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Point-of-care ultrasound is an increasingly affordable and efficient diagnostic tool in general practice, particularly in areas with limited access to specialist services.

The full-day workshop will increase your understanding of the applications of point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnostic process. Experienced rural doctors and sonographers will guide you through the diverse applications of point-of-care ultrasound in primary care services using advanced, high-end mobile ultrasound equipment provided by our sponsor, GE Healthcare.

Capped at 30 participants, you’ll rotate through six stations:

-eFast

-deep venous thrombosis

-heart and lung ultrasound

-intravenous line placement and foreign object retrieval

-musculoskeletal soft tissue

-first trimester transabdominal obstetric ultrasound.

The workshop is a CPD Accredited Activity under the RACGP CPD Program (eligible for 10 hours – 5 hours Education Activity and 5 hours Reviewing Performance) and is approved for all categories of the Rural Procedural Grants Program.

Funding of $7.5 million will establish and operate two independent national mental health lived experience peak bodies – one representing consumers and the other representing carers, families and kin.

You are invited to join this two-part education series. Despite becoming a growing patient group, most health professionals in Australia still have little knowledge on how to assess and manage patients who use non-prescribed anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) and other performance and image enhancing drugs (PIEDs). PIEDs are drugs used to enhance the appearance of a person and/or to improve their physical capabilities such as strength or endurance.

The aim of this webinar and ECHO is to increase knowledge on current best practices to assess and manage this patient group, and to treat and prevent associated health consequences as a result of a patient’s PIED use. Following this webinar there will be an ECHO Hub opportunity on Wednesday 22nd February for a live interactive deidentified case discussion with a case study provided by YOU. To attend the ECHO Hub session you must attend the webinar.

Mental Health Skills for GPs

✓ Enhance your ability to diagnose and treat mental disorders efficiently

✓ Interactive Case Based Discussions to consolidate your knowledge

✓ Earn 8 CPD hours

✓ Online training material for psychiatric interviewing

Learning Objectives

» Perform risk assessments and outline key steps in management of risk in primary care.

» Identify and recognise common presentations of mental illness in primary care.

» Identify presentations that should be referred for specialist care.

» Reproduce diagnostic criteria for depression, psychosis, anxiety and substance use disorders.

» Formulate patient presentations in a bio-psychosocial model.

» Distinguish between Axis I and Axis II (personality disorders).

» Write a mental health care plan.

» Implement a devised mental health care plan.

» Discuss choice of appropriate medication for common mental disorders.

» Explain common mental illnesses to families and carers.

This webinar is for practitioners and service providers working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities. When you’re working with clients who speak another language, relevant translated materials are key to them understanding you.

In this FREE WEBINAR we will show you how to find relevant resources and make the most out of the Health Translations website.

We’ll answer your questions about navigating the website and finding high quality translations you can provide to clients.

The GP Bush Grants are being offered as a second round, following the successful recruitment of nine GPs in 2022 through a similar grant package.

The Australia and New Zealand Headache Society invites general practitioners and primary care clinicians to attend the inaugural Headache Masterclass for Primary Care.

This one-day virtual Masterclass is designed for Australian general practitioners and primary care workers to provide a practical, real-world, guide to managing headache and migraine patients. Based around four inter-woven case studies, and facilitated by Dr. Anita Muñoz (GP/medical educator), leading local and international experts will be discussing:

• Their approaches to assessing headache in new patients

• The range of triggers that are known to cause headaches, and

• The latest pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to managing acute and chronic headache disorders

There will be plenty of opportunity throughout the Masterclass to have your questions answered by the panel of experts. This educational activity has been accredited for CPD hours with the RACGP and ACRRM.

The clinical significance and prognostic value for diagnosing psychosis in young children is less established than that for adults. Assessment of psychosis in children can seem complex and may not often meet the threshold for categorical DSM diagnoses. This can sometimes be challenging for non-psychiatry specialities.

The Webinar aims to increase confidence in assessment of psychosis and provide information around psychoeducation for families that will help with overall outcomes for the young person and their loved ones.