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WHO IS THIS CONFERENCE FOR?

The 12-hour Older Person Mental Health First Aid course is for any interested adult, particularly those who work with, live with or care for older people, including families and carers.

You will learn how to assist a person aged 65+ who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves, using a practical, evidence-based action plan.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Gain an understanding of mental health problems in the older person
• Explore key mental health problems found in this client group – Depression, anxiety, confusion, dementia, and psychosis
• Learn how to manage the mental health crisis situations associated with the key mental health problems
• Examine how to put lessons learned into practice

Learn about the signs and symptoms of the common and disabling mental health problems in older people, how to provide initial help, where and how to get professional help, what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective, and how to provide first aid in a crisis situation.

Many people feel uncomfortable and unprepared when thinking about starting a mental health conversation with someone they are concerned about. Understanding how to talk about mental health and having the confidence and knowledge to help someone in need are important skills that any person in the community can learn.

In completing this course attendees can become an Accredited Mental Health First Aider. Complete an online assessment after the course to become accredited.

SYNOPSIS

Approximately 20% of Australian adults experience a common mental illness each year. Completing a MHFA Course will help you to develop the skills to support a client, friend, family member, or co-worker.

Having mental health first aid skills means that you can assist someone developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis and make a real difference to your community and in your workplace.

WHO IS THIS CONFERENCE FOR?

The 12-hour Older Person Mental Health First Aid course is for any interested adult, particularly those who work with, live with or care for older people, including families and carers.

You will learn how to assist a person aged 65+ who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves, using a practical, evidence-based action plan.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

This course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Gain an understanding of mental health problems in the older person
• Explore key mental health problems found in this client group – Depression, anxiety, confusion, dementia, and psychosis
• Learn how to manage the mental health crisis situations associated with the key mental health problems
• Examine how to put lessons learned into practice

DEVELOPING MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS COVERED ARE:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Confusion and dementia
• Psychosis

MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS SITUATIONS COVERED ARE:

• Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
• Panic attacks
• Delirium
• Unsafe and challenging behaviours due to confusion

The AAPM Practice Manager Education Days are coming to you!

These full day face-to-face education sessions will be hosted in each State across Australia, with presentations on essential updates to assist you and your teams.

The program will commence at 9:00am with our plenary session and interactive workshops, and conclude the day over networking drinks.

The Full Program is available for download HERE.

All members of the specialist team are invited to join for this session.

Join Dr Jon Harper, General Practice Liaison Officer for Central Queensland, Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast PHN, via webinar to learn about using the My Health Record system in specialist practice.

Topics covered include:

• Benefits of accessing My Health Record information to specialist practice
• What is new in My Health Record?
• Pathology and Diagnostic Imaging connections
• Patient privacy and consent to access My Health Record
• Q & A

2 x 90 minute sessions

A program to help understand and manage the impact of trauma on you and your family

• Identify and reduce heightened physical responses to trauma.
• Manage avoidance behaviours and develop a strategy to safely confront fearful situations.
• Learn how to modify unhelpful thinking.
• Develop skills to improve relationships and meet healthy lifestyle goals.

Who can attend: Current and ex-serving ADF members, partners, adult children.

Parkinson’s Disease and the General Practitioner

Parkinson’s disease, the objectives of treatment and how the GP can support patients.

• 6:30pm: Arrival and Registration
• 7:00pm: Welcome and Introduction (Entrée)
• 7:15pm: PD Overview, Treatment Objectives, GP and Specialist Collaboration
• Dr David Wong – Neurologist and Geriatrician, SCHHS (Main)
• 8:00pm: Nurse Navigator Service
  Ryan Gee amd Rachael Anderson – Neurology Nurse Navigators,SCHHS
• 8:30pm: SCHHS GP Liaison, Health Pathways and referrals (Dessert)
  Dr Edwin Kruys – GP Liaison, SCHHS
• 8:45pm: Q & A – with invitation to bring cases for discussion.
• 9:15pm: Close

RSVP: WED 6 TH JULY 2022

What is Project ECHO® and how does it work?

Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is an interactive knowledge sharing model, with a focus on peer-to-peer learning, collaborative problem solving and teaching.  Via an online platform ECHO® opens the channels for participants in rural and remote locations to evidence-based learnings and knowledge from a panel of topic experts and multi-disciplinary peers.

Each week participants log in to a Zoom session which consists of a short presentation from a panel expert, with a question time.  A case is then presented by a participant followed by an interactive discussion led by the panel facilitator.

Why participate in ECHO®?

Acquire new skills and competencies

• Ongoing access to multidisciplinary advice (paediatrician, psychologist, dietitian) for your paediatric patients living with overweight or obesity
• Become part of an engaged community of practice
• Receive ECHO® certification in childhood overweight and obesity management
• ACRRM CPD activity 2020-2022 triennium

Register and learn more

If you are interested in joining us for this series please register at https://hw.qld.gov.au/echo/register/.  Get in quick as spaces are limited.     Alternatively if you prefer we can schedule a time and discuss further over the phone, please provide a time that is convenient to yourself and your best contact number.

Learn more about the Project ECHO® model of delivery: https://hw.qld.gov.au/echo/ .

While dementia is one of the leading causes of death in Australia,¹ patients often receive little attention until its symptoms begin to affect their quality of life. However, as general practitioners, it is necessary that we can efficiently identify and address modifiable risk factors in order to educate patients on self-management strategies that can improve long-term outcomes.

In this webinar, Dr Hilton Koppe, Dr Marita Long and Prof Kaarin Anstey explore the latest evidence to assess dementia risk, and apply the latest clinical guidelines to help prevent or delay the onset of dementia in your patients. Through a case-based approach, the speakers discuss how the MBS-supported 45-49 year health assessment can be utilised as a timely and effective opportunity for conducting a brain health check

Mental health disorders are estimated to affect almost half of Australians aged 16–85 at some point during their lifetime, with one in five affected during a 12-month period. GPs are reported to be the most common providers of mental health services and are often the first point of contact for patients experiencing these types of problems.

The objective of this two day workshop is to provide rural doctors and nurses with cross domain, team-based learning opportunities across a number of topics such as common mental health disorders, acute presentations, the mental state examination, legislation, capacity, courts and confidentiality, the assessment and management of suicide risk and various case studies.

Learning Objectives

1. Identify key mental health concepts and disorders including Diagnostic Criteria, Epidemiology and Presentations .
2. Execute a mental state examination and identify phenomenology associated with acute mental health presentations.
3. Develop and implement a risk assessment and management plan.
4. Explain the key components of assessing the capacity and the role of substituted decision making in emergency mental health and the use of the MHA 2016.
5. Use contemporary and evidence-based pharmacotherapy guidelines for common acute mental health problems and key concepts in the non-pharmacological of mental health crisis situations.
6. Determine an appropriate management plan to address acute presentations of common mental disorders.

This interactive two-day course covers the key components of effective clinical supervision, including teaching and learning, assessment and teaching in clinical settings. The course is suitable for clinicians in both primary care and hospital settings.

NB: This workshop will only be run once in 2022.

Topics:

• Teaching and learning in the clinical setting
• Assessment
• Teaching clinical reasoning
• Learners in difficulty
• Doctor self-care
• Case based discussion

If you wish to attend this workshop, please complete the online expression of interest form.

Places are limited.

Metro North Hospital and Health Service and Brisbane North PHN invite GPs to join us and our panel of experts for an evening of education and discussion.

As winter approaches, exacerbations and flare-ups become more common for people living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Ongoing management of COPD can be challenging and complicated by the impacts of the new COVID world, reinforcing the importance of keeping COPD patients out of hospital where clinically appropriate.

We will introduce the new Collaborative Care Model currently being developed to help achieve this as well as providing clinical tips to optimise care of COPD patients in the community.

Sleep disorders present a significant healthcare challenge with increasing demand for
diagnosis and treatment and a considerable burden of disease given their high prevalence and associated comorbidities. This evening aims to provide a practical approach to the assessment and management of a range of sleep disorders in the community and articulate referral pathways for specialist care in North Brisbane.

Join your GP colleagues and guests from the Metro North Respiratory and Sleep teams
to hear about new resources, care models and practical strategies to keep COPD patients out of hospital this winter and diagnose and manage sleep disorders.

There will be an opportunity to engage with our panel of experts about advice on management, referral options and support services that may be useful for you in primary care.

Download the flyer here.

Please join us for dinner and an update on prostate cancer, covering screening, diagnosis and treatment options; including surgery, medical management and radiation therapy. GP contributions to the shared care of these patients will also be discussed.

• 6.30pm – Arrival and registration
• 7.00pm – Diagnosing prostate cancer and understanding the various treatment options, Dr Christopher Vernon, Urologist
• 7.45pm – Advances in prostate cancer radiation therapy A/Prof Alex Tan, Radiation Oncologist
• 8.30pm – Q&A with Dr Vernon and A/Prof Tan

Program Outline

This blended learning workshop aims to increase health professionals’ skill and confidence in taking a detailed suicide history and developing a collaborative management plan to increase the safety of people planning suicide.

The workshop provides practical tools for health professionals managing the full spectrum of suicide risk presentations including the acute suicidal crisis, care after a suicide attempt and assisting families experiencing suicide bereavement.

This program combines online interactive sessions, case discussion and self-directed learning modules.

• Module 1: Self-directed learning
  Duration: 1.5 hours
  Modality: Online module
• Module 2: Advanced Training in Suicide Prevention
  Duration: 3 hours
  Modality: Online interactive Zoom session
• Module 3: Case Discussion Group
  Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes
  Modality: Online interactive Zoom session

Accreditation

• 6 hours CPD*
• 40 Accredited CPD Activity Points (RACGP)*
• ACRRM 4 Performance Review

*All modules must be completed to gain complete accreditation of 6 hours CPD or 40 Accredited CPD Activity Points (RACGP)

Suitable for

Allied Health, GPs, Multi-disciplinary, Mental Health Nurse, Psychologists, Social Workers, Youth Workers, Other mental health professionals

Topics Covered

• Suicide prevalence, stigma and culture
• Undertake a suicide risk assessment effectively
• Develop a collaborative safety plan
• Implement a team approach to treatment planning
• Provide effective management following a suicide attempt
• Self-care and bereavement

Learning Objectives

• Undertake a suicide risk assessment effectively.
• Develop a collaborative safety plan.
• Implement a team approach to treatment planning.
• Provide effective management following a suicide attempt.

In Vivo Academy invites you to the third of the Multimorbidity Webinar Series – “Multimorbidity and frailty” with Dr Jagdeesh Singh Dhaliwal (Clinical Director, Aged Care GP, Melbourne) as presenter and Emeritus Professor Mieke van Driel (General Practice Clinical Unit, The University of Queensland) as Facilitator.

Multimorbidity with frailty is common, and both have been associated with the risk of disability, hospitalisation and mortality and increased health-related costs in the elderly population.(1,2) Age, sex and socioeconomic position are reported risk factors, but management should have a patient-centred, multidisciplinary approach.(3) Learn how to prioritise care decisions and apply strategies that enhance patient–clinician communication.

References: 1. Vetrano DL, et al. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2019 Apr 23;74(5):659-666. 2. Vinjerui KH, et al. BMJ Open. 2020 Jun 15;10(6):e035070. 3. Rimmelzwaan LM, et al. Front Med (Lausanne). 2020 Dec 22;7:530085.

Please note that this webinar will be accredited by RACGP, ACRRM, and RNZCGP. It is supported by an independent (“at arms-length”) educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim. As such the sponsor is NOT INVOLVED in the selection of faculty, design and content of the activity. In Vivo Academy chose the faculty based on their long experience and expertise on the specific topics. We made sure that they are a combination of academics and practicing clinicians.

In planning the activity, In Vivo Academy conducted a comprehensive needs assessment (including a review of the literature, several surveys from 2019 to 2021 of primary care providers who are our targeted audience, and interviews of experts) to identify knowledge, competence, and practice gaps. The activity was designed to address these gaps and outcomes will be assessed using the Moore Framework.

A free parent information workshop.

Pondering Poos is a community-based information workshop for groups of parents and carers who have children aged two years and over with bowel difficulties including:

• chronic constipation
• withholding/refusal
• soiling.

The workshop provides information about:

• normal bowel habits
• causes of difficulties
• medication
• behavioural advice
• dietary/fluid intake.

Pondering Poos dates:

• Friday 22nd July
• Friday 14th October

All sessions to be held at:

Nambour Child and Family Health Centre
5 Waterfall Road, Nambour

To book contact Child Health Access on telephone 5319 5824.

NB – There is no child care available.

Program Outline

Depression is a common condition frequently managed in primary care. Identifying and managing depression in a rural context presents a unique set of challenges for health professionals providing mental health care in their communities.

Dealing with Depression in Rural Australia is a highly interactive, multidisciplinary program developed specifically to address the needs of clinicians delivering health care for people presenting with depression in a rural setting.

Using a case-based problem solving format, the program outlines a practical framework for assessment and management planning readily applicable to primary care.

Accreditation

• 40 Accredited Activity CPD points (RACGP)
• 3 Performance review, 5 Educational Activity PRPD (ACRRM)
• Mental Health Skills Training (GPMHSC)
• 1 MOPS point
• 6 hours CPD (Psychologists)

This workshop is eligible for one day of funding under the Emergency Medicine component of the Rural Procedural Grants Program (GPs)

Prerequisites

Completion of predisposing activity

Suitable for

Counsellors, GP Registrars, GPs, Multi-disciplinary, Mental Health Nurse, Psychologists, Social Workers

Topics Covered

• Topic 1: Assessment & Diagnosis
• Topic 2: Management

Learning Objectives

• Differentiate between the differing sub-types of clinical depression
• Recognise the contribution of biological, social and psychological factors to the current depressive episode
• Assess and manage risk in the depressed patient
• Select pharmacological treatment best suited to the individual patient
• Develop a comprehensive mental health treatment plan derived from the formulation of the depressive episode

The Queensland Persistent Pain Clinical Network is hosting a virtual forum on Wednesday 27 July 2022 from 5.45pm to 8.20pm to discuss the management of persistent pain in the primary care sector. Featuring experts in their field, the forum will split into eight breakout rooms to foster discussion on each topic before attendees come together for a panel discussion.

Program outline

This workshop aims to introduce health professionals to the current understanding of perinatal mood disorders and its management, using lecture, case studies and interactive exercises.

Accreditation

• 40 Accredited Activity CPD points (RACGP)
• 3 Performance review, 5 Educational Activity PRPD (ACRRM)
• Women’s Health activity
• Mental Health Skills Training (GPMHSC)
• 1 MOPS point

Prerequisites

Completion of predisposing activity

Suitable for
GP Registrars, GPs, Nurse – Midwife, Psychologists, Other mental health professionals

Topics covered

1. Transition to Parenthood
2. Understanding Attachment
3. Screening and Diagnosis
4. Postnatal Management
5. Antenatal Management Learning

Objectives

• Recognise the psychosocial stressors that commonly affect  parents in the perinatal period
• Opportunistically screen women for perinatal mood disorders using a screening tool and clinical interview
• Diagnose perinatal mood disorders as distinct from commonly experienced adjustment difficulties
• Assess the risk of untreated perinatal depression for the mother-baby dyad
• Select appropriate medications for pregnant and breastfeeding women when pharmacological treatment is indicated
• Develop a comprehensive management plan using a MHTP for women with perinatal mood disorders