These resources are useful for primary care professionals working in clinical or community settings.
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...
Flashes, Floaters and Blurring (18 October 2022)
An interactive webinar by a specialist ophthalmologist from the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, for GPs to improve their knowledge and skills in...
Shared Maternity Care Collaborative Workshop I: COVID-19/Infections in Pregnancy & Problems in the Third Trimester
This session will cover the latest clinical advice on the effects and management of COVID-19 in pregnancy, and how to identify and manage a...
Heart failure update - improving management and reducing readmissions (27 October 2022)
The aim of this session is to discuss key heart failure updates in diagnosis, treatment and reductions in hospital admissions. We also discuss the...
Shared Maternity Care Collaborative Workshop II (26 October 2022)
Shared maternity care GPs have an essential role in the care of patients with GDM. In this session, we will discuss how to identify...
Deferred care session 3: chronic disease management, healthy ageing and palliative care (27 September 2022)
The pandemic has seen huge numbers of patients delaying or cancelling usual – and even urgent – care. This education session explored the impact...
Little Lungs – Paediatric Asthma Update (15 September 2022)
Presented by the National Asthma Council, this session focuses on managing asthma in the paediatric population. Incorporating the latest guidelines from the Australian Asthma...
Bleeding in Pregnancy (14 September 2022)
About one in four women have bleeding sometime during their pregnancy. This session will discuss the causes, concerns and management.
To self-collect or not to self-collect? National Cervical Screening Program webinar (10 August 2022)
This session was presented by the Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer. It aimed to educate practitioners about recent changes to the...
Insights and strategies to manage challenging patient outcomes (21 July 2022)
GPs, practice nurses, practice managers and practice teams: this session reviewed your responsibilities when dealing with challenging patient situations and help you to prepare...
Deferred care session 2: cardiovascular disease, diabetes risk and cancer screening (19 July 2022)
The pandemic has seen huge numbers of patients delaying or cancelling usual – and even urgent – care. This education session explored the impact...
Early medical abortion of pregnancy: for GPs, nurses and pharmacists (webinar 28 June 2022)
Medical termination of pregnancy is the preferred method of induced abortion for nearly 50 per cent of women worldwide who experience unwanted pregnancy. The...
Diagnosis and management of Long COVID-19: a multidisciplinary approach (webinar 29 June 2022)
This webinar was presented by a panel of experienced health professionals who are experts in their fields. They discussed the latest evidence-based research, their...
