Presenters:

Dr Lucy Harvey Dodds MBBS FAChAM MRCGP MSc Staff Specialist SESLHD Drug & Alcohol Services

Conjoint Associate Lecturer, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW, Caringbah Community Health Centre, The Sutherland Hospital

Ms Raelene Dojcinovic Clinical Nurse Consultant – GP Liaison in Drug & Alcohol The Sutherland Hospital

This session covers the medications use to manage alcohol detoxification and relapse prevention for alcohol dependent patients.

This session for GPs, Practice Nurses and other Allied Health Clinicians working in primary care, will assist them to understand the principles of detoxification, relapse prevention and aftercare for patient with alcohol dependence and will help equip them with the skills to identify, treat and or refer for detoxification and manage relapse prevention and aftercare with their patients in the course of usual consultations.  

Learning objectives 

• Assist GPs and other primary care clinicians in the course of usual consultations to  
• Diagnose alcohol dependence 
• Understand the principles of alcohol detoxification 
• Assess patient complexity and who can undertake alcohol detoxification in the GP setting 
• Understand the principles of relapse prevention and aftercare 

*Please note GP Registrars and Practice Nurses who wish to register for this CPD event and do not have a member number will need to contact the CPD Department on 1300 986 991