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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Family & Domestic Abuse – RACGP Lunch & Learn Series

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event date and time: Fridays, 17 March; 21 April; 19 May; 16 June; 21 July; 18 August; 15 September; 20 October; 17 November and 15 December 2023, 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event venue: Online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Registration: Registrations via the RACGP website.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The RACGP’s Lunch & Learn Series is a new knowledge-sharing network created to help frontline primary care professionals develop skills and confidence in responding to family violence. You’ll be learning alongside other primary care professionals keen to make a difference to women and children. Held on the 3rd Friday of every month from 12pm-1pm, Lunch and Learn provides an excellent opportunity to gain insights and support in managing family violence.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cost: Free

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Managing Wellbeing and Recognising Vicarious Trauma

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event date and time: Friday, 9 June 2023, 9.00 am – 4.00 pm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event venue: Darling Harbour, Sydney

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Registration: Registrations via the Event website.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This training program explores the nature, dynamics and risks of vicarious trauma and supports you to stay healthy and safe in your work.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This training, informed by current research, will provide you with the knowledge, skills and tools to better recognise the early signs of various stress outcomes. It offers a range of organisational, interpersonal and personal strategies to address the risks of Vicarious Trauma and its impacts, and foster possibilities for post-traumatic growth and vicarious resilience.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                By participating in this professional development training, learners will:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Define Vicarious Trauma and distinguish from other stress outcomes, identify risk factors

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Understand vicarious resilience, empathy and compassion

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Discuss the role of organisations, trauma-informed supervision and self-care in managing vicarious trauma

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Who should attend?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                It is appropriate for all workers who work with trauma clients and/or are exposed to traumatic material such as people’s trauma stories, reports with trauma content, reading material, legal reports, compensation claims, visual trauma material and media content.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Contact Email: training@blueknot.org.au

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Responding to Domestic Violence with a Trauma-Informed Lens for GP’s and Primary Care Providers

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event dates and time (multiple dates): Monday, 3 April 2023, 8.30 am – 10.30 am; Thursday, 15 June 2023, 8.30 am – 10.30 am.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event venue: Online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Registration: Registrations via the Blue Knot website.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The Safer Families Centre is leading The Readiness Program, a national domestic and family violence (DFV) training program for primary care.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                As part of The Readiness Program series, Blue Knot Foundation is bringing you the latest in trauma-informed awareness and support for general practitioners and primary care providers to recognise complex trauma and its possible health presentations.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The Readiness Program provides a range of learning options to support for primary care providers to effectively recognise, respond and refer domestic and family violence using a trauma and violence informed approach. To find out more visit The Readiness Program

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The virtual classrooms are free. However, access is only available to those who work in a General Practice, Community Health or Aboriginal Medical Service. You will need to provide details about your workplace when you enroll.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cost: Free

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Contact Email: training@blueknot.org.au

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Hepatitis B Clinical Update For Nurses And Midwives

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event date and time: Thursday, 15 June 2023, 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event venue: Online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The course will discuss hepatitis B cure advancements, treatment developments and the implications this has on interactions with patients. Participants will receive practical information on how to converse with their patients about current and future treatment options, and important considerations for the health workforce will be discussed.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cost: Free

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Contact Email: Brad.reuter@ashm.org.au

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Culturally Responsive Care And Hepatitis B

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event date and time: Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event venue: Online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This webinar will help equip primary health practitioners and other healthcare workers with knowledge and strategies for providing culturally responsive CHB management and care to migrant and refugee patients.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This webinar for primary care providers, including Medical Practitioners and Nursing Professionals, aims to improve knowledge and confidence in supporting and caring for patients from migrant and refugee communities.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cost: Free

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Contact Email: curtis.micallef@ashm.org.au

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Older People

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event date and time: Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event venue: Online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Registration: Registrations via the Kidney Health Australia website.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                What is normal kidney decline, and the cognitive implications of CKD? Health professionals, tune in for this free case-based activity, as GP Consultant, Dr Chris Bollen explores with you the relationship of kidney function to ageing, the role that CKD plays in the decline of cognition and the clinical management of older people living with the disease. RACGP and ACRRM EA hours – 1 (pending approval).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cost: Free

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Contact Email: primary.care@kidney.org.au

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                supporting the mental health of bereaved parents after miscarriage, stillbirth, and neonatal death

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event date and time: Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 7.15 pm – 8.30 pm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event venue: Online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Registration: Registrations via the Mental Health Professionals’ Network website

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Attend this webinar for a comprehensive discussion on the complex relationship between grief, loss, and mental health for bereaved parents. The expert panel will share their insights on the risk factors and warning signs of mental illness for parents who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death or when pregnancy ends for medical reasons.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This session will equip practitioners with valuable strategies to guide conversations and identify ways to provide support to bereaved parents during this challenging time.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cost: Free

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Contact Email: k.moxey@mhpn.org.au

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Acute and Chronic Pain in Primary Care

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event date and time: Friday, 7 July – Sunday, 9 July 2023

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event venue: Online and Peppers Soul, 8 The Esplanade, Surfers Paradise, QLD

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Learn about opioid deprescribing, neuropathic pain and much more to help your patients with acute and chronic pain.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cost: $495 – $895 Early Bird Rate

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Deep Dive into Dyspareunia: A multidisciplinary workshop on sexual pain

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event date and time: Saturday, 22 July 2023, 8.30 am – 5.15 pm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event venue: Online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Registration: Registrations via the Monash University website

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This interactive 1-day online workshop will gather a multidisciplinary team of experts to discuss, in detail, the assessment and management of dyspareunia. It will include presentations as well as interactive case-based discussions inclusive of diversity of gender, sexual orientation, culture and clinical features. Targeted Audience: General Practitioners, Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Sexual Health and Sexual Medicine practitioners, Pain specialists, Physiotherapists, Nurse practitioners, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Sexologists, Sex or Relationship therapists, and any interested health practitioners, trainees or students.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cost: $220 – $460

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Contact Email: med.ob.gyn.courses@monash.edu

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Passionate about the Pelvic Floor: Current management of urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and other common disorders of the pelvic floor

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event date and time: Saturday, 12 August 2023, 8.30 am – 2.30 pm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event venue: Online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Registration: Registrations via the Monash University website

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This one-day, live interactive online course, will feature presentations from Australia’s leading interdisciplinary experts in this field. Throughout the course, we will delve into case studies, explore the latest evidence-based practice, and discuss key considerations for primary care providers and specialists to manage a range of common pelvic floor disorders. This will enhance your knowledge and skills, enabling you to provide optimal care and support to your patients living with pelvic floor disorders. Target Audience: General Practitioners (GPs), Gynaecologists, RANZCOG consultants and trainees, Pelvic Floor Physiotherapists, Continence and Urology Nurses, and other health practitioners who support patients with pelvic floor disorders.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cost: $260 – $400

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Contact Email: med.ob.gyn.courses@monash.edu

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                medical receptionist course

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event date and time: Thursday, 24 August 2023 – Friday, 25 August 2023

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event venue: RACGP – Sydney Office, Level 12, 1 Pacific Highway, North Sydney, NSW 2060 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event registration: Registrations via the RACGP website.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Medical receptionists are the face of general practices. They are the first point of contact for patients, handle sensitive information and juggle many tasks.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Working with doctors comes with great responsibility. How the support team performs has a huge impact on patient satisfaction, practice credibility and keeping patients and the team safe from adverse outcomes. This 2-day course will refresh your skills or learn the new rules and expectations.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Workshop learning:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • The importance of the reception role in the practice patient relationship: communication; professionalism; responsibilities
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • The fundamentals for support staff: privacy, risk identification and improvement, data quality
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • The receptionists’ role in critical systems: recalls, reminders; appointment booking, triage; telephone messages; patient identification; guardianship and child consent;billing: the practice process,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Managing multiple doctors and handle difficult and physically aggressive patients
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • What does working vicariously for a medical practitioner really mean. Exploring the legal responsibilities of the admin team
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Deep dive into what went wrong at admin level
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Common Medicare mistakes and misperceptions at the front desk
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Current e-health developments

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cost: Staff of RACGP members: Early bird rate $380, Regular rate $420. Staff of non-members: Early bird rate $440, Regular rate $485

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Contact Email: nswact.events@racgp.org.au

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                6th Annual Southern Cross Travel Medicine Conference and 2nd Tropical Medicine Conference 2023 (SCTMC 2023)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event date and time: Friday, 1 September – Sunday, 3 September 2023, 9.00 am – 2.00 pm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event venue: Hilton Sydney, 488 George Street Sydney, NSW 2000

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The SCTMC 2023 will include stimulating, succinct and novel sessions covering a range of important topics, including: Vaccine preventable diseases; case studies in tropical medicine and travel medicine; malaria prophylaxis; arbovirus including Japanese Encephalitis; rabies; Guidelines for travel medicine; laboratory diagnostics, and expatriate travellers. The ever-popular workshops on Practice of Travel Medicine, Yellow Fever, and One Health will also be featured.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Target audience: Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other health professionals, and students working in the field of travel and tropical medicine, general practice, military medicine, occupational health, infectious diseases and related fields.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cost: $220 – $880

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Contact Email: j.burgess@amaq.com.au

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Contraception Essentials In Primary Care

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event date and time: Tuesday, 14 November 2023, 6.30 pm – 9.00 pm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event venue: Online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Through case studies, presentations, group discussion and online learning the Contraception Essentials in Primary Care course will increase primary care providers’ knowledge and confidence in discussing the benefits of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) to reduce the incidence of unintended pregnancy amongst their patient population. This course will be particularly relevant for, but not limited to general practitioners, nurse practitioners, and practice nurses working in primary care settings.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cost: Free

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Contact Email: education@ashm.org.au

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Skin cancer essentials: Assessment and management in the general practice setting

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event date and time: Saturday, 25 November 2023, 9.00 am – 5.10 pm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Event venue: RACGP Office, Level 12, 1 Pacific Highway, North Sydney NSW 2060 NSW

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Skin cancer essentials is RACGP NSW&ACT workshop designed to upskill GPs in assessing and managing skin cancers in the general practice setting. The workshop provides practical learning experiences in dermoscopy, and a variety of biopsy and suturing techniques to equip GPs with the necessary skills to safely assess and manage their patients with skin cancers. More information.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cost: RACGP member $395 or Non-member $475

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Contact Email: nswact.events@racgp.org.au