Resource Type: Webinar

An overview of 2 important and developing topics: new cancer therapies and voluntary assisted dying.

A pleural effusion is an abnormal build-up of fluid around the lungs and can be a sign of serious illness. This webinar offers an overview of recent advancements in diagnosis and management.

This session will introduce the Brimbank Local including the services offered, information on referral and eligibility and current wait times. The session will also provide an opportunity for GPs and other clinicians to outline how they would like to be involved in their patients care, including opportunities to contribute to multidisciplinary team care planning and … Continued

An overview of contraceptive options with an emphasis on new methods available and complex situations.

This session will build on information provided in the June session, and will include: • an overview of training requirements for providing early medical abortion • an update on early medical abortion procedures, practice experiences, and support and referral pathways for GPs and nurses who currently provide or are motivated to provide early medical abortion … Continued

The aim of this session will be to provide education on developmental hip dysplasia (DDH) clinics at Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Western Health. As well as the advanced practice physiotherapist’s role in the DDH clinics, how DDH is diagnosed, assessed and managed, and referral pathways for GPs.

This webinar focuses on the benefits, barriers and considerations of telehealth consultations in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) and how My Health Record can complement telehealth consultations to improve quality of life and care coordination.

The Western Health Geriatrics team will provide an update of two common and challenging conditions in the care of older patients. We will outline how to assess and manage chronic wounds, including the appropriate dressings to be used. An update of the assessment and management of a patient with delirium will also be provided, including … Continued

This session will look at optimising the use of the self-collection option for cervical screening in primary care and the advantages and disadvantages of the method, so you can effectively support your patient to make informed choice. We will also look at management and options for abnormal self-collection result follow up, recent introduction of new … Continued

This session aims to improve GPs’ understanding of heart failure management, focusing on patient management in the early stages following discharge from hospital. This will include how to safely uptitrate newer heart failure medications with the aim of improving morbidity, mortality and reducing hospitalisations.