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Acute Behavioral Disturbance in Children

Acute behavioral disturbance is becoming increasingly common presentation in children and young people presenting to primary care providers and hospitals. It’s even more challenging if the child has developmental delay, complex family dynamics and associated medical /genetic co morbidities.

You are invited to join our online presentation focusing on the acute behavioral disturbance in children , treatment options and accessing available services.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Improved knowledge of acute behavioral disturbance in children in community and hospital settings.
2. Strategies to respond including acute management in ED
3. Information about available resources and health pathways

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Curious Prescribing in Palliative Care: Top 5 Medications (for GPs and Pharmacists

Program Objective: PEPA aims to improve health professionals’ knowledge, skills and confidence in the palliative approach to care for people with a life-limiting illness. The workshops are interactive and provide ample time for discussion through case presentations and examples (some aspects of the program may change due to circumstances beyond our control). Target Audience: GPs and Pharmacists regardless of palliative care knowledge or experience. REGISTRATION is essential due to limited places.
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Central Coast Regional Suicide Prevention Conference

The Suicide Prevention conference brings together Australia’s leading academics with a broad range of experienced clinicians, mental health professionals and persons with lived experience. The conference showcases practical strategies and solutions for suicide prevention applicable to general practitioners, mental health clinicians, educators and community leaders. This event is free for GP's who work in the Hunter New England & Central Coast Primary Health Network region.
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From Bump to Babes - Information and case presentation of a client journey through an inpatient mother and baby mental health unit

Clinical Nurse Consultant, Carmen Xidis will discuss how the St John of God Burwood Hospital team work with perinatal women in an inpatient mental health setting, including case study review. Carmen will present the client journey from referral through to discharge and include information on parent-infant attachment.
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Driving Best Practice CVD Prevention in a Post-COVID World

Primary care clinicians face a backlog of patients in need of preventative and chronic disease related cardiovascular care. Even during a period of competing priorities, the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease has never been so critical.

Chaired by Prof Garry Jennings, Chief Medical Advisor of the Heart Foundation of Australia, our expert panel will explore the latest evidence to support CVD risk assessment and management in primary care, including the latest on coronary artery calcium scoring.

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Management of Sports Trauma (MOST) Course

The ACSEP Management of Sports Trauma (MOST) Course combines current theory and a practical approach to equip medical professionals with the core skills needed to manage traumatic sporting injuries, on and off the field. Highly practical and interactive, this comprehensive two-day course addresses common emergencies that might confront a healthcare or medical professional, covers the rationale behind treatment choices and the adaption of medical management at sporting events and out in the field. MOST Course is CPD approved by the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine.
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