Resources

These resources are useful for primary care professionals working in clinical or community settings.

Buruli ulcer: an update for GPs working in inner Melbourne (19 October 2023)

| Video, Webinar

This session will highlight key information for clinicians about the risk, as well as how to recognise and diagnose the condition. Session resources Presentation...

New perspectives on pain management, including the roles of opioids and medical cannabis (31 August 2023)

| Video, Webinar

This session will explore what we have been doing to manage low back pain? Has it been working? When back pain persists, do you...

Long COVID in general practice and new statewide referral criteria update (5 October 2023)

| Video, Webinar

New statewide referral criteria for advice on the management of long COVID came into effect on 1 July 2023. This session will provide an...

Managing respiratory illness in general practice (12 October 2023)

| Video, Webinar

This session will provide ideas and tools for general practices to safely assume seeing respiratory patients face-to-face. Session resources Presentation slides

Child mental health community of practice - session 4: Eating disorders (3 October 2023)

| Video, Webinar

This child mental health community of practice (CoP) is a multidisciplinary CoP for clinicians including but not limited to GPs, practice nurses, psychologists, paediatricians,...

Improving Childhood Asthma Management (ICAM) community of practice - session 1: Implementing clinical practice guidelines (4 October 2023)

| Webinar

This community of practice (CoP) session will focus on the implementation of updated paediatric asthma guidelines, and the challenges to this in the real...

Insights and strategies to manage difficult patient situations

| Video, Webinar

This session will provide an overview of current knowledge and best practice in managing difficult patient situations. Session resources Presentation slides (.pdf)

Understanding the role GPs play in community palliative care (27 September 2023)

| Video, Webinar

In this webinar you will learn the role GPs have in community palliative care, and how you can work with local providers to achieve...

Managing asthma in Spring (21 September 2023)

| Video, Webinar

Springtime asthma is a phenomenon for which all health professionals in primary care need to be aware and prepared. This session will cover how...

MyMedicare: a deeper dive (including PRODA) (18 September 2023)

| Webinar

This session follows on from the first webinar and will provide a ‘deeper dive’ into the benefits and impacts of MyMedicare on general practice...

Child mental health community of practice - session 3: Depression, suicidality, and self-harm (5 September 2023)

| Video, Webinar

This child mental health community of practice (CoP) is a multidisciplinary CoP for clinicians including but not limited to GPs, practice nurses, psychologists, paediatricians,...

MyMedicare: First steps: What is it, What do I need to know? (28 August 2023)

| Webinar

This session will provide an opportunity to ask questions about the benefits and impacts of MyMedicare on general practice and patients. It will include:...

Child mental health community of practice - session 2: Aggressive and challenging behaviours (29 August 2023) (Repeated session)

| Video, Webinar

This child mental health community of practice (CoP) is a multidisciplinary CoP for clinicians including but not limited to GPs, practice nurses, psychologists, paediatricians,...

Common eye presentations and acronyms for general practice (24 August 2023)

| Video, Webinar

This session, hosted by Dr Lukas Sahhar, specialist ophthalmologist from the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, will help GPs improve assessment and management...

How can we benefit patients by integrating oral health into our daily practice? (9 August 2023)

| Webinar

This session will show how advice to patients and referral to a dentist can improve health outcomes for GPs' patients. It will also provide...

Demystifying Dementia – session 2: Post-diagnostic care of dementia in general practice (2 August 2023)

| Webinar

This webinar is designed to improve confidence in clinical ability and attitudes to dementia care. This event is a collaboration with Eastern Melbourne Primary...

Child mental health community of practice - Session 2: Aggressive and challenging behaviours (1 August 2023)

| Webinar

This child mental health community of practice (CoP) is a multidisciplinary CoP for clinicians including but not limited to GPs, practice nurses, psychologists, paediatricians,...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Strategies for paediatricians and GPs (25 July 2023)

| Webinar

This session will provide an overview of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and focus on how the disorder presents in children and young people...

Caring for patients who use alcohol and other drugs (20 July 2023)

| Webinar

This session covers how general practices can support patients with alcohol and substance abuse issues to improve their overall health and wellbeing.  Session resources...

Demystifying Dementia – session 1: Recognising dementia in general practice (19 July 2023)

| Webinar

This session will describe the stages and domains approach recognising dementia in general practice. This event is a collaboration with Eastern Melbourne Primary Health...

Core triage training for non-clinical staff (5 July 2023)

| Webinar

This session will summarise critical steps to ensure safe and effective management of patient prioritisation. Session resources: Please see the attached presentation slides and helpful...

Child mental health community of practice - session 1: Anxiety (4 July 2023)

| Webinar

The child mental health community of practice (CoP) is a multidisciplinary CoP for clinicians including but not limited to GPs, practice nurses, psychologists, paediatricians,...

Social, cultural and clinical aspects of female genital cutting (27 June 2023)

| Webinar

The aim of this training is to increase access to culturally, socially and clinically appropriate health services and support to women and girls from...

An increased role for GPs in the bowel cancer screening model (20 June 2023)

| Video, Webinar

Changes to the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program mean that health care providers can hand out bowel screening kits to patients directly. The session...