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Offered as 3 short interactive webinars over 3 consecutive evenings, this webinar series provides a comprehensive view of depression, enhancing the General Practitioner's diagnostic and management skills.

• Assessment of self-harm and suicidal risk

• Diagnosis of depression

• Differentiating types of depression

• Diagnosis of anxiety

• Shared decision making in antidepressant prescribing

• Psychopharmacology of antidepressants

• Diagnosis of borderline personality / complex trauma

• Diagnosis and management of complex PTSD

• Psychological strategies in complex PTSD

Session 1: Tuesday 26th October at 18.30 - 20.30, Session 2: Wednesday 27th October at 18.30 - 20.30, Session 3: Thursday 28th October at 18.30 - 20.30

For Australian General Practitioners & Nurse Practitioners only. Live webinars, no recording is made available.

This webinar series is offered as 3 short interactive webinars over 3 consecutive evenings. It enhances the General Practitioner's ability to diagnose, assess and manage psychosis and schizophrenia.

• What is psychosis?

• Assessment of psychosis / schizophrenia

• Diagnosing bipolar disorder

• Psychopharmacology of antipsychotics

• Initiating and switching of antipsychotics

• Management of side effects

• Shared decision making to individualise treatment

• Evidence based management of schizophrenia

Session 1: Tuesday 2nd November at 18.30 - 20.30 AEDT

Session 2: Wednesday 3rd November at 18.30 - 20.30 AEDT

Session 3: Thursday 4th November at 18.30 - 20.30 AEDT

For Australian General Practitioners & Nurse Practitioners only. Live webinars, no recording is made available.

Join us for a PHN update on the Lumos program. Lumos is an ethically approved program that securely links data across primary, ambulatory and acute care. It can support general practices to gain an unprecedented understanding of their patients and how they are interacting with the health system via detailed reports issued every 6 months.

Learning objectives for the session:

• What is LUMOS?

• Why is data linkage important?

• Demystifying practice level LUMOS reports to make a difference for your practice and patients

• LUMOS – becoming the stepping-stone to drive meaningful Quality Improvement and patient health outcomes

Vertical Integration Pilot project for Central Coast Medical Students, JMOs, GPs & Registrars

Delivered in partnership with Southern Cross University, this live webinar will bring together a diverse range of experts to discuss how practitioners, policy makers and experts explore the challenges and opportunities to realise the full potential of Lifestyle Medicine in practice, beyond theory and education.

Specifically, discussion topics will include:

*Overcoming barriers to understanding the concept and place of Lifestyle Medicine

*Educating patients and practitioners to become champions of Lifestyle Medicine

*Exploring Lifestyle Medicine’s contributions to medicine

*Challenges to overcoming these topical issues, such as funding

The COVID-19 vaccine can help protect mob from getting really sick from the virus. It helps protect our community, Elders, family and friends.

Join us for an online panel discussion about managing difficult patient situations and how they are impacted by the pandemic. This session will provide practical solutions and risk mitigation advice. Dr Julie Gottlieb, a practising GP with regulatory experience and a masters in mental health, will join our expert panel to discuss:

• general advice when managing a difficult patient situation

• de-escalation techniques for aggressive patients

• COVID specific challenges and advice

• how to best support staff during these challenging times

Join us as we discuss the various outreach programs that are designed to improve ear and hearing health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The program objectives, how to access program funds and where to go for support will also be discussed.

This webinar will be hosted on Rural Health Pro's Digital Venue, you will receive the link to the Digital Venue within your confirmation email.

Will the future of psychological therapy combine the best of digital interventions with clinician expertise? A growing body of evidence in this space indicates that when used well, digital interventions in conjunction with therapy can enhance patient progress and maintain treatment momentum between sessions.

This Expert Insight's session will explore the benefits of this latest innovation and the research underway for mental health challenges that may be especially suited to a blended approach (e.g., social anxiety).

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