Suddenly I'm a Leader: Conflict Management & Power Struggles
Time: 7.00pm - 7.30pm
Online Webinar
Do you struggle with conflict mangement or power struggles in your practice or workplace?
Join us for the fourth instalment in the ´Suddenly I’m a leader’ series, the activity will focus on:
- Recognising precursors for conflict in the workplace;
- Being aware of effective techniques for managing conflict;
- Applying methods for navigating power struggles.
Cost: Free
New Fellows Connect - Let's Talk About Finances
Time: 7.30-9.00 pm
Venue: Online
Through the 'Virtual connect' online meetings, the New Fellows Committee identified the need to explore managing personal finances as a GP.
We are excited to launch a series of four, interconnected, monthly meetings.
Topics such as managing your finances, BAS taxes, borrowing money, Super and MBS items will be discussed with a presenters.
Topics:
1. Wednesday 20 January 7.30-9.00 pm - Medicare audits
2. Wednesday 3 February 7.30-9.00 pm - BAS, taxes, super
3. Wednesday 17 February 7.30-9.00 pm - Why you should care about care plans
Prescribing Opioids & Management of Opioid Dependence in GP
Time: 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Online Webinar
With planning underway to establish a mandatory 'real time prescription monitoring' (RTPM) and authority management system in NSW, GPs will see the issue of managing opioid dependent patients become more prominent over the next few years.
This webinar will provide GPs with the opportunity to learn more about:
- Identifying patients with opioid dependence
- Treatment options including withdrawal management and opioid agonist treatment
A key focus will be depot buprenorphine, including patient assessment and selection, initiation and maintenance on treatment, treatment monitoring and cessation.
It will feature clear information about treatment options and management principles, case studies, and opportunity for questions and discussion.
Cost: Free
Let's Talk About Finances - Care Plans
Time: 7.30-9.00 pm
Venue: Online
Through the 'Virtual connect' online meetings, the New Fellows Committee identified the need to explore managing personal finances as a GP.
We are excited to launch a series of four, interconnected, monthly meetings.
Topics such as managing your finances, BAS taxes, borrowing money, Super and MBS items will be discussed with a presenters.
Topics:
1. Wednesday 20 January 7.30-9.00 pm - Medicare audits
2. Wednesday 3 February 7.30-9.00 pm - BAS, taxes, super
3. Wednesday 17 February 7.30-9.00 pm - Why you should care about care plans
Supporting Children Who Are Above a Healthy Weight
Time: 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Online Webinar
Childhood overweight and obesity is a major health issue in Australia, with one in four children above a healthy weight. Assessing a child's growth can help determine any support needed for a family. Along with weight management, children and families are generally faced with a number of other competing health priorities. A whole family approach focusing on weight itself and can benefit their general health too. This forum will focus on a number of case studies ranging from simple to complex cases of children who are above a healthy weight.
Cost: Free
Understanding Cannabidiol
Current evidence, availability and access pathways
Time: 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Online Webinar
As evidence around the safety, quality and efficacy of various cannabis medicines continues to emerge, it is important for general practitioners to be informed about the current evidence and access pathways available.
The RACGP NSW&ACT has partnered with the NSW Ministry of Health on this webinar about recent developments in relation to cannabidiol, including registration of Epidyolex®, and their implications for practice. The webinar will also provide an overview of the evidence for the use of cannabidiol in treatment of certain conditions and the appropriate circumstances for compounding cannabis based medicines.
Cost: Free
Suddenly I'm a Leader:Creating Champions of Change
Time: 7.00pm - 7.30pm
Online Webinar
Do you struggle with implementing continued change?
Join us for the fifth instalment in the ´Suddenly I’m a leader’ series, the activity will focus on:
- Understanding drivers of positive change;
- Identifying change champions in your workplace;
- Building techniques for positive collaborative change.
Cost: Free
NSW Influenza Vaccinations Update 2021
Time: 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Online Webinar
This webinar will focus on factors contributing to varying influenza impact in NSW in recent years. Additionally we will be discussing the impact and outcomes of the 2020 influenza vaccine to children under 5 years of age program. We will take you through which formulations of the 2021 influenza vaccine are available and 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
Get Healthy in Pregnancy
Healthy lifestyle support for women
Time: 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Online Webinar
Despite evidence about the benefits of healthy lifestyle in disease prevention in pregnancy, some women continue to; conceive in an unhealthy weight range, gain excessive gestational weight, not meet the physical activity guidelines, eat calorie dense and nutrient poor foods, drink alcohol and smoke.
This webinar will:
1. Describe what Get Healthy Service and the Get Healthy in Pregnancy program offers to support patients to achieve Healthy Lifestyle goals
2. Describe the requirements for consent for referrals including informed consent
3. Identify appropriate referral opportunities
Cost: Free
NSW Fellowship Ceremony-1 May 8-11am - FULLY BOOKED
The RACGP Fellowship and Awards Ceremony is a celebratory occasion to honour new Fellows and formally recognise the hard work and dedication required to achieve RACGP Fellowship.
Four sessions will be delivered in Sydney and three in Canberra with a limit of 20-23 New Fellows depending on the venue. Guest numbers will be capped at three per New Fellow.
Ceremony times available in Sydney on 1 May 2021:
8.00-11.00 am
11.00 am - 2.00 pm
2.00-5.00 pm
5.00-8.00 pm