8:00 PM - 9:00 PM (AEDT)
This instalment of the Rural Health Webinar series will detail the diagnosis and management of acute eye disease presentations. The role of community optometry, referral pathways and telehealth will be detailed to assist rural GPs with their patient management.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthAdult healthCare of older peopleEye medicine
This instalment of the Rural Health Webinar Series forms Part 2 of the rural emergencies two-part series on management of emergencies in a rural setting. The webinar will build on the theme of procedures, protocols and people factors with the opportunity to discuss two case studies. It follows on from Part 1: Rural emergencies: procedures, protocols and people factors.
Rural health
This instalment of the Rural Health Webinar series will explore current practice and techniques in the diagnosis and management of glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, cataract and age-related macular degeneration. Collaborative care, telehealth and new and developing treatments and pathways will be addressed to assist rural GP’s with their patient management.
This instalment of the Rural Health Webinar Series is designed to provide rural and remote GPs with information on how to identify, manage and treat fracture in clinic. It will lay the groundwork for the development of skillsets and systems to enable rural GPs to manage simple fractures. The talk is based on the report from the pilot site for the Queensland (Qld) Health Primary Care Fracture Clinic (PCFC). It will include discussion of system design by Health Operations Consultant Kerron Bromfield, fracture management by Dr John Adie and Emergency Physician Dr Sylvia Starkey, x-rays by Lumus Radiology and plastering by Essity.
Recorded: 3/11/2022
This instalment of the rural health webinar series will focus on common lower limb fractures and how rural and remote GPs can identify, manage and treat these fractures in clinic.
Recorded: 2/03/2023
Adult healthCare of older peopleChildren & young persons healthGeneral practice trainingRural health
This instalment of the rural health webinar series will explore emergency signs and symptoms that are easily missed. Through discussion of such cases, GP participants will be better equipped to identify and manage these tricky presentations.
Recorded: 6/04/2023
Adult healthGeneral practice trainingRural health
This instalment of the Rural Health Webinar Series explores the impact of lifestyle medicine on patient health outcomes. In the context of a rural general practice setting, the webinar will focus on how to apply lifestyle medicine approaches to the prevention and reversal of chronic diseases through the modification of behavioural, social and environmental drivers.
Recorded: 3/08/2023
Adult healthIntegrative medicinePain managementPsychological healthRural health
This instalment of the Rural Health Webinar Series explores new approaches to the assessment and management of persistent chronic pain. The webinar will focus on how to simplify history taking and look at innovative ways to examine, diagnose and provide targeted interventions to patients with chronic pain.
Recorded: 7/09/2023
Adult healthCare of older peopleMusculoskeletal & sports medicinePain management
This instalment of the Rural Health Webinar Series explores common ophthalmological presentations and emergencies in rural general practice.
Recorded: 5/10/2023
This instalment of the Rural Health Webinar Series explores the key elements to running a successful rural general practice. The webinar will also explore unique challenges and opportunities that rural and remote GPs face in their practice.
Recorded: 7/12/2023
Business of general practice
This instalment of the Rural Health Webinar Series forms Part 1 of the Medical Indemnity Protection Society (MIPS) three-part series on medicolegal issues and risk management in rural practice. The webinar will identify common medicolegal risks, such as treating family and friends, terminating the therapeutic relationship, telehealth and interstate prescribing.
Recorded: 1/02/2024
This instalment of the Rural Health Webinar Series will build upon a previous webinar ‘Taking the pain out of pain management’, recorded on 7 September 2023. This webinar will focus on how to apply the theory presented in the first webinar into clinical practice, using case presentations as examples. It is strongly recommended that you view the first webinar before you attend the webinar.
Recorded: 14/03/2024
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