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RACGP Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) GP Education Program

The RACGP Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) GP Education Program was developed to help GPs better support and treat patients experiencing AOD related harms.

All funded places have been filled and applications are closed.

AOD Training options still available for RACGP members are listed below. These do not attract a grant payment.

Training options

The following online modules are available on gplearning.

Alcohol and Other Drugs: Essential Skills
Develop your core AOD consulting skills. Essential Skills Training is ideal for students, GPs in training, international medical graduates and members who want to refresh their AOD knowledge and skills in the current Australian context.
CPD Hours: 4 hours

Alcohol and other drugs: GP-led treatment, management and self-care
Build on your core AOD consulting skills and create a repertoire of strategies to support people who use AOD, including withdrawal, weaning and opioid replacement therapy.
CPD Hours: 6 hours

Alcohol and Other Drugs: Facilitating behaviour change
Enhance your therapeutic relationship and support behaviour change through use of motivational interviewing techniques.
CPD Hours: 3 hours

Alcohol and Other Drugs: Providing trauma-informed care
There is a known and recognised link between risky substance use and trauma. This course aims to improve your understanding of trauma and to improve your skills in providing trauma-informed care.
CPD Hours: 2.5 hours

Alcohol and other drugs: Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
This course provides practical steps for GPs to use when supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients who use alcohol and other drugs in a way that it is causing them harm.
CPD Hours: 1 hour.

Alcohol and Other Drugs: Supporting people in contact with the criminal justice system
This course is designed to build GP awareness, confidence and skills to meet the clinical healthcare needs of people who use alcohol and other drugs (AOD) and are in contact with the criminal justice system.
CPD Hours:  1 hour
 

Further AOD related e-learning modules are available on gplearning.

  • Addressing doctors' health: caring for ourselves and our colleagues
  • Benzodiazepine prescribing in general practice
  • Borderline personality disorder: diagnosis and management in general practice
  • Chronic pain: an integrative approach
  • Communication skills in general practice
  • Effective pain management in general practice

The RACGP AOD Program On-Demand webinars provide a deeper dive into AOD related topics and are hosted by a range of AOD expert GPs and AOD specialists. A webinar summary is also available to download.
 
Delivery: Available on demand, links below
CPD hours: 1.5 hours

To record, you will need to log this yourself through the RACGP's Quick Log initiative. Please visit the CPD website for information on how to do this.

 

Date

Topic

Watch the webinar

Webinar summary & resources

7 October 2020

The inherited pain patient

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PDF (232 KB)

11 November 2020

How to help patients who have turned to alcohol at a time of crisis (Alcohol Part I)

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PDF (232 KB)

9 December 2020

GP burn-out prevention, containment and boundaries

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PDF (335 KB)

10 March 2021

Substance use lapse and relapse

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PDF (268 KB)

5 May 2021

The changing role of pharmacotherapy, the bigger picture and Depot buprenorphine

Watch now

PDF (180 KB)

21 July 2021

Recreational drug use

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PDF (258 KB)

5 December 2022

AOD in the childbearing years

Watch now

 

On-demand webinars, from RACGP and other AOD education providers, are a great way to find out about AOD related topics. Time spent viewing the webinars can be logged through the RACGP’s CPD Quick Log initiative.

Title

Provider

Further information

A practical guide to alcohol home detox for GPs and further information about the telehealth model. Clean Slate Clinic Find out more

Alcohol & drug use for those with anxiety, depression or sleep disturbance – Management tips

RACGP Digital Events

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Alcohol and the social determinants of health: an equity lens on interventions

Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

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Creating pathways for Indigenous Australians to lead the way in alcohol research

Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

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Drug testing: issues and implications for Indigenous workers

Australian Indigenous Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

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Harnessing good intentions: addressing harmful AOD use among Aboriginal Australians

Australian Indigenous Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

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Integrating smoking cessation into alcohol and other drugs treatment

RACGP Digital Events

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Introduction to depot buprenorphine in the treatment of opioid dependent patients

RACGP Digital Events

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Kava in Australia

Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

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Prevalence of FASD among youth under the care of Juvenile Justice in Western Australia: how shall we work together to close this gap?

Australian Indigenous Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

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Providing quality healthcare for addressing illicit substance use

RACGP Digital Events

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SafeScript Alert: Treatment options for patients with flagged in SafeScript

RACGP Digital Events

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Shared care management of opioid dependence

RACGP Digital Events

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Smoking among disadvantaged and vulnerable groups

Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

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Tackling Indigenous Smoking, Quitskills cessation training, brief intervention, youth, and pregnancy

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

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The experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in primary healthcare when speaking about substance use and depression

Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

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What do we know about the impacts of cannabis use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities?

Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

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What workers and organisations can do to support clients and communities in relation to crystal methamphetamine

Australian Indigenous Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre

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Find your State or Territory based course that will assist in the development of knowledge, skills, and practices to support the safe prescribing of opioid pharmacotherapies for the treatment of opioid dependence, including buprenorphine/naloxone and or methadone.

 

State or Territory

Training provider

Information and registration links

Victoria

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners – Victoria Faculty

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NSW

University of Sydney Speciality of Addiction Medicine

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QLD

Insight QLD

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WA

Western Australia Mental Health Commission

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SA

SA Health

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NT

NT Health

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ACT

ACT Health

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TAS

TAS Health delivers the Tasmanian Opioid Pharmacotherapy program using community pharmacy dispensing.

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