These resources are useful for primary care professionals working in clinical or community settings.
Improving childhood asthma management (ICAM) communities of practice - session 2 (22 November 2023)
Community of practice (CoP) sessions aim to improve clinician confidence in managing childhood asthma, and foster collaboration between asthma care services in the inner...
Obstetric ultrasound interpretation and preterm birth prevention (8 November 2023)
In our community, GPs play a central role in early pregnancy care, handling testing, counselling and referrals. This session will equip GPs with the...
How to identify cybersecurity risks and data breaches in your practice (2 November 2023)
This session will discuss what constitutes a data breach and how best to prevent or manage one. It will outline the latest advice for...
Eye Health Collaborative Care and Quality Improvement in General Practice (25 October 2023)
The aim of this session is to outline how GPs and optometrists can collaborate to improve care for patients with red eyes, eyelid conditions...
Sleep disordered breathing in children (19 October 2023)
This session, hosted by Dr Elizabeth Rose, a paediatric otolaryngology surgeon, will help GPs improve their knowledge and skills in the assessment and management...
Buruli ulcer: an update for GPs working in inner Melbourne (19 October 2023)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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) communities of practice - session 1: Implementing clinical practice guidelines (4 October 2023)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
This session covers how general practices can support patients with alcohol and substance abuse issues to improve their overall health and wellbeing. Session resources...
