Date
Cost
Available to
Continuing Professional Development
CPD Points unavailable
Event Location
158 Clarendon Street
EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002
St Vincent’s Hospital specialists are pleased to present acase-basedupdate on important topics ofrelevance forGPs.
Program
Chair - Dr Dave Isaac, GP and GP Liaison Consultant
Low back pain
The low back pain epidemic - common back pain syndromes and their management:
Mr Peter McNeil, Director of Neurosurgery
Ms Caitlin Farmer, Physiotherapist
Palliative Care
Supporting patients and GPs in end of life care:
Associate Professor Mark Boughey, Director of Palliative Medicine
Dr Peter Sherwen, Specialist, Palliative Care
Osteoarthritis of the knee
How good is conservative management and if, when and how to move to surgery:
Dr Keith Lim, Rheumatologist
Commonthyroid diseases
Thyroid function testing, subclinical syndromes, immune checkpoint inhibitors and those pesky thyroid nodules!
Professor Richard MacIsaac, Director, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes
Mr Jason Tan, Endocrine Surgeon