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SUMMARY:Diagnosing and Managing Youth Mental Illness in Primary Care
DESCRIPTION:Date\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganiser\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGain youth-specific skills to support the diagnosis and management of young people’s mental health when accessing primary care. \n\n\n\nDeveloped in collaboration with leading experts in youth mental health and young people with lived experience\, this micro-credential is for qualified or trainee general practitioners\, paediatricians\, and primary care nurses looking to expand their expertise in conducting interventions and prescribing treatments for a range of mental health disorders in young people. \n\n\n\nDiagnosing and Managing Youth Mental Illness in Primary Care counts for 42.5 hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). If you are a GP\, you will be eligible to claim RACGP CPD hours for completing this activity. \n\n\n\nCourse information: \n\n\n\n\n8-week\, fully-online course \n\n\n\nCo-created with leading youth mental health experts from The University of Melbourne and Orygen as well as young people with lived-experience of mental illness\n\n\n\nIdentifies and addresses different forms of mental ill-health in primary care\n\n\n\nExplores diagnostic challenges and multi-modal intervention strategies\n\n\n\nTeaches how to develop a youth mental health care plan tailored to an individual’s specific needs\n\n\n\n42 CPD hours for GPs
URL:https://emphn.org.au/event/diagnosing-and-managing-youth-mental-illness-in-primary-care/
LOCATION:Online\, ZOOM
CATEGORIES:External event,General practice,General practitioner,Health care professional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251021T123000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251125T140000
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SUMMARY:Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening for People with Disability
DESCRIPTION:Date\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganiser\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Centre for Disability Studies Screening Advocates in this Free Webinar to learn more about the National Cervical Screening Program for People with Disability. \n\n\n\nThe webinar with be held on the following dates (Sydney time\, AEST). Please choose one of these dates: \n\n\n\n\nTuesday 21 October – 12:30–1:30 pm\n\n\n\nThursday 30 October – 5:00–6:00 pm\n\n\n\nMonday 3 November – 8:00 – 9:00 am\n\n\n\nTuesday 25 November – 1:00–2:00 pm\n\n\n\n\nThe webinar covers: \n\n\n\n\nWhat cervical screening is and why it matters\n\n\n\nHow to support people with disability\n\n\n\nWays to make the experience easier\n\n\n\nOptions like self-collection\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers include: \n\n\n\n\nProfessor Deborah Bateson (The University of Sydney) with insights from Associate Professor Mary-Ann O’Donovan and Screening Advocates with lived experience of disability.\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility features: \n\n\n\n\nAuslan interpreters\, captions\, a short break\, plain English\, and visual descriptions.\n\n\n\nThe session will be recorded to catch up later.
URL:https://emphn.org.au/event/increasing-cervical-cancer-screening-for-people-with-disability/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:EMPHN event,External event,General practice
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T120000
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SUMMARY:IAR-DST National Training
DESCRIPTION:Date\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganiser\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for training in the Initial Assessment and Referral (IAR) Decision Support Tool (DST) for Mental Healthcare. \n\n\n\nThe National IAR Guidance and IAR-DST has been developed by the Australian Department of Health and is being rolled out nationally. Further information can be found in the IAR Snapshot. \n\n\n\nTarget audience: Practising GPs and allied health professionals.Scenario: Older adult. \n\n\n\nAccreditation:RACGP: 1 Educational Activity hour\, 1 Reviewing Performance hour.ACCRM: 1 Educational Activity hour\, 1 Reviewing Performance hour.  \n\n\n\nLearning Outcomes are: \n\n\n\n\nSummarise the principles underpinning the national approach to stepped care.\n\n\n\nSummarise the IAR development process.\n\n\n\nExplain the use of IAR Guidance in practice settings to generate a recommended level of care.\n\n\n\nList the levels of care in relation to available regional services\n\n\n\nIdentify the principles related to clinical decision making and consumer choice \n\n\n\n\nPresenter – The workshop will be facilitated by an experienced IAR Training and Support Officer (TSO) from the National TSO Network. \n\n\n\nBy registering you acknowledge we will be utilising the meetings function in the Zoom platform.  Please click here to view the ZOOM Privacy Policy.  \n\n\n\nYou give consent to Central and Eastern Sydney to share your details with your home PHN for the purpose of certification\, and remuneration (for GPs & GP registrars).
URL:https://emphn.org.au/event/iar-dst-national-training-15/
LOCATION:Online\, ZOOM
CATEGORIES:EMPHN event,External event,General practice,General practitioner,National training
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T190000
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SUMMARY:Hepatitis C in Primary Care
DESCRIPTION:Date\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganiser\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHepatitis C treatment is simple and highly effective!Primary care providers can play a crucial role in the elimination of hepatitis C in Australia by 2030.  \n\n\n\nThis 1.5 hour online workshop will provide an overview of the management of hepatitis C in primary care settings.  \n\n\n\nTopics covered include the impact of hepatitis C-related stigma and discrimination\, case finding\, testing and diagnosis\, assessment\, treatment and monitoring.   \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLearning outcomes:  \n\n\n\n\nDiscuss the impact of stigma and discrimination on people living with\, or at risk of\, hepatitis C\n\n\n\nIdentify indications for testing and how to diagnose hepatitis C infection\n\n\n\nDescribe key elements of pre-treatment assessment\n\n\n\nExplain hepatitis C treatment and post-treatment monitoring
URL:https://emphn.org.au/event/hepatitis-c-in-primary-care/
LOCATION:Online\, ZOOM
CATEGORIES:External event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T203000
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SUMMARY:Updates in diagnosis and management of cutaneous melanoma
DESCRIPTION:Date\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganiser\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearning outcomes \n\n\n\n\nIdentify the surgical and non-surgical updates in diagnosing and managing melanoma in-situ\n\n\n\nDescribe the role of systemic treatments for melanoma and how this is changing the surgical paradigm of melanoma management\n\n\n\n\nBiography \n\n\n\nDr Shiba Sinha is an Australian and British trained specialist plastic surgeon with a sub speciality interest in breast reconstruction\, skin cancers and aesthetic breast and body surgery. Dr Sinha obtained her medical degree and a BSc in Clinical Sciences from the University of Leeds. \n\n\n\nDr Sinha completed her plastic surgery training through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2020. She was selected to undergo a sub speciality fellowship in microsurgical breast reconstruction at Queen Victoria Hospital\, UK which is one of the largest centres in Europe for breast reconstruction. Dr Sinha has published and presented internationally in the fields of breast reconstruction and skin cancer. Her current research interests focus on patient reported outcome measures and enhanced recovery pathways in breast surgery. \n\n\n\nDr Sinha has a holistic interest in women’s health and believe that surgery works best when provided in collaborative teams. She holds visiting medical officer appointments at Monash Health and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre\, where she is part of a strong multi-disciplinary team for breast and skin cancer patients.
URL:https://emphn.org.au/event/updates-in-diagnosis-and-management-of-cutaneous-melanoma/
LOCATION:Online\, ZOOM
CATEGORIES:External event
ORGANIZER;CN="Cabrini Health":MAILTO:jjones@cabrini.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251105T203000
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SUMMARY:Disorders of Gut–Brain Interaction: Rethinking IBS and Functional GI Syndromes
DESCRIPTION:Date\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganiser\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearning outcomes \n\n\n\n\nDiscuss the spectrum of Disorders of Gut–Brain Interaction (DGBIs)\, including IBS\, functional dyspepsia\, and functional gastroparesis\, and their underlying neuro-gastroenterological mechanisms\n\n\n\nDescribe evidence-based first-line management strategies\, including dietary\, pharmacologic\, and psychological interventions\, and when to escalate care\n\n\n\n\nBiography \n\n\n\nDr Ashwin Patwardhan is an Australian and internationally trained Gastroenterologist and Interventional Endoscopist with expertise in pancreaticobiliary disease and advanced therapeutic endoscopy. Dr Patwardhan clinical interests include general hepatology\, cancer prevention through high-quality screening endoscopy\, and disorders of gut–brain interaction such as irritable bowel syndrome. \n\n\n\nDr Patwardhan completed two dedicated fellowships in interventional endoscopy — first at The Royal Melbourne Hospital\, and subsequently an international fellowship at The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh\, one of the UK’s leading liver transplant centres. \n\n\n\nDr Patwardhan performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including gastroscopy\, colonoscopy\, ERCP\, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)\, endoluminal stenting\, and endoscopic mucosal resection of colorectal polyps. \n\n\n\nDr Patwardhan consults in Glen Iris and provide inpatient gastroenterology and hepatology services at Cabrini Malvern.
URL:https://emphn.org.au/event/disorders-of-gut-brain-interaction-rethinking-ibs-and-functional-gi-syndromes/
CATEGORIES:External event
ORGANIZER;CN="Cabrini Health":MAILTO:jjones@cabrini.com.au
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