Please join our expert presenter, Margaret Jennings, Microbiologist and Infection Prevention & Control Educator, who will provide two brief 30 minute information sessions to answer your questions on Infection Prevention & Control precautions during the Coronavirus pandemic. We are accepting both live and pre-questions for these breakfast sessions. Session 2 - 2nd September
Please join our expert presenter, Margaret Jennings, Microbiologist and Infection Prevention & Control Educator, who will provide two brief 30 minute information sessions to answer your questions on Infection Prevention & Control precautions during the Coronavirus pandemic. We are accepting both live and pre-questions for these breakfast sessions.
Join Professor Michael Kidd AM for the latest in their series of COVID-19 vaccine updates for GPs. At the webinar, you'll be provided with the latest information on the vaccine rollout. GPs and all health are welcome. Professor Kidd will be joined this week by Dr Lucas de Toca, First Assistant Secretary, COVID-19 Primary Care Response, Department of Health.
The Talking About Suicide in General Practice workshop aims to increase GPs skill and confidence in:
• recognising presentations where suicide risk is high
• undertaking a detailed risk assessment
• management planning using a collaborative, team based approach
This year's conference (21OPCC) will convene leaders, health professionals, and experts in an accessible virtual format, to advance discussion and knowledge about palliative care in Australia and surrounding Oceanic Regions. Not limited by location or capacity, 21OPCC will provide a unique virtual platform for engaging a broader international audience and presenting new research and case studies about quality palliative and end of life care.
With a diverse range of attendees from across the palliative care sector, the Oceanic Palliative Care Conference attracts prominent academic, research and policy influencers, decision-makers and leaders in the industry to shape the way we think about palliative care across our region and beyond.
As you may know, every year, thousands of Australians living with kidney disease spend countless hours hooked up to dialysis machines for treatment. The Kidney Health Red Socks Appeal, launched in November 2020, aims to help raise awareness about kidney disease treatment – interesting fact: cold feet are a common side effect when undergoing dialysis.
Kidney Health Australia is hosting an information webinar on the Kidney Health Red Socks Appeal on Tuesday 31st August at 7pm AEST.
In this webinar we will share important facts about chronic kidney disease and how you and your colleagues can get involved and show your support in the Red Socks Appeal. Registration is essential.
Climate change is a major health threat, indeed it has been described as the greatest threat to human health for this century. This activity introduces general practitioners to the health effects of climate change. It outlines how anthropogenic global warming is changing our climate and how this change then affects human health. The webinar will look at opportunities for GPs to adapt and mitigate the climate crisis, focusing on what can be done regarding patients, practices, communities, and for themselves.
Learning outcomes
1. Describe how burning fossil fuels causes global warming
2. Identify three common health impacts of climate change
3. Describe which groups are at the greatest risk of heat related illness
4. Describe which groups are at the greatest risk of smoke inhalation from bushfires
5. Identify the mental health impacts of climate change
Presented by: Dr Kate Wylie, RACGP Specific Interests Climate and Environmental Medicine