Flu Vaccination Update 2019
Time: 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Online Webinar
The annual influenza webinar will help you prepare for the 2019 influenza season. The webinar will include discussion on factors contributing to varying influenza impact in NSW in recent years and the impact and outcomes of the 2018 influenza vaccine to children under 5 years of age program. We will take you through which formulations of the 2019 influenza vaccine will be provided for the National Immunisation Program, their optimal use in eligible age groups, and how to utilise the NSW Health Flu Vaccination Tool Kit to optimise your vaccine supplies and maximise uptake of influenza vaccine.
Cost: Free
GP Masterclass - Dermatology
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Time: 9:00am - 1.15pm
Venue: National Museum of Australia
Hepatitis C Case Studies for General Practice
Time: 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Online Webinar
Following our Hepatitis C Seek to Treat Series, this webinar will present a variety of case studies that will encourage critical thinking on your part to work your way through a number of different patients, with the end goal of increasing your confidence of dealing with hepatitis C in general practice.
The focus of these case studies will be ordering and interpreting patient tests necessary to diagnose hepatitis C and preparing patients for treatment. Recognising risks, signs and symptoms of liver disease and other co-morbidities that require management and/or referral to specialist care, and finally choosing appropriate hepatitis C antiviral therapies according to virus genotype and potential for drug-drug interactions.
Cost: Free
CPR Course for GPs - Burwood - SOLD OUT
Venue: George Street Community Centre, Burwood
Time: 7.00pm - 9.15pm
Cost: RACGP members: $80, Non-members: $95
This course is designed to provide GPs with the necessary Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) knowledge and skills as required in the 2017 - 19 RACGP QI&CPD triennium. These RACGP courses are nationally accredited and presented by ReViva First Aid. Certificates in CPR are issued on completion of the respective course.
Remediation Workshops - Sydney - 9 April
Venue: College House, level 7, 12 Mount Street North Sydney NSW 2060
Time: 9.00am - 4.15pm
Cost: Free
Learning objectives:
Part 1 - Remediation in the PEP
To outline what remediation in the PEP entails
To describe the types of performance concerns that PEP participants might present
To identify any issues associated with and/or contributing to the participant's performance concerns
To formulate a learning plan that addresses the participant's performance concerns.
Part 2 - GP remediation
Toave an understaning of: the common problems that GPs are investigated by APHRA and APHRA's investigative process.
To formulate a learning plan that addresses the identified performance
Remediation Workshops - Sydney - 10 April
Venue: College House, level 7, 12 Mount Street North Sydney NSW 2060
Time: 9.00am - 4.15pm
Cost: Free
Learning objectives:
Part 1 - Remediation in the PEP
To outline what remediation in the PEP entails
To describe the types of performance concerns that PEP participants might present
To identify any issues associated with and/or contributing to the participant's performance concerns
To formulate a learning plan that addresses the participant's performance concerns.
Part 2 - GP remediation
Toave an understaning of: the common problems that GPs are investigated by APHRA and APHRA's investigative process.
To formulate a learning plan that addresses the identified performance
Prep for PrEP- Prevent HIV From Your Practice - Hurstville
NSW Health and the RACGP are coming to Hurstville
Time: 6:30 registration and light meal, for a 7:00 - 9:30pm session
Venue: Hurstville Entertainment Centre
Price: Free
The Prep for PrEP workshop will examine the critical role GPs have in providing access to PrEP, which is an effective daily HIV preventative pill that can be taken by HIV negative people to prevent further HIV transmission. This will include training on initiating a PrEP discussion, identifying eligible patients, providing patient education around PrEP use and monitoring patients as key components to prescribing.
Prep for PrEP will also reinforce your skills in the provision of HIV and STI testing, using interactive methods to explore HIV and STI testing as part of routine care. Expert facilitators will demonstrate how to use and access practical HIV and STI clinical tools and will walk you through the steps required should a test return a positive result.
GP Masterclass - Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
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Time: 9:00am - 4.00pm
Venue: National Museum of Australia
CPR Course for GPs - Wollongong
Venue: Corrimal Community Centre, 15 Short Street, Corrimal
Time: 7.00pm - 9.15pm
Cost: RACGP members: $80, Non-members: $95
This course is designed to provide GPs with the necessary Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) knowledge and skills as required in the 2017 - 19 RACGP QI&CPD triennium. These RACGP courses are nationally accredited and presented by ReViva First Aid. Certificates in CPR are issued on completion of the respective course.
GP Masterclass - Chronic Pain Management
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Time: 9:00am - 4.00pm
Venue: National Museum of Australia