These resources are useful for primary care professionals working in clinical or community settings.
Demystifying Dementia – session 1: Recognising dementia in general practice (19 July 2023)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Changes to the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program mean that health care providers can hand out bowel screening kits to patients directly. The session...
Improving childhood asthma management (ICAM) communities of practice - Session 8 (7 June 2023)
This community of practice aims to improve clinician confidence in managing childhood asthma, and foster collaboration between asthma care services in the inner west...
New cancer therapies and voluntary assisted dying (7 June 2023)
An overview of 2 important and developing topics: new cancer therapies and voluntary assisted dying.
General practice: evaluation and management of unilateral pleural effusion (23 May 2023)
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...
New Brimbank mental health hub: Interactive forum for clinicians (24 May 2023)
This session will introduce the Brimbank Local including the services offered, information on referral and eligibility and current wait times. The session will also...
Contraception Overview for GPs (11 May 2023)
An overview of contraceptive options with an emphasis on new methods available and complex situations.
Early Medical Abortion of Pregnancy: Case Studies and Complexities – An information evening for GPs, nurses and pharmacists (18 April 2023)
This session will build on information provided in the June session, and will include: • an overview of training requirements for providing early medical...
Paediatric Developmental Hip Dysplasia – A GP update (20 April 2023)
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...
Digital communication: Introducing video telehealth visits and My Health Record with your patients (4 April 2023)
This webinar focuses on the benefits, barriers and considerations of telehealth consultations in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) and how My Health Record can...
Common and challenging conditions in the care of older patients in general practice: chronic wounds and delirium
The Western Health Geriatrics team will provide an update of two common and challenging conditions in the care of older patients. We will outline...
Navigating the National Screening Program: How to optimise the use of self-collection and manage your patients' follow-up (29 March 2023)
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...
Heart Failure Management – Education evening for GPs (16 February 2023)
This session aims to improve GPs’ understanding of heart failure management, focusing on patient management in the early stages following discharge from hospital. This...
Priority Primary Care Centre: Information session with the Royal Children's Hospital (7 Dec 2022)
Earlier in December, NWMPHN invited expressions of interest from eligible primary care providers to establish a priority primary care centre (PPCC) co-located with the...
Peter Mac cancer series- Benign breast disease, high breast cancer risk and soft tissue sarcoma (30 Nov 2022)
Peter Mac GP Cancer Education Series is designed to contribute to the promotion of best-practice care by general practitioners. Knowledge of advances in the...
Early stage lung cancer - advances in diagnosis and management (29 November 2022)
This session aims to enhance the knowledge base of general practitioners regarding recent advances in detection, diagnosis and management of early stage lung cancer....
HIV Virtual Elimination - Topical Session (21 November 2022)
This session will explore how far we have come with Virtual Elimination in Australia, and how Virtual Elimination can be supported in primary care...
Virtual Fracture Clinic and Basic Fracture Management in the Adult Population (17 November 2022)
This session is an introduction to the Virtual Fracture Clinic at Western Health, commonly seen in upper and lower limb fractures and soft tissue...
Supporting child mental health through a whole of practice approach (15 November 2022)
This session, delivered by Emerging Minds and designed for GPs, practice nurses, practice managers and non-clinical staff working in general practice, will introduce you...
Time mastery in general practice: preserving your most valuable resource (8 November 2022)
Improve time effectiveness, reduce wasted time and reduce the propensity for people to ‘burn out’ as is common right know. There are more and...
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (12 October 2022)
This webinar aims to increase awareness of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) as a diagnosis and its links to ‘long COVID’, as well as...
