These resources are useful for primary care professionals working in clinical or community settings.
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...
Deferred care session 1: immunisations, STIs and mental health in younger adults (webinar 23 June 2022)
The pandemic has seen huge numbers of patients delaying or cancelling usual – and even urgent – care. This education session highlighted local statistics,...
Emerging treatments in atopic dermatitis (eczema) – webinar held 7 June 2022
This education session covered the latest approaches to treatment and management of atopic dermatitis. Speakers discussed recent research and advanced targeted therapies now approved...
The CanEAT cancer nutrition care pathway (webinar 22 June 2022)
3 in 5 patients with cancer have a nutrition symptom that is stopping them from eating well. At least 1 in 4 will develop...
Cyber security, data breach and electronic communication with patients (webinar 21 June 2022)
As practices become increasingly reliant on digital communication, cyber threats, data loss and patient privacy breaches are becoming all too common. This session examined...
COVID-19 oral antivirals in general practice (webinar 20 June 2022)
With the COVID-19 antivirals Paxlovid and Lagevrio now listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), GPs play a pivotal role in managing patients with...
Help, she’s pregnant; what do I do now? (webinar 25 May 2022)
The aim of this Western Health session was to: provide a clear understanding of what to discuss with a woman when she presents in...
Identify and recall patients at risk of COVID-19 (webinar 5 May 2022)
This session focused on easy to implement methods for effectively identifying and recalling patients at risk of COVID-19 needing booster vaccination.
Diagnostic pathways for children suspected of autism spectrum disorder (webinar 10 May 2022)
This webinar provides an overview of diagnostic pathways available to children suspected of having autism spectrum disorder. Specific focus was placed on Melton Health’s...
Starting and stopping, duration of menopause hormone therapy use (webinar 5 April 2022)
This webinar updated GPs on the recent review of the menopause and menopause hormone therapy (MHT) HealthPathways. There was also a presentation on common...
Implementing a My Health Record policy in your organisation (webinar 10 May 2022)
Special guest speaker Dr Sanka Amadoru (geriatrician, Aria Health) discussed his experience with My Health Record registration, and examined the process his specialist medical...
Common paediatric ENT infections (webinar 4 May 2022)
Common paediatric ENT infections (webinar held 4 May 2022).
COVID-19 and flu (webinar 12 April 2022)
Infectious diseases physician Dr Michael Birrell (Western Public Health Unit, Western Health) covered: winter boosters for vulnerable patient groups COVID-19 and flu vaccine timing...
