sydney North Health Network (SNHN) invites local GPs to an interactive day of Shared Antenatal Care education. This training will include two morning sessions addressing antenatal & postnatal checks, management of normal pregnancy symptoms and lactation problems. The afternoon sessions will include perinatal mental health, gestational diabetes management, pregnancy & diabetes and alcohol & breastfeeding and harm reduction.  You have the choice to attend the full day or just the afternoon sessions if you are an experienced Shared Antenatal GP.

DATE:
Sat 24th August


TIME:
8:30 am - 4:45 pm


PROGRAM:

8.30am Registration, tea & coffee and light snack
9.00am–12:35pm Morning Sessions
Basic Skills – Antenatal checks, postnatal and six week checks, management of normal pregnancy symptoms and breastfeeding

12:35-1.15pm Lunch & registration for those joining only afternoon sessions

1.15–4.45pm Afternoon Sessions
Perinatal mental health, gestational diabetes management, pregnancy & diabetes and uniformity of care, women & wine: alcohol, breastfeeding and harm reduction, hyperemesis gravidarum & PUQE guidelines and promoting optimal development in the first 2000 days.

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

NSW
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RACGP CPD POINTS:
This CPD activity is pending RACGP 2023-2025 curriculum approval under the following CPD Categories: Education Activity. You will receive RACGP CPD hours for the sessions you attend.

SPEAKERS:
  • Dr Talat Uppal, MBBS, FRANZCOG, DDU.FAAQHC, Gynaecologist and Obstetrician, Director of Women’s Health Road
  • Dr Sami Spencer, BMedSci, MBBS, FRACGP, Diploma in Childrens Health, General Practitioner, Forest Family Practice
  • Dr Bambi Markus, FRACGP, MBBS, General Practitioner, Avenue Road Medical Practice
  • Joanne Day, CMC Lactation Consultant & Midwife, Northern Beaches Hospital
  • Lee Meredith, Perinatal & Infant Mental health Coordinator (Occupational Therapist), Northern Sydney Local Health District
  • Victoria Norris, Mental Health Clinician/ Nurse Manager/ Clinical Supervisor/ Educator
  • Dr Victoria Bennett, BSc, MBchB, FRANZCOG, Staff specialist Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maternity Endocrine Clinic, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
  • Dr Divya Namboodiri, MBBS, FRACP, VMO Endocrinology, Maternity Endocrine Clinic, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
  • Dr Esther Han, MBBS, NSLHD Drug & Alcohol Staff Specialist
  • Jodie Adams, Clinical Midwifery Consultant, NSLHD Nursing & Midwifery Directorate
  • Vicki Laing, GP Liaison Nurse, Child & Family Health, Northern Sydney Local Health District
TARGET AUDIENCE:

Local General Practitioners and Nurse Practitioners practicing in the Northern Sydney Region or referring to hospitals in SNHN region.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
  • Perform antenatal examinations appropriate for stage of pregnancy
  • Implement current antenatal management guidelines for antenatal care in accordance with NHMRC Antenatal Guidelines and the GP Shared Antenatal Care Protocol
  • Demonstrate competency in performing neonatal examination and appropriate referral pathways
  • Implement harm minimisation strategies for patients experiencing perinatal mental health or alcohol and other drugs and apply appropriate referral pathways
  • Manage patients with gestational diabetes and provide uniformity of care to pregnant women with diabetes
COST:
No cost for GPs practising within the SNHN region or referring patients to hospitals in SNHN region


ENQUIRIES:

Judy or Robi, Education Coordinators – 9432 8250 or events@snhn.org.au.





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