Cultural Awareness in ATSIH
Time: Registration and light dinner 6.00-6.30 pm
Training Session: 6.30-9.30 pm
Venue: College House, 15 Gover Street, North Adelaide
Cost: Members $55 | Non members $90 | GP in Training $30
The presentation will allow general practice staff to fulfil their cultural awareness requirements for the Practice Incentives Program (PIP) - Indigenous Health Incentive.
Course outline:
- Dealing with health issues peculiar to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Awareness, knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and of Torres Strait Islander histories, values, belief systems, experience and lifestyles
- Potential barriers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people receiving adequate care
- Case study examples
- Cultural awareness tool
Administering Iron Infusion Intravenously
Iron infusion (ferrous carboxymaltose) administered intravenously is recommended for treatment of iron deficiency, when oral iron preparations are ineffective or cannot be used. A maximum dose of 1000mg iron can be delivered safely intravenously, which does make it a suitable treatment in your practice.
Course outline:
- How to diagnose iron deficiency based on laboratory tests
- How to properly administer iron infusion
- Indications for the use of iron infusion intravenously as opposed to oral iron supplements
Who should attend
This course is targeted to both GPs and nurses.
Time: Registration and light dinner 6.30-7.00 pm | Training Session: 7.00-9.30 pm
Venue: College House, 15 Gover Street, North Adelaide
Cost: Members $55 | Non members $90 | GPs in training $30
QI&CPD Small Group Support Session
The countdown is on... 2019 is the last year of the triennium!
RACGP SA&NT is running a complimentary face-to-face session for GPs to assist you with meeting the QI&CPD requirements for the 2017-19 triennium.
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: College House, 15 Gover Street North Adelaide
Cost: Complimentary
Emergency Medicine & Resuscitation (CPR for GPs)-FULL
RACGP SA&NT is offering an accredited basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course and an emergency general practice review to assist general practitioners with fulfilling their relevant requirements.
Course outline
- Covers basic life support (BLS )
- Practices coordinated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Refreshes basic electrocardiogram (ECG) rhythm interpretation
- Considers topical emergency presentations and recent changes in emergency practice.
Time: Registration and light dinner 6.30-7.00 pm Training Session: 7.00-9.30 pm
Venue: College House, 15 Gover Street, North Adelaide
Cost: Members $64 | Non members $90
Men's Health: Adolescents To Elderly
This interactive workshop will explore men's health issues across the lifespan, including those specific to:
- Adolescent males - Sexual/reproductive, acne, puberty, gender, mental health, engaging with general practice
- The in-between years - Career/family, hair loss, mental health
- The middle years - Erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer, incontinence
- Elderly males - Frailty.
Presenters:
Dr Lane Hinchcliffe - GP
Dr Kym Horsell - Urologist
Dr Solomon Yu - Geriatrician
Time: 9.00 am - 5.00 pm (Registration from: 8.30 am)
Venue: Hotel Grand Chancellor, 65 Hindley Street Adelaide
Cost: Members $260 | Non members $320 | Doctors in training $130
Advance Care Directives
An Advance Care Directive allows adults to record their preferences for future health care, end of life, living arrangements and personal matters, and to appoint a Substitute Decision-maker to act on their behalf when they are unable to do so themselves.
Course outline:
- Start the conversation with their patients when an Advance Care Directive may be important
- Provide support to patients in navigating this complex area
- Assess a patients decision-making capacity
- Use a clinical plan - the Resuscitation Plan-7 Step Pathway - to translate patient wishes into usable clinical instructions
- Interpret existing patients' Advance Care Directives.
Time: Registration and light dinner 6.30-7.00 pm | Training Session: 7.00-9.30 pm
Venue: College House, 15 Gover Street, North Adelaide
Cost: Members $55 | Non members $90 | GPs in training $30
Emergency Update for Practice Nurses
Time: Registration and light dinner 6.30-7.00 pm
Training Session: 7.00-9.30 pm
Venue: College House, 15 Gover Street, North Adelaide
Cost: Members $64 | Non members $90
This course aims to refresh and acquire new and up-to-date emergency skills such as defibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Course outline:
- IV insertion
- Airway management including laryngeal mask
- Rhythm recognition and defibrillation
- First line emergency drug therapy for adrenaline, naloxone, atropine, amiodarone and opiate analgesia
Emergency Medicine & Resuscitation Update (CPR for GPs)
RACGP SA&NT is offering an accredited basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course and an emergency general practice review to assist general practitioners with fulfilling their relevant requirements.
Course outline
This education session:
- Covers basic life support (BLS) and components of advanced life support (ALS)
- Practices coordinated resuscitation
- Refreshes basic electrocardiogram (ECG) rhythm interpretation
- Considers topical emergency presentations and recent changes in emergency practice.
- CPR
Presenter: Professor Hugh Grantham
Date: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Time: 6:00pm-6:30pm Registration and light dinner, 6:30pm-9:00pm workshop
Venue: NT PHN, 23 Albatross Street, Winnellie, NT
Cost: RACGP Member $60 | Non Member $90 | all prices are GST inclusive
Midwinter Retreat
We are excited to announce the Midwinter Retreat to be held in the beautiful Adelaide Hills. The event will incorporate a variety of education sessions presented by high profile speakers, as well as a multitude of networking opportunities.
Date: Saturday 27 July 2019
Time: 9.30 am - 5.00 pm (with dinner to follow)
Venue: Adelaide Hills Convention Centre, Hahndorf
Cost: Earlybird - Members: $175 | Registrars: $150 | Non-members: $250
(Optional accommodation additional cost)
Please contact Elaine Dalby on 08 8267 8362 or elaine.dalby@racgp.org.au for further details.
Emergency Update for Practice Staff
Time: Registration and light dinner 6.30-7.00 pm
Training Session: 7.00-9.30 pm
Venue: College House, 15 Gover Street, North Adelaide
Cost: Members $64 | Non member $90
This course will assist practice staff in identifying and planning for emergency situations in general practice. Practice staff should be aware of what to do in case of a medical emergency. Whilst the medical care may ultimately reside with the general practitioners (GPs), there are various other responsibilities that need to be undertaken in cases of emergencies.
Course outline:
- Strategies to address various types of emergencies
- How to recognise an emergency patient
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- What to do if a patient collapses in the waiting area
- The process of working with ambulance service in an emergency
- How to support your GP following an emergency.