Australian Opioid Prescribing: Are we a Mini-USA or on a Different Path? The practical prescribing pointers to come out of recent evidence.
Presenters/Guest Speakers
Dr Jenny Stevens (St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney Anaesthetist and Pain Management Specialists)
Mrs Desley Kendall (Consumer Experience)
Hip fractures can be extremely painful, and the provision of adequate, early analgesia should be a priority in the Emergency Department. Fascia iliaca blocks are an essential skill that can be provided by GP Anaesthetics, GP Surgeons and GP's working in the Emergency Department.
Presenters: Dr Jenny Stevens and Clinical experts from Griffith Base
This presentation focuses on the management of stage 3 CKD in general practice to slow progression and delay onset of end stage treatment (e.g. dialysis). Areas covered include proteinuria, pharmaceutical control of kidney disease, blood pressure goals, calcium/ phosphate disturbance, anaemia and referral to a Nephrologist. The case of Bruce is followed in this interactive workshop which includes a didactic presentation, group work, and plenary discussion.
Using case studies, Dr Kym Collins will present the current information on Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Blood Borne Viruses (BBVs). This STI update will focus on the different ways patients may present with Syphilis, Mycoplasma Genitalium and Gonorrhoea and provide information on the current STI testing tool and resources available to primary health care providers.
Dr Andrew Clout, orthopaedic surgeon, will be presenting to local GPs on future directions in hip and knee replacement surgery, focusing on advances in hip replacement and optimisation of pain management and early rehabilitation in knee replacement surgery.
Dr Claire Hepper will be speaking on:
End of life discussions in general practice
Shannon’s Bridge and facilitating a home death
Public health approach to palliative care
The Opioid Treatment Accreditation Course (OTAC), which allows medical and nurse practitioners to be recognised as accredited prescribers of opioid pharmacotherapies, will be hosted in Wagga Wagga on Saturday 21st September 2019 and presented by Dr Ken Curry, Clinical Director of Drug & Alcohol Murrumbidgee LHD.
The Hot Topics GP Update Course covers the most pertinent medical literature from the last 12 months, perfectly distilled for today's busy GPs and Nurses. Throughout the Hot Topics course, there are discussions about the latest clinical evidence, how this evidence may vary from current practice, what changes this might necessitate in updating patient care and Quality Improvement ideas that you can look at in your practice.
Presented by A/Prof Stephen Barnett and Dr Genevieve Yates.
A practical, information-packed and engaging workshop for all general practice staff, to refresh their prioritisation skills and prepare staff in safely managing requests for care. This workshop is valuable for all members of the practice team, including GPs, practice nurses and reception staff.
Practice nurses are invited to an education workshop focused on immunisations. Barbara Wilson from the Public Health Unit will be facilitating the workshop covering important updates to the NSW immunisation schedule and cold chain management guidelines for your practice.
Practice nurses are invited to an education workshop focused on immunisations. Barbara Wilson from the Public Health Unit will be facilitating the workshop covering important updates to the NSW immunisation schedule and cold chain management guidelines for your practice.
Topics:
Diagnosis, symptoms and new treatment and management options
Genetics and use of genetic testing in PKD, along with the latest research into genetics
Importance of healthy eating in PKD
Patient perspectives of living with PKD
Presenters:
Dr Edward Tai (Nephrologist)
Dr Amali Mallawaarachchi (Clinical Geneticist and Genomics Researcher)
Jodie Ridley (Senior Renal Dietitian)
Audience: GPs/GP registrars
Date: Monday 5 August 2019
Time: 6pm registration and dinner for 6.30pm start
Location: MPHN Conference Room, 1/185 Morgan Street Wagga Wagga (Please enter via the Murray Street carpark)
Cost: Free
Topics:
Using data for continuous quality improvement is a fundamental underpinning of quality and safety in health care, as well as being an important part of maintaining accreditation. With upcoming and foreshadowed changes to the Practice Incentive Program in 2019, understanding the model for improvement as well as the need to develop a data driven improvement culture is even more important. This workshop assists GPs and their staff to build this culture, as well tools to focus on improvement methodology such as PDSA cycles in order to effect change and ultimately improve patient care.
Presenters:
Dr Kirsten Meisinger, MD, MHCDS
Dr Walid Jammal, MBBS FRACGP Dip. Child Health M. Health Law
Audience: GPs/GP registrars, practice managers and practice staff
Date: Monday 29 July 2019
Time: 5.30pm registration and dinner for 6.30pm start
Location: Rules Club, Yezza South Room, Crn Fernleigh & Glenfiled Roads, Wagga Wagga
Practice nurses are invited to an education workshop focused on immunisations. Barbara Wilson from the Public Health Unit will be facilitating the workshop covering important updates to the NSW immunisation schedule and cold chain management guidelines for your practice.
Topic/s:
· Identifying child sexual assault
· How to respond to a child (or their family) who has disclosed sexual assault
· Mandatory reporting obligations
· Common myths and misconceptions of child sexual assault
· Perpetrator tactics
· Impact of child sexual assault on children
· Local services responding to child sexual assault
· Forensic medical examinations for children
· Legal processes following a disclosure of child sexual assault
· Self-care/debriefing
· Case examples and group discussion
Presenter/s:
· Alison Bell - JCPRP Senior Health Clinician, NSW Health
· Genevieve Graham – Detective Sergeant Child Abuse Unit, NSW Police
· Kelly Burgess – JCPRP Manager Casework, NSW Family and Community Services
· Sexual assault counsellor Wagga Wagga Community Health, NSW Health
· Dr Jonathan Ho – Regional Forensic Medical Practitioner (NSW Police) & Sexual Assault Examiner (MLHD)
Audience: GPs/GP registrars and practice staff
Date: Tuesday 23 July 2019
Time: 6.00pm registration and dinner for 6.30pm start- 8.30pm finish
Location: MPHN Conference Room, 1/185 Morgan Street Wagga
(please enter via the Murray Street carpark)
Cost: Free
Topic/s:
Advances in hip replacement surgery, can we make a good thing better?
Optimising pain management and early rehabilitation in knee replacement surgery
Presenter/s:
Dr Andrew Clout, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Audience: GPs/GP registrars
Date: Wednesday 10 July 2019
Time: 6.30pm registration and dinner for 7pm start
Location: ANU Rural Clinical School, 73 Lynch Street, Young
Cost: Free
Practice nurses are invited to an education workshop focused on immunisations. Barbara Wilson from the Public Health Unit will be facilitating the workshop covering important updates to the NSW immunisation schedule and cold chain management guidelines for your practice.
Practice nurses are invited to an education workshop focused on immunisations. Barbara Wilson from the Public Health Unit will be facilitating the workshop covering important updates to the NSW immunisation schedule and cold chain management guidelines for your practice.
Topics:
A review of current management of COPD, including new options in past 2 years
Presenter: Associate Professor Tara Mackenzie MBBS (Hons) BSc(Med) FRACP FCCP MMedEd - Consultant Respiratory Physician
Audience: GPs and GP Registrars
Date: Thursday 27 June 2019
Time: 6pm registration and dinner for 6.30pm start
Location: ANU, Rural Clinical School, 73 Lynch Street, Young
Cost: Free
Topics:
Case based discussion- management of difficult to treat asthma and severe asthma
GPs are encouraged to bring their cases and/or questions for discussion
Presenter: Associate Professor Tara Mackenzie MBBS (Hons) BSc(Med) FRACP FCCP MMedEd - Consultant Respiratory Physician
Audience: GPs and GP registrars
Date: Tuesday 18 June 2019
Time: 6pm registration and dinner for 6.30pm start
Location: Mercure, 1- 15 Morgan Street Wagga Wagga
Cost: Free
Topics:
Bowel Screening program 2019, what to know when referring – a guide to the Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard
Demonstrating “MPHN Health Pathways”- Suspected Colorectal Cancer Clinical Pathways
Prostate Biopsy – an update of biopsy options in our region
Presenters:
Dr Henry Hicks, General and Colorectal Surgeon
Dr Jane Laloma, GP and Clinical Editor Health Pathways
Dr Stephen Sowter, Urologist
Audience: GPs and GP Registrars
Date: Wednesday 12 June 2019
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Location: Riverina Day Surgery, 2-8 Meurant Ave, Wagga Wagga
Cost: Free
Light supper and drinks supplied
Registration:
Please RSVP to Megan King on 02 69256256 by 11 June 2019
Dr Kym Collins, VMO in HIV and Sexual Health MLHD will be presenting to GPs and healthcare workers.
The session will cover following topics:
Prescribing HIV Pre-Exposure Propylaxis (PrEP), and
HIV treatment and testing updates
Cost: Free
Practice nurses are invited to an education workshop focused on immunisations. Barbara Wilson from the Public Health Unit will be facilitating the workshop covering important updates to the NSW immunisation schedule and cold chain management guidelines for your practice.
Audience: General Practitioners, GP Registrars
Speaker: Dr Catherine Orr MB; BS (Hons), FRACGP, FARGP, MPH, Grad Dip Rural Health
Date: 26 March 2019
Time: 6pm -7pm
Topics:
Incorporate MTOP into your practice by using models of care, including the training required and addressing the barriers, expectations and outcomes.
Discuss the MTOP process including its pre-requisites, outcomes and support available.
Location: National Grape and Wine Conference Centre
To register your interest, please contact Caitlin Langley on 0401 406 399.
Topics:
The role and risks of opioid prescribing in the presence of chronic non-cancer pain
Mental health and chronic pain
Physiotherapy in chronic pain management
Bring your own chronic pain patients to the table – interactive case studies
Developing a management plan and utilising resources
Audience: GPs/GP registrars
Presenters:
Dr Suyin Tan– Director Anaesthetics and Pain Management Nepean Hospital
Jane Bradshaw– Physiotherapist
Richard Barclay– Clinical Psychologist
Diana Taylor– Clinical Nurse Specialist
Date: Sunday 24 March 2019
Time: 8.30am arrival and registration, for 9am start - 4.00pm finish
Location: MPHN Conference Room, 1/185 Morgan Street (enter via the Murray Street carpark)
Topics:
Overview of privacy laws and how they apply to your organisation
The difference between personal, sensitive and health information
The documents, systems and checks you should put in place today to protect personal information and comply with privacy laws
How to legally collect, use, disclose, handle and store personal information
Responding to requests for personal information from courts, police and others · Individuals’ rights to access their own files and have information corrected
The new notifiable data breaches scheme and what to do if there is a privacy complaint or breach
Top tips for complying with privacy law
Audience: Community Services Organisations, Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol, Health
Speaker: Mae Tanner – Lawyer and Trainer
Date: Thursday 21 March 2019
Time: 8.30am registration, 9.00am-12.00pm
Cost: $25
Location: Griffith Exies, Jondaryan Avenue Griffith
Topics:
Updates in Breast Imaging (by clinicians for clinicians)
“What is my risk of breast cancer?”
Preventative strategy for breast cancer
Audience: GPs and GP registrars
Speaker: Dr Andrew Thompson, MBBS (Hons), B Sc, MS (Endocrine), FRACS
Date: Wednesday 20 March 2019
Time: 6.00pm registration and dinner for 6.30pm start – 8.00pm finish
Venue: Elevation Restaurant Hilltops Retreat, Wombat Road Young
Topics:
Overview of privacy laws and how they apply to your organisation
The difference between personal, sensitive and health information
The documents, systems and checks you should put in place today to protect personal information and comply with privacy laws
How to legally collect, use, disclose, handle and store personal information
Responding to requests for personal information from courts, police and others · Individuals’ rights to access their own files and have information corrected
The new notifiable data breaches scheme and what to do if there is a privacy complaint or breach
Top tips for complying with privacy law
Audience: Community Services Organisations, Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol, Health
Speaker: Mae Tanner – Lawyer and Trainer
Date: Wednesday 20 March 2019
Time: 8.30am registration, 9.00am-12.00pm
Cost: $25
Location: Rules Club, Fernleigh Road Wagga
Topics:
Overview of privacy laws and how they apply to your organisation
The difference between personal, sensitive and health information
The documents, systems and checks you should put in place today to protect personal information and comply with privacy laws
How to legally collect, use, disclose, handle and store personal information
Responding to requests for personal information from courts, police and others · Individuals’ rights to access their own files and have information corrected
The new notifiable data breaches scheme and what to do if there is a privacy complaint or breach
Top tips for complying with privacy law
Audience: Community Services Organisations, Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol, Health
Speaker: Mae Tanner – Lawyer and Trainer
Date: Tuesday 19 March 2019
Time: 8.30am registration, 9.00am-12.00pm
Cost: $25
Location: Young Golf Club, William Street Young
LifeSpan Murrumbidgee will be hosting Mindframe Plus training for GPs in Wagga on Thursday 14 March 2019. Please see attached invite for further details and to register.
The workshop will focus on the importance of exercise and referrals. It will give participants the confidence to engage their patients in a conversation about physical activity, and that they have the resources and referral pathways they need to support long term behaviour change in their patients.
Dr Kym Collins, VMO Sexual Health MLHD and Teddy Cook, Manager Regional Outreach Development ACON will be presenting to GPs and health care workers.
The session will cover understanding trans and gender diverse people, an introduction to gender affirming healthcare, treatment options and referral pathways
The 2019 Antenatal Shared Care Orientation & Update workshop will be held in two sessions:
Session 1: Orientation to the Riverina Antenatal Shared Care program
Specifically for GPs who have patients that may deliver at Wagga Base Hospital and would like to participate in the shared care program. GPs who attended training in 2016/2017/2018 do not need to attend this session. Those who attended the workshops in 2013/2014/2015 will need to attend the whole day if they wish to remain listed on the Antenatal Shared Care Brochure. This session will be presented by local Obstetricians, GP Obstetricians and Midwives.
Session 1: Antenatal Orientation
8.30am – 1.05pm: (8 Category 2 CPD points) (if attending all day 40 Category 1 points)
Orientation to the Antenatal Shared Care Program & agreed levels of risk in pregnancy
Resources for Antenatal Shared Care Program - checklist and brochure
The Antenatal Clinic “booking in” visit current approaches to birthing, skin to skin, pain relief
1st Trimester Antenatal Screening for foetal abnormalities,
Dating of pregnancy & obstetric ultrasound, Non-invasive pre natal testing
Obesity, diabetes & nutrition, hypertension, anti-depressants, vaccinations and thyroid
Session 2: Antenatal Update
FOR ALL GPs (including GPs who have previously attended orientation training and GPs attending Session 1).
1.45 pm – 4.00pm: 2 hours (4 Category 2 CPD points or combined with Session 1 is eligible for 40 Category 1 points).
HealthPathways
Advising patients on nutrition and vitamins in pregnancy
Screening early for ferritin and iron, early diagnosis and treatment
Mental health referrals
Vaginal birth after caesarean
Please click here to see Registration Flyer
Kim Poyner from Medicoach will be presenting to GPs and practice managers on the chronic disease items numbers and billing.
Kim Poyner from Medicoach will be presenting to GPs and practice managers on the chronic disease items numbers and billing.
Wednesday 27 February 2019 6.30pm-9.30pm
Kim Poyner from Medicoach will be presenting to GPs and practice managers on the chronic disease items numbers and billing.
Tuesday 26 February 2019
6.30pm - 9.30pm
Dominic Gallagher, director of the CBT Institute will be presenting to GPs and service providers on improving access to psychological therapies
Orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Matthew Howard will be presenting Common shoulder problems in Young.
