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Type: On-demand
Recorded: 31 Jul 2023

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Email: RACGP Specific Interests Events
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Latest research on dementia in primary care – Future considerations in Alzheimer's disease

On-demand recorded 31 Jul 2023

RACGP Specific Interests and Dementia Training Australia present a GP-friendly webinar series on the identification, treatment, and management in primary care to support people living with dementia.

This webinar will examine the latest research, including:

  • Prevention
  • Diagnosis
  • Investigations
  • Medication
  • Future directions
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Learning outcomes

  1. Discuss Alzheimer's disease in terms of the new biological classification
  2. Explain the use of biomarkers in the clinical context
  3. Outline the new medications for Alzheimer's disease and implications for clinical practice.

This event is part of RACGP Specific Interests and Dementia Training Australia 2023 webinar series . Events in this series are:

Presenters

Dr Marita Long

Dr Long graduated from the University of Tasmania in 2007 and became a Fellow in 2013, and has been an active College member since that time. She has a Diploma of Child Health and a Certificate in Sexual and Reproductive Health, has worked in a diverse range of general practice settings and has also been a GP medical educator.

Dr Steph Daly

Dr Daly is a GP specialist in dementia. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and completed post-graduate training in Dementia Studies at the University of Bradford (UK). Since moving to Australia she has become an advocate for patients living with dementia and facilitated her practice to becoming one of the first dementia-friendly, and Dementia Australia approved, GP clinics in Australia. Dr Daly established and coordinates the Dementia Subgroup of RACGP Specific Interests Aged Care.

Dr Peter Silberberg
Medical educator – Dementia Training Australia

Dr Peter Silberberg is a GP, GP supervisor, and medical educator. Dr Silberberg is a GP and lead clinician at Rekindling the Spirit Aboriginal Health Service in Lismore, and is a GP at the Lennox Head Medical Centre

Dr Rebecca Moore
Medical educator – Dementia Training Australia

Dr Moore is a GP in Newcastle with a special interest in geriatrics and dementia. She has completed a Masters of Dementia, through the Wicking Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania.

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