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About the JAM Session
BJC Health, with clinics in Parramatta and Chatswood, Sydney have hosted the dynamic JAM session yearly to facilitate training in musculoskeletal and rheumatic disease for GPs. Most health professionals get so little education in rheumatology, even though musculoskeletal presentations are so common in GP practice.

This year, we extend this conference nationwide, utilising an innovative end-to-end virtual event platform that you can access on your desktop or mobile device.

Our aim is to engage and guide you, and hopefully provide you a few tips that will help you change the lives of people with rheumatic disease to help them live and feel better.

What to Expect

• Presentations by leading Doctors and Allied Health Professionals with expertise in Rheumatology
• Clinical reasoning sessions using case-based discussion to help us understand why we do the things we do
• Simultaneous streamed workshops with diverse topics such as Sjogren’s syndrome, dynamic taping techniques, imaging of the hands/elbow, biologic and JAK inhibitors, to how an EP can help fibromyalgia and fatigue
• Virtual Exhibition Halls and Trade displays where delegates can access and chat to the sponsors
• Live panel discussions where you can ask your friendly Rheumatologists and Allied Health Professionals questions

The ENGAGING MEN Male Health Promotion Training Course equips anyone who wants to work with men with knowledge and skills to work more effectively with males, with the aim of improving their health, wellbeing, and lives. The program recognises the challenges that men and boys face in today’s world of rapid change and provides a space for men and women who work with men and boys to develop health promotion skills and strategies that are male friendly and effective.  No previous experience or knowledge is required – only a willingness to learn, explore and grow.

The program combines evidence-based theory and practice with a focus on developing individual awareness and interpersonal and group skills. ENGAGING MEN is based in a social determinants of health model and is inclusive of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander brothers’ health and wellbeing needs.

ENGAGING MEN identifies barriers in health care and offers potential and existing solutions to overcome these barriers in a range of health care settings. The concept of multiple masculinities recognises that not all men are the same and they cannot be engaged with one technique or strategy. Its all about diversity of men and design of programs to suit the group of men you are working with. The perception that men are disinterested in their health is challenged and a range of approaches will be discussed, for use in the community, health care settings and in the workplace.

ENGAGING MEN FACILITATOR  Greg Millan is one of Australia’s leading experts on men’s health and wellbeing with over 38 years’ experience in the men’s health promotion area. He has developed and implemented many health programs, professional training sessions, and community events and developed resources covering a wide range of male health and wellbeing issues. Greg is a social work trained health educator, a Certified Workplace Trainer and an Affiliated Member of the Australian Association of Buddhist Counsellors and Psychotherapists. He has worked in Government, non-government organisations and the private sector. This training program has been developed by Greg based on his clinical  research and community experience in working with men across Australia and overseas.

ENGAGING MEN ONLINE COURSE CONTENT  

ENGAGING MEN Course Costs

Registration is $100 for the two days of online training, provision of all training materials plus a comprehensive bank of men’s health reports, kits and resources including a copy of my book “Men’s health and wellbeing: an a – z guide”.

Ongoing follow up will be provided and all training course participants will be invited to be a part of an ongoing ENGAGING MEN network for future support in their work with men and boys.

REGISTRATION

Please complete the Registration Form and email back to greg@menshealthservices.com.au. There is a limit of 15 people per training course to maximise learning.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Description:
Developing a vaccine against meningococcal B was a decades long challenge involving scientists, clinicians and public health experts from around the world. This symposium provides an opportunity to gain insights directly from four internationally recognised experts and their role in the journey to bring a meningococcal B vaccine to the community. Hear about the innovation that was required along the journey, in terms of the science, clinical trials and the implementation of vaccination programs to help prevent meningococcal B disease. The session will feature an interactive discussion with the expert panel, sharing their thoughts on the real world impact of the vaccine and what else may be needed to help defeat meningococcal B disease in Australia.

Through an exploration of alcohol use in pregnancy, this webinar will provide participants with the opportunity to have an understanding of the extent of the problem, effective management and treatment options in pregnancy, effect of alcohol on the developing fetus and what this means in later life as well as addressing the often asked question, “can you drink alcohol and safely breastfeed?”

Through an exploration of alcohol use in pregnancy, this webinar will provide participants with the opportunity to have an understanding of the extent of the problem, effective management and treatment options in pregnancy, effect of alcohol on the developing fetus and what this means in later life as well as addressing the often asked question, “can you drink alcohol and safely breastfeed?”

The presentation will be followed by a Q&A.

This webinar will be presented by experienced clinicians from the Women’s Alcohol and Drug Service (WADS) at Royal Women’s Hospital. This service is Victoria’s only statewide service for pregnant women with complex substance use.

Presenters:

• Associate Professor Yvonne Bonomo
  Medical Head, Women’s Alcohol and Drug Service at the Royal Women’s Hospital; Director of Addiction Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne.
  Associate Professor Yvonne Bonomo is a physician in Addiction Medicine working with people with alcohol and drug problems through clinical practice, research and professional and community education. She is Medical Head of Unit at the Women’s Alcohol and Drug Service and Associate Professor and Director of Department of Addiction Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. She is also Clinical Associate Professor in Medicine at the University of Melbourne. Her clinical and research interests are in novel interventions for alcohol and other drug problems. She has served on the Board of the Youth Support and Advocacy Service (YSAS) and the Australian Drug Foundation, and filled a number of roles on the behalf of the Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine (AChAM), Royal Australasian College of Physicians including Chair of Education and President of AChAM.
• Dr Anna Tottman
  Consultant Neonatologist Women’s Alcohol and Drug Service at the Royal Women’s Hospital; Honorary Research Fellow, Liggins Institute, University of Auckland.
  Dr Anna Tottman is a Neonatatologist who trained in the UK, New Zealand and Australia. She has a special interest in early life nutrition and glycaemia and completed her PhD at the Liggins Institute, University of Auckland investigating long-term neurodevelopmental and metabolic outcomes in children born very preterm. Her interest in improving long-term outcomes for high risk infants extends to those affected by fetal drug and alcohol exposure, and in her role at the Royal Women’s Hospital she provides paediatric care to infants attending the Women’s Drug and Alcohol Service.
• Julie Blandthorn
  Clinical Midwife consultant, Women’s Alcohol and Drug Service at the Royal Women’s Hospital.
  Julie is a Clinical midwife consultant at the Women’s Alcohol and Drug Service (WADS) based at Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne. Julie is a Registered Nurse and completed her midwife training at Royal Women’s Hospital where she won the Margaret Black Memorial prize. She completed post graduate maternal and child health qualifications as well as further study in immunisation and family planning. She completed her Graduate Certificate in Alcohol and other drug studies at Turning Point in 2010. In her current role Julie has provided clinical care, published journal articles, written clinical practice guidelines as well as deliver training and education throughout Australia.

Registration: There is no cost to attend the Connect & Learn webinar series but registrations are essential.

Who should register? This webinar is suitable for workers in the AOD, mental health, allied health and welfare sectors.

Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email from Redback Connect with a link to join the webinar at the stated date and time . We would also recommend you add the event to your calendar.  Please check your junk email or spam filter if you haven’t received a registration confirmation within 24 hours of registering.

On the day of the webinar, Redback Connect will be providing the technical support. Should you require technical assistance, please contact them on 1800 733 416.

Previous webinars are on demand at the Turning Point website:  https://www.turningpoint.org.au/education/webinars

This instalment of the Rural Health Webinar Series will explore the recognition and treatment of anaphylaxis. In this case-based webinar, participants will learn about the common causes, signs and symptoms, and emergency management of anaphylaxis.

This webinar will be facilitated by A/Prof Stephen Barnett, an experienced general practitioner, online educator, and Clinical Associate Professor with the University of Wollongong Graduate School of Medicine, and Ken Hambrecht, an experienced critical care educator with background in Intensive Care and Emergency education and practice.

Webinar Overview

Grief is the natural response to loss. It’s complex, time varying and multifaceted. Everyone grieves in their own way, but there are commonalities. Grief is permanent after someone close dies, finding a place in the life of a bereaved person. Its intensity subsides as the person finds a way to accept the reality of the death and restore wellbeing. However, for some bereaved people, troubling thoughts or feelings, problematic behaviours or severe social or life problems block adaptation to the loss. The result is complicated grief (CG). CG is associated with impairment in functioning and increased suicidal thinking. This condition can be reliably identified and research suggests that people suffering in this way respond significantly better to targeted complicated grief treatment (CGT) than to proven efficacious treatment for depression. CGT is a time-limited approach that uses methods from a range of evidence-based treatments to address grief complications and facilitate adaptation to loss.

Learning Outcomes

Following this webinar you will:

• Explain the model of acute, integrated and complicated grief
• Identify grief complications
• Analyse the seven themes addressed in complicated grief treatment as they relate to overall objectives of the treatment.
• Assess for complicated grief

Panelist(s) Info:
Associate Professor Brendon Yee is a Staff Specialist in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine and Medical Director of Respiratory Failure Services at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He is also a consultant for Rural Outreach Services in Sleep and Respiratory Medicine in Central Western NSW, previous Chair of the Professional Standards Committee of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and a member of the Clinical Committee of the Australasian Sleep Association.

Duration: 1 hour

Description:
1 in 2 COPD patients hospitalised due to an exacerbation may die within 4 years.1* The prevention of exacerbations should be a key focus in managing COPD patients.2 This engaging, case study based webinar will discuss recently published research into the benefits of Single inhaler Triple therapy over Multiple Inhaler Triple Therapy for patients with moderate or Severe COPD. We will also review the features of inhaled treatments for COPD that inform prescribing decisions.

*A retrospective analysis of 73,106 patients from the time of their first ever hospitalisation for a COPD exacerbation over the 17 year follow-up period.

References:
1. Suissa et al. Thorax 2012; 67:957-63
2. Yang IA et al. COPD-X Concise Guide for Primary Care. Brisbane. Lung Foundation Australia. 2017

Topics and speakers in this free Webcast: 

• Sexual Function and Antidepressant Therapy? – Prof Malcolm Hopwood
• Current Best Practice for Management of Complex Facial Skin Cancers  – Dr Joe Dusseldorp
• Early GI Cancer Detection – Red Flags and What to do About Them – A/Prof Payal Saxena
• Microbiome, Dysbiosis, Probiotics and the Role in Common Gut Problems in Children and Infants – Prof Patricia Conway
• Evidence-Based Use of Probiotics for Common Gut Problems in Children – Dr Rupert Hinds

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