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Getting a good night’s sleep can be hard at the best of times, but dealing with the anxiety and worry associated with a global pandemic can take that challenge to a whole new level. While sleep may not be a cure for COVID-19, it can certainly help us stay well and there’s plenty of science to back it up.

Join Dr Jenny Brockis, Board Certified Lifestyle Medicine physician and ASLM Fellow who specialises in brain health and mental performance, to discuss the science behind getting a good night’s sleep.

This webinar will be recorded and made available on the ASLM website to all members and the broader Lifestyle Medicine community for free.

Are you a professional working with parents, caregivers or families and would like to know more about the Circle of Security Parenting Program?

Over 4 x 2 hour sessions, Strong Communities licensed and experienced COSP facilitators will guide you through the Circle of Security Parenting Series experience online. This professional development opportunity will build your understanding of how the program is facilitated in groups when you refer your clients.

The Circle of Security® Parenting™ program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened. As a practitioner, by attending this you will gain 8 hours of professional development with Strong Communities to confidently support your clients on their parenting journey when they attend the group programs.

When caregivers attend the full 8 week evidenced based program they are more able to understand their child’s emotional world by learning to read their emotional needs, support
their child’s ability to successfully manage emotions, enhance the development of their child’s self esteem & honor the innate wisdom and desire for their child to be secure. This program is designed for parents and carers of children from 0-5 years but also suitable for families with older children.

Cost: $395 per person including resources. For bookings of 10 or more, please contact us for a group discount.

If you would like to know more about this professional development series or to register please contact us at info@strongcommunities.org.au or 0497 704 113.

Please note: Attending this 4 part series does not issue you with a licence to facilitate Circle of Security Parenting to clients

The workplace has evolved significantly, which has required rapid adaptation.

This webinar will investigate the present and future challenges faced by employers and employees to achieve mentally healthy workplaces, with a focus on suicide prevention.

We endeavor to answer the question of how do we build the mental health and wellbeing of the diverse workforces participating in suicide prevention.

Hear from an experienced and dynamic line up of keynote speakers including: Lucy Brogden AM, Professor Nicholas Procter, Associate Professor Jo Robinson and Dr Angela Nicolas. In addition, a case study will be presented showcasing Hydro Tasmania’s award winning workplace program, A New Mindset, which won the 2018 Best Practice in Workplace Tasmanian LiFE Award.

The National Obesity Forum

In this free webcast:

• Pharmacotherapy for Obesity in Type 2 Diabetes
  A/Prof Samantha Hocking, Endocrinologist; Royal Alfred Hospital; Clinical Academic at Charles Perkins Research Centre, University of Sydney

• Meal Replacements and Diet Drinks in Type 2 Diabetes
  Prof John Dixon, Adjunct Professor; Iverson Health Innovations Institute, Swinburne University, Melbourne

• Obesity Management Guidelines in Type 2 Diabetes – Real World Implementation
  A/Prof Gary Kilov, Founding Member, The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Diabetes Specific Interest Group; Co-Founder, The Primary Care Diabetes Society of Australia (PCDSA)

The current way we pay our General Practitioners may not be the best method for quality care. Together we will explore the ways in which payments could be re-imagined.

This is the first in a series of three webinars on re-imagining general practice in a post-COVID world.

This FREE webinar will provide the practice team, including nurses, GPs, practice managers and reception staff with an overview of how to effectively and efficiently implement Chronic Disease Management and Care Plans via telehealth during COVID-19 in General Practice.

Session = 1 CPD hour

This session will cover:

• Overview of telehealth items for chronic disease management
• Areas to prioritise when providing chronic disease care via telehealth
• Sample structure of a telehealth care plan or review consultation
• Using a team approach: the role of nurses, GPs and promoting access to allied health
• Key resources for a smooth practice process

Join us for an online ‘Ask the Expert’ information session on the practicalities of telehealth developments in the COVID-19 environment, and to also have your questions answered by Avant’s risk advisors.

These are rapidly changing times, with practices facing new challenges as the situation with telehealth continues to unfold. To help you navigate some of these challenges, our experts will present and answer questions on telehealth issues including:

• Establishing telehealth – compliance (AHPRA, Medicare and RACGP position), the practical issues, privacy and security, policies and procedures
• The consultation – consent, conducting examinations, prescribing and ordering, and documentation requirements
• Billing and follow-up – when to bulk bill versus private billing, your responsibilities with follow-up, referrals and escalation of care

The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session, where attendee questions on these topics will be addressed by our expert panel.

A practical webinar covering Ophthalmology presentations seen in general practice and hospital settings. Become confident in assessing, diagnosing and managing common eye conditions.

With RANZCO Ophthalmologist Dr Bill Glasson AO and Rural Generalist Dr John Douyere.

This instalment of the Rural Health Webinar Series will explore whole person care at end of life, including concepts of physical and non-physical pain, suffering and spirituality.

This webinar will be facilitated by Dr Arron Veltre (B.AppSci(Hons), MBBS, FRACGP, FAChPM). Arron is a Palliative Care Specialist and Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University working as a locum Palliative Care specialist and lecturing at the Manning Base Clinical School in Taree (NSW). He has a special interest in the alleviation of suffering and the improvement of death literacy in the community. He spends much of his time drinking coffee and riding bicycles… often while contemplating death.

This webinar follows on from “Palliative Care for Rural GPs”. While attendance at this previous webinar is not required to benefit from this current webinar, interested GPs can view a recording of the previous webinar at https://www.racgp.org.au/education/professional-development/online-learning/webinars/rural-health/palliative-care-for-rural-gps)

A webinar for residential aged care providers and their staff, on COVID-19 preparedness and prevention. It will include discussion on: preparing for outbreaks, when an outbreak is suspected and confirmed; and declaring an outbreak over.

Speaker: Dr Gaj Panagoda, Paediatric Rehabilitation Physician and General Paediatrician

Telehealth with kids is different to adults. Adaptations are needed depending on the age of the patient, the reason for the consultation, and whether the child or young person has a disability, complex medical condition, language barrier, or simply lacks access to data.

In this interactive webinar, hear from Dr Gaj Panagoda, a paediatric rehab physician and general paediatrician. He is the Senior Clinician for Paediatric and Disability Services at the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, which comprises 20 Aboriginal Medical Services in south-east QLD.

Gaj has years of experience using telehealth for kids with complex problems. He will talk about pitfalls to be aware of, as well as the advantages of telehealth over face-to-face consultations.

Webinar Overview: How COVID-19 is changing the way we experience loss, grief and bereavement.

With rapidly increasing death tolls, profound changes to funeral practices, record-breaking job losses and increasing physical isolation; children, families and communities are grappling to make sense of these seismic changes in their lives.

With the COVID-19 crisis producing distress and anxiety through our communities, it is going to cause unprecedented reactions across the world in relation to grief and bereavement.Made up of three specialist panellists, this webinar will provide viewers with an overview of the effects of COVID-19 on children, families and the community. The panellists will also provide information on practical applications for viewers.

Children’s Health Queensland is committed to supporting organisations and professionals who are working with young people and families during the COVID-19 pandemic period.

Join this network for weekly online, interactive support and guidance from your co-participants and a panel which includes staff from Ed-LinQ, School Based Youth Health, General Practice, and the QCH school.

This 7-week series occurs via Zoom. Active participation is valued and we encourage you to bring a particular young person’s case or a current workplace challenge to discuss.

Topics will be determined by the needs of participants, and are expected to include:

• How is COVID impacting kids and organisations that work with them?
• Adapting your approach to working with young people during the pandemic
• Managing anxiety – kids, families and staff
• Identifying and supporting psychosocial risk in young people and families
• Accessing mental health services during COVID

Join us for an interactive educational evening with Dr. Bill McGuiness as we unpack some of those ‘out of the box’ type wounds and investigate to ensure the diagnosis is correct.

PRESENTERS

• Emilio Galea
  URGO International Medical Director
• Dr. Bill McGuiness
  Adjunct Associate Professor
  Nursing and Midwifery
  La Trobe University and University of Tasmania

  A certificate of attendance will be emailed to you following the webinar.

RDAA and ACRRM COVID-19 Rural and Remote Response Webinar

The discussion in this interactive webinar will be related to Palliative Care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The palliative care workforce includes specialist and essential health care providers. They provide care which is patient centred and holistic. With the current COVID-19 pandemic this education session will focus on self-care for our workforce, you will hear from a clinician and an academic sharing their knowledge, experience and tips in relation to self-care and self-compassion.

The Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Knowledge Centre is hosting a webinar on Thursday 14 May 2020 with guest presenter Dr. Jane Fischer from the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA), located at Flinders University in South Australia (SA). The webinar will be followed by an open Q & A session. The webinar will run for approximately 40 minutes and is free to attend.

Even though Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are more likely to abstain from alcohol and less likely to consume alcohol at risky levels than non-Indigenous people, why is alcohol associated with a disproportionate amount of harm?

Drawing on work undertaken by the Australian Indigenous AOD Knowledge Centre, and others; this webinar considers the relationship between alcohol, inequity, and the social determinants of health. Subsequently through an equity-lens, it examines the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm and how the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander AOD workforce can be supported.

There is no additional software required to join the webinar, other than a stable internet connection. We’d recommend that you use Google Chrome to view the webinar.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Please note, capacity is set to 100 live attendees. Live participation will be on a first-in, first-served basis.

Please note that this webinar will be recorded and will be made available on the HealthInfoNet website at a later date.

Dr. Jane Fischer is a Research Fellow at NCETA. Dr. Fischer has worked in the AOD field for over 20 years in both Adelaide and Brisbane. Prior to her current position, Dr. Fischer was the Program Manager for the Centre for Drug and Alcohol Studies located at Biala, Queensland (Qld) Health.

The research program Dr. Fischer managed was responsible for evaluating and implementing SmokeCheck and the Indigenous Risk Impact Screen (IRIS). Her research focus explored how vulnerable populations assess their quality of life (QOL); and how different groups manage ‘taint’ and stigma, particularly by people who use AOD. Premised on equity, her work ranges from describing the many manifestations of a ‘good life’, through to QOL as a client-reported outcome measure; thereby potentially improving the effectiveness of individual and community interventions.

PURPOSE

Purpose

To equip every practicing mental health professional in Australia with global best-practice knowledge and skills on suicide prevention, thereby making a tangible reduction on suicide rates.

Dear Mental Health Professional,

Suicide remains the leading cause of death for Australians aged between 15 and 44. As a mental health professional, you are the frontline of defence, and you will be required to work with suicidality.

You must be prepared.

We have partnered with Lifeline Australia, the leading national charity and provider of crisis support and suicide prevention services for help seekers in Australia, to bring you the 2020 Suicide Prevention Summit.

The purpose of this Summit is to equip practicing mental health professionals in Australia with the most up-to-date, advanced knowledge and treatment options on suicide prevention.

To achieve that, we’ve assembled 10 highly respected experts on suicide into one online specialised Summit.

Over 2 days, May 16 & 17, you’ll have free access to all Summit sessions, live online. You will then have on-demand streaming access for an additional three weeks, from May 18 to June 7.

One of the most powerful resources we have to reduce suicide is our frontline mental health workforce. We believe that by providing every mental health practitioner in Australia with global best-practice knowhow and skills, we can tangibly reduce suicide rates in Australia.

We see our role as bringing global best-practice education to Australian practitioners – for free. Your role is taking the time to learn and apply.

As we endeavour to save valuable lives, we look forward to seeing you at the online 2020 Suicide Prevention Summit.

A world-first international online summit designed for medical practitioners, allied health practitioners, researchers, academics, and other health professionals to explore the most important health challenges facing each of us as individuals, our families, communities, societies and the health of our ecosystem.

As COVID-19 restrictions start to ease across Australia, it’s a good time to understand how the winter season may impact COVID-19 presentations in the coming months.

It’s clear that COVID-19 is not just a respiratory tract problem, but in fact a multi-system infection with many curious features.

It is important for GPs to understand the many different ways these features influence the clinical presentation of COVID-19 and the implications for this in general practice and patient care.

The next Healthed webcast, on May 19, will feature a not-to-be-missed coronavirus update with Professor Hubertus Jersmann respiratory and sleep Physician at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

GPs who attend the virtual event will also get to hear from three other speakers who will cover the latest in contraception, managing asthma in flu season, and a clinical update on prevention and diagnosis of pertussis.

This is the second webcast of many that will feature content from the Women’s and Children’s Health updates, that would otherwise have been presented at the face-to-face events.

This webcast event is registered for:

RACGP: 4 CPD activity points applied for
ACRRM: 2 hours under the educational activities category applied for

This is the second webcast of many that will feature content from the Women’s and Children’s Health updates, that would otherwise have been presented at the face-to-face events.

Topics and speakers in this webcast:

• Inhaler Devices – Prof Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich
• Contraception Update – A/Prof Deborah Bateson
• Pertussis – Speaker TBA

PLUS:

• COVID-19 UPDATE: Coronavirus, Not Just a Nasty RTI! – Prof Hubertus Jersmann,

RACGP: 4 CPD activity points applied for
ACRRM: 2 hours under the Educational Activities Category applied for

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the high levels of traffic we experience, and the new log in process to our website, please make sure you log in to the website 15 minutes prior to the start of the webcast to ensure your viewing is not disrupted.

The discussion in this interactive webinar will be related to Mental Health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is the second in a series of three webinars re-imagining general practice in a post-COVID world.

The Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre is hosting a webinar on Thursday 21 May 2020 with guest presenter Dr. Julia Butt from the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) at Curtin University, Western Australia (WA). The webinar will be followed by an open Q & A session. The webinar will run for approximately 40 minutes and is free to attend.

This webinar will discuss what is known about the prevalence of recreational cannabis use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. It will also examine the cannabis related harms including health and social concerns, and poly drug use. Health Workers and community perceptions of harms will also be addressed. The presentation will also address the barriers and opportunities for addressing cannabis related harms and options for intervention.

There is no additional software required to join the webinar, other than a stable internet connection. We’d recommend that you use Google Chrome to view the webinar.

Identifying and managing patients at risk of frailty and/or sarcopenia, as well as how to advise patients on exercising safely during and after periods of isolation.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented global impact on public health and health care delivery. Outside of direct health consequences, social distancing restrictions have also disrupted the delivery of routine health care across the country. The changes have fast-tracked digital and health policy innovations unlike any the primary care sector has seen over a short period of time. Social distancing and strict hygiene measures are particularly important for people living with cardiovascular disease (CVD) given their increased vulnerability to the most severe complications of COVID-19. However, there is growing concern that people with chronic diseases are avoiding their regular medical visits, investigations or vaccinations in a bid to avoid contracting COVID-19.

Together with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) and NPS MedicineWise, the Heart Foundation is hosting an ‘ask the expert’ style webinar aiming to:

• Explore the link between COVID-19 and CVD, including the cardiac manifestations of the infection 
• Highlight key takeaways from recent guidance produced by the Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand relating to the management of CVD during the COVID-19 pandemic 
• Exchange strategies to stay connected with cardiac patients in the community and support maintenance of their treatment and medication plans 
• Provide advice on how to leverage recent MBS and medicine related policy changes to support the management of CVD in primary care

The discussion in this interactive webinar will be related to Disaster Planning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kidney Health Australia is excited to launch the 4^th edition of ‘CKD Management in Primary Care’ handbook.

This highly regarded handbook provides guidance and clinical tips to help identify, manage and refer patients in your practice with CKD.

Come along to our launch webinar to hear about

• What’s new in the handbook
• New treatment targets for managing hypertension in CKD
• Important clinical updates for managing CKD in primary care
• Sick day plan for Acute Kidney Injury
• Managing CKD in the context of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

We hope you can join us on Wednesday 27 May 2020 @ 7.00pm AEST, where A/Prof Shilpa Jesudason will take us through what’s new in this updated easy to use guide.

Course Summary
HIV shared care aims to increase the capacity of the primary care workforce to engage in HIV management.

Synopsis
With continually improving treatment options, HIV injection is now considered a chronic condition. People living with HIV can expect to live long and productive lives and HIV injection can be managed using a team-based interdisciplinary ‘shared care’ approach involving GPs, specialists, nurses, allied health and specialist support services.

This webinar is pending approval for 3 RACGP CPD Activity points for the 2020-22 triennium.

Learning Outcomes

• Develop an effective GP Management Plan using National Guidelines to safely manage a patient’s treatment regimen
• Describe current HIV treatment options in Australia
• Identify common comorbidities associated with HIV and ageing
• Implement shared care arrangements for patients living with HIV

Target Audience
General Practitioners

Cost
This webinar is free to attend

For more information
Liagh Manicom (HIV Project Officer)
Liagh.Manicom@ashm.org.au
0478 020 038

Live 1 hour webinar with Katrina Otto, Principal & Owner of Train IT Medical, Jaclyn Coffey, Qld Heart Health Coordinator, Heart Foundation & Andrea Love, Senior Coordinator Heart Health, Heart Foundation.

This webinar will address strategies to re-engage patients for face to face consults with specific focus on patients with cardiac conditions or those at risk.

Learning outcomes:
1. Discuss current patient reluctance for face to face consults and identify opportunities for patient education/ reassurance about management of their health during COVID-19 pandemic

2. Outline how to effectively use an Absolute Cardiovascular Risk Approach and develop a patient management plan as a part of the Heart Health Check for patients at low, medium and high risk of cardiovascular disease.

3. Demonstrate how to use a business approach to maximise practice resources in conducting absolute risk assessments and Heart Health Checks.

4. Identify eligible patients and refer to the My health for life program.

Speakers:
Katrina Otto: Train IT Medical: Managing Director
Jaclyn Coffey: Heart Foundation: Qld Heart Health Coordinator
Andrea Love: Heart Foundation: Senior Coordinator Heart Health

A recording will be available after the event and accessible (along with previous CQWBSCPHN & Train IT Medical recordings) via: courses.trainitmedical.com.au

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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