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The Stomach and the Oesophagus
2017-11-01 18:00 - 21:00 (Australia/Perth) | Seashells Mandurah, 16 Dolphin Drive, Mandurah, Western Australia, 6210, Australia
A St John of God Murdoch Hospital GP Education Event in Mandurah
Please join us for an evening of interactive case studies.
Presenters:
Mr Matt Henderson – Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon
Dr Callum Pearce – Gastroenterologist
Dr Kunal Thacker – Paediatric Gastroenterologist
Topics include:
An overview of surgery of the oesophagus and stomach
An overview of basic and resistant H pylori
Eosinophillic oesophagitis

SimGP Urology Workshop
2017-11-02 18:00 - 21:00 (Australia/Perth) | Four Points by Sheraton, 707 Wellington St, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia

Introducing Belsomra the 1st Orexin Receptor Antagonist for the treatment of Insomnia
2017-11-02 18:30 - 20:30 (Australia/Perth) | The Sebel, 1 Marco Polo Drive, Mandurah, WA, Australia

Managing Tendinopathy in General Practice & Exercise - The New Drug of Choice (4 CPD Points)
2017-11-02 18:30 - 21:00 (Australia/Perth) | Mt Lawley Golf Club, 1 Walter Road West, Inglewood, WA, 6052, Australia

Obstetric Emergencies
2017-11-03 | Kalgoorlie Hospital, WA, Australia

Latest Trends in the Management of Inflammatory Arthritis
2017-11-03 18:30 - 21:00 (Australia/Perth) | The Goose Restaurant, Geographe Bay Road, Busselton, WA, 6280, Australia
GPs are invited to a dinner meeting with Rheumatologist, Dr Jack Edelman. This activity aims to increase the awareness of inflammatory arthritis and to provide GPs with up to date information on pathophysiology and current treatment options, including medications available for inflammatory arthritis. RACGP QI & CPD Accredited Provider Category 2 (2 pts per hr) – Activity No. 111672
Registration is essential by Monday 30 October 2017 for catering requirements.
To register please email Clara at Arthritis & Osteoporosis WA clarac@arthritiswa.org.au or phone (08) 9388 2199

Learn to manage and treat patients with chronic hepatitis B: Hepatitis B s100 Prescriber Course
2017-11-04 | Centennial Stadium (Ground floor meeting room), 156 Lockyer Avenue, Albany, WA, 6330, Australia
Did you know? There are approximately 25,000 people living with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in Western Australia. Without medical intervention, 1 in 4 people living with CHB will die from liver cirrhosis or liver cancer.
As rates of hepatitis B increase over the next 10 years there is a need for primary care practitioners, particularly those with patients from priority populations e.g. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities & CALD backgrounds, to diagnose, treat and monitor their patients within the primary care setting.
This course is designed to support GPs & Medical Practitioners manage and treat chronic hepatitis B in the primary care setting and is an opportunity to become an s100 prescriber for hepatitis B treatment.
This interactive workshop involves; online learning modules, in-depth presentations, case discussions, and facilitated group work giving attendees an opportunity to discuss practical strategies with peers and specialists.
Successful completion of this training and online multiple choice assessment will accredit community-based medical practitioners to prescribe s100 highly specialised drugs for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B.
Through online learning and interactive face-to-face teaching, participants will learn to:
• Screen at-risk patients, accurately diagnose CHB infection and assess phase of the disease.
• Monitor patients appropriately, establish suitability for treatment and refer to specialist care if indicated.
• Discuss aims of treatment, antiviral treatment options, duration of therapy and definitions of response.
• Monitor patients on treatment according to established protocols, recognise and manage resistance, hepatitis flares and response.
• Recognise risk factors, clinical signs, symptoms and complications of advanced liver disease and manage or refer to specialist care appropriately.
The course will be presented by WA specialists with expertise in hepatitis B.
This course is open to GPs, Remote Medical practitioners, Nurses and Aboriginal Health Practitioners. This course may be of particular interest to Practitioners working with patients with barriers to access to specialist services or from communities with higher prevalence such as:
• Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders
• People currently or previously in custodial settings
• People born in Asia & Pacific Islands, Africa, Middle East
We also encourage practitioners from the surrounding area, including Katanning, to attend this course. Scholarships are available for this course. Please contact Sam Hoang at Sam.hoang@ashm.org.au if you would like to apply.

Perth General Practice Education Day 2017
2017-11-04 | Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre, 21 Mounts Bay Road, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
Healthed invites you to attend this high quality educational event ideally suited to General Practitioners and other Health Professionals.
This meeting will feature leading experts and key opinion leaders who will present the most authoritative, clinically relevant information on topic areas specifically requested by Australian medical practitioners. We look forward to seeing you at this unrivalled General Practice education day.
Registration Includes:
❏ Access to entire program
❏ Handbook with lecture notes
❏ Morning tea, lunch & afternoon tea
❏ Access to trade exhibition
❏ Posted copy of an attendance certificate
❏ All registrations will be acknowledged in writing after receipt of payment
Healthed strives to maintain the highest possible standard of educational quality throughout its seminar programs. All our speakers are clearly instructed to present information that is authoritative, independent, scientifically accurate and of practical relevance.
In our constant search for high quality educational content we take input from GPs, specialists, researchers, medical educators, industry and many other sources. Their ideas are scrutinised carefully before being introduced into the educational program.

New National Cervical Screening Program & Gynaecological Cancer Treatment Update
2017-11-04 09:00 - 12:15 (Australia/Perth) | GenesisCare – Wembley, 24 Salvado Road, Wembley, WA, 6014, Australia
You are invited to attend an educational morning focusing on the new national cervical screening program guidelines which will be presented alongside an update on gynaecological cancer treatments.
Sessions 1 and 2 will run concurrently and participants will switch sessions after the morning tea break/
Program:
9.00am Session 1
New cervical screening guidelines. Associate Professor Marek Havlat, Director of Cytopathology, Western Diagnostic Pathology
Role of radiation therapy in gynaecological cancers. Dr Serena Sia, Radiation Oncologist, GenesisCare
10.00am Morning Tea
10.45am Session 2
Surgical approach to gynaecological cancers. Dr Raj Mohan, Gynaecological Oncologist. Hollywood M/C, KEMH, SJOG
Molecular studies in cervical cancer. Dr Andrew Dean, Medical Oncologist, SJOG Subiaco & GenesisCare
11.45am Demonstration. Deep inspiration breath hold – avoiding the risk of latent cardiac damage in patients with left-sided breast cancer.
Dr Yvonne Zissiadis, Radiation Oncologist, GenesisCare
12.15 End
Places are strictly limited.
RSVP by no later than Tuesday October 31 to:
Marisa.Bellantoni@genesiscancercare.com.au or 0419 302 127.
Please include your name, professional title, practice name and address, phone and email.
This meeting is supported by the RANZCR Faculty of Radiation Oncology and attracts CPD points. Attendance certificates from the College will be provided for self-submission.

Building Resilience Webinar
2017-11-08 19:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Perth)
Resilience is one of the most valuable attributes a rural health practitioner can possess and it IS a skill you can develop. If you would like to know more about resilience, attend this FREE webinar delivered by psychologist Lidia Genovese designed specifically for the rural health practitioner. Participants will be presented with a realistic definition of resilience and will explore the challenges of building resilience. Useful tips will be offered for recharging in a busy healthcare setting.

Asian Ethnicity - Insulin Intensification & Special Considerations in T2DM
2017-11-08 19:00 - 21:00 (Australia/Perth) | Hong Kong BBQ House Chinese Restaurant, 76 Francis street, Northbridge, WA, Australia

IVF Innovations: The Latest Advancements in Assited Reproductive Technology
2017-11-09 18:00 - 20:30 (Australia/Perth) | Hollywood Fertility Centre, Hollywood Private Hospital, Monash Avenue, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia
Ensure your reproductive medicine knowledge is current through informative presentations from Hollywood’s fertility experts, then consolidate theory with lab observations during a guided tour.

ALBANY: What's new in Diagnostic Pathology for GP's
2017-11-09 18:30 - 21:00 (Australia/Perth) | Princess Royal Sailing Club, Chipana Drive, Little Grove, Albany, WA, 6330, Australia

Women's Health - A CPD meeting for General Practitioners
2017-11-11 08:00 - 16:00 (Australia/Perth) | The Bendat Parent and Community Centre, 36 Dodd Street, Wembley, WA, 6014, Australia

Professional Certificate of Clinical Procedures
2017-11-11 08:00 - 2017-11-12 16:30 (Australia/Perth) | Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, 21 Mounts Bay Rd, WA, 6000, Australia
This course will provide the clinician with a range of intermediate level skills including the ability to understand and manage a variety of common problems that require office based surgical intervention, such as foreign body removal, lacerations, sebaceous cysts and ingrown toe nails. The program is suitable for GPs, overseas trained doctors, newly arrived doctors seeking to work in rural networks, nurse practitioners and VR doctors who wish to further develop their surgical office-based skills.
Training in these procedures will address:
– Patient assessment
– Diagnosis
– Informed consent
– Local anaesthetics
– Equipment and consumables
– Step by step procedural instructions
– Video demonstration
– Post-operative care and dressings
– Management of complications
The course qualifies for the Rural Procedural Grant and the HealthCert GP Registrars Scholarship ($500 off). Upon completion of the course, participants will receive a course completion certificate.
Full price: $3,195 | Early Bird: $2,995 | Deferred payment: $845 monthly x 4

Professional Certificate of Aesthetic Medicine
2017-11-11 08:00 - 2017-11-12 16:45 (Australia/Perth) | Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, 21 Mounts Bay Rd, WA, 6000, Australia
The course is aimed at GPs with a clinical interest in the science of Aesthetic Medicine and the wish to grow their practice in that area. This course assumes no prior knowledge or speciﬁc training in the aesthetics ﬁeld. Participants must have completed their MBBS.
With Medicare rebates frozen for consultations and the cost of providing medical care increasing, incorporating aesthetic medical services to your practice will enhance your patients’ overall experience and allow you to operate a more proﬁtable and ﬁnancially secure practice.
The certificate course will provide the clinician with a range of skills at an introductory level including:
– Basic concepts of aesthetic medicine, facial ageing and skin classiﬁcations.
– Facial anatomy, facial anaesthesia and planning of cosmetic procedures.
– Selection of patients, consultation process and facial examination.
– Light and laser treatment options for dermatology and aesthetic concerns.
– Speciﬁc conditions requiring chemical peels and topical skin treatments.
– Chemical composition of Botulinum Toxin and safe practice for various conditions.
– Specific skin conditions requiring dermal fillers and basic filler techniques.
– Possible dangers of various treatment options and medico-legal traps to avoid.
– The business of aesthetic medicine and how to incorporate the services into your practice/set up a clinic.
Upon successful completion of the exam, course participants will receive the Professional Certificate in Aesthetic Medicine and 40 RACGP Category 1 CPD points / 30 ACRRM PRPD points.
Full price: $3,195 | Early Bird: $2,995 | Deferred payment: $845 monthly x 4

Advanced Certificate of Skin Cancer Medicine
2017-11-11 08:15 - 2017-11-12 16:00 (Australia/Perth) | Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, 21 Mounts Bay Rd, WA, 6000, Australia
This practical certificate course will consolidate essential skills with more advanced dermatoscopy, broaden your therapeutic options and practise various surgical techniques which will prepare you for almost any lesion needing elliptical excision. The program includes theory and practical sessions on:
– Curette and Cautery
– Diathermy
– Choas and Clues dermatoscopy
– Perfecting the ellipse
– Halo grafting
– Local anaesthetics
The course qualifies for the Rural Procedural Grant and the HealthCert GP Registrars Scholarship ($500 off). Upon completion of the course, participants will receive course completion certificate.
Full price: $3,195 | Early Bird: $2,995 | Deferred payment: $845 monthly x 4

TADPole: Treating Alcohol and other Drugs in Primary Care - Activity One (Geraldton)
2017-11-11 08:30 - 12:30 (Australia/Perth) | Master Builders Association, 4 Walton Cl, Geraldton, WA, 6530, Australia

Professional Certificate of Skin Cancer Medicine
2017-11-11 08:30 - 2017-11-12 16:00 (Australia/Perth) | Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, 21 Mounts Bay Rd, WA, 6000, Australia
This practical certificate course will provide you with the fundamentals required to effectively diagnose skin cancer and perform basic treatments in the primary care setting. Topics covered include:
– Dermoscopy
– Punch and shave biopsy
– Surgical treatments (practical sessions)
– Non-surgical treatments
– Melanoma management
– Elliptical excisions
– Suturing
– Histopathology
– Wound management
– Medicare billing
The course qualifies for the Rural Procedural Grant and the HealthCert GP Registrars Scholarship ($500 off). Upon completion of the course, participants will receive a course completion certificate.
Full price: $3,195 | Early Bird: $2,995 | Deferred payment: $845 monthly x 4

Cervical Screening Update and HealthPathway Launch
2017-11-14 07:00 - 08:30 (Australia/Perth) | WA Primary Health Alliance, 2-5, 7 Tanunda Drive, Rivervale, WA, 6103, Australia
WAPHA, Cancer Council WA and WA Cervical Cancer Prevention Program invite you to attend the HealthPathways CPD event
Presentations by Professor Ian Hammond and Dr Linda Kohler
Learning outcomes:
1. Summarise the benefits of the renewed National Cervical Screening Program
2. Recall the new guidelines for cervical screening
3. Implement the use of the HealthPathways cervical cancer screening pathway in your clinical practice
Breakfast will be provided.
Metro GPs – RSVP by Monday 6 November 2017.
Country GPs – VC is available, please contact your local WAPHA team.

Good Gynaecology for the Good GP
2017-11-14 18:30 - 21:00 (Australia/Perth) | St John of God Subiaco Hospital, Conference Centre, 25 McCourt Street, Subiaco, WA, 6008, Australia

Grand Round Education Series: Managing the patient with a new diagnosis of atrial fibrillation
2017-11-15 18:30 - 21:00 (Australia/Perth) | RACGP WA, 34 Harrogate Street, WEST LEEDERVILLE, WA, 6007, Australia

Professional Certificate of Aesthetic Medicine
2017-11-16 08:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf, Victoria, 3006, Australia
Develop solid foundation knowledge in aesthetic principles and the safe practice of quick, highly requested and low-cost-to-deliver aesthetic treatments for clinical conditions. The Professional Certificate of Aesthetic Medicine is aimed at GPs with a clinical interest in the science of aesthetic medicine and the wish to grow their practice in that area. This course assumes no prior knowledge or speciﬁc training in the aesthetics ﬁeld. Participants must have completed their MBBS.
The latest trends in health and skin care result in an increased demand for skin repair and rejuvenation services – and skilled practitioners. Patients seek to improve the quality of their lives through physical changes and prefer to receive these services from a trusted, qualiﬁed doctor than from a beautician or cosmetic nurse. Meeting your patients’ aesthetic concerns and helping them to regain their healthy appearance and conﬁdence at their local GP’s clinic will build long-term loyalty and add non-Medicare based revenue to your practice. Most aesthetic treatments are safe, quick and low-cost to deliver requiring repeated visits with minimal side-effects, no downtime, and immediately visible results for your patients – a win-win situation.
The theory and practical course covers:
– Concepts of aesthetic medicine, facial ageing and skin classifications
– Facial anatomy, facial anaesthesia and planning of cosmetic procedures
– Chemical peels and topical skin treatments
– Chemical composition and safe practice of Botulinum toxin
– Dermal fillers and basic filler techniques
– How to integrate aesthetic services into your practice
Upon successful completion of the exam, course participants will receive the Professional Certificate in Aesthetic Medicine and 40 RACGP Category 1 CPD points / 30 ACRRM PRPD points.
Full price: $3,195 | Early Bird: $2,995 | Deferred payment: $845 monthly x 4

TADPole: Treating Alcohol and other Drugs in Primary Care - Activity One (Bunbury)
2017-11-18 12:00 - 16:30 (Australia/Perth) | Quality Hotel Lighthouse, 2 Marlston Drive, Bunbury, WA, 6230, Australia

Oncology and Fertility
2017-11-21 18:30 - 21:00 (Australia/Perth) | GenesisCare – Wembley, 24 Salvado Road, Wembley, WA, 6014, Australia
An update in oncology focusing on fertility and breast cancer management.

Diabetes Update 2017 – Free Webcast
2017-11-22 17:00 - 20:30 (Australia/Perth) | Online, WA, Australia
FREE LIVE WEBCAST
While the seminar is taking place in Brisbane, health professionals across Australia can watch the live webcast in the comfort of their own home or clinic. The webcast audience will have the opportunity to ask the speakers questions and participate in polling during the event. Stream the seminar on your computer, tablet or internet-connected device. Instructions on how to log into the webcast will be emailed to registered delegates in the weeks before the event.
PROGRAM
TOPIC: Managing Metabolic Syndrome in Mental Illness
SPEAKER: Dr Marlene Tham, Director of Melbourne Weight Loss; Director of Medical & Mind Weight Loss
People with severe mental illness have an average life expectancy 20 years less than the general population. This is due to higher rates of physical illness and metabolic diseases such as insulin resistance, pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes. More than 50% of people with mental illness will develop metabolic syndrome. Marlene will examine this phenomena and discuss evidence based interventions that will prevent progression of this disease down the metabolic highway.
TOPIC: The Holy Grail on CVD Reduction in Type 2 Diabetes: Have we Found it?
SPEAKER: Prof Michael D’Emden, Director of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital, Vice President, The Australian Diabetes Society
Reducing BGLs has been shown to reduce microvascular disease but up until now antidiabetic therapies (ADTs) have had no impact on the rates of macrovascular disease. Recently, several new classes of ADTs have been introduced with promising effects on CV risks. Their role in improving cardiovascular outcomes in diabetes will be discussed.
TOPIC: Intensifying Insulin: What Are Our Options?
SPEAKER: A/Prof Gary Kilov, Founding member, The RACGP Diabetes Specific Interest Group; Co-founder of Primary Care Diabetes Society of Australia (PCDSA)
Recently, our options for intensification of insulin regimens have changed considerably as emerging evidence and changes to the PBS have afforded us new opportunities with non-insulin therapies, in addition to more traditional insulin intensification practices.
TOPIC: Management of Diabetic Foot in General Practice – Practical Advice
SPEAKER: Malindu Fernando – Clinic Coordinator – Podiatry, Queensland University of Technology
GPs are often frustrated by the large gaps between guideline recommendations and the practical realities of managing diabetic feet in primary care. This session is designed to help GPs overcome these issues while at the same time using best available evidence and expert advice.
Q&A – Expert Panel

THE PRACTICAL TREATMENT OF MENOPAUSE & THE SYMPTOMS OF MALE HYPOGONADISM IN THE GP SETTING
2017-11-22 18:30 - 21:00 (Australia/Perth) | Rose and Crown, 105 Swan St, Guildford, WA, 6055, Australia

Rural GP Anaesthetists Forum 2017
2017-11-25 08:00 - 2017-11-26 13:30 (Australia/Perth) | CTEC, The University of Western Australia, Entrance No. 2, Hackett Drive, CRAWLEY, WA, 6009, Australia
Rural Health West will be hosting an inaugural education forum for Western Australian GP Anaesthetists.
The two day forum will include lectures, small problem based discussions, simulation and skills stations happening concurrently over the weekend facilitated by experienced specialists. It will also be an opportunity to catch up and develop networks with fellow rural GP Anaesthetists and colleagues.
