Upcoming workshops and webinars

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Featured Upcoming Events & Training

Clinician Assist WA Live Demonstration - Multiple Dates & Times

Clinician Assist WA Live Demonstration

Presented by WA Primary Health Alliance
Multiple Dates & Times

Clinician Assist WA is a free to access, secure website providing GPs and other health professionals with guidance for assessing, managing and referring patients across Western Australia. It has replaced HealthPathways WA and provides access to the same trusted local guidance, features and functionality.

The Clinician Assist WA team will run online demonstrations facilitated by a GP Clinical Editor monthly until November 2024 to support users. These sessions will demonstrate how to maximise integration of Clinician Assist WA into your clinical practice. Learn key functionalities of the website and how to access condition specific tools and resources, Referral Access Criteria (RAC) (where available), GPbook Specialist Directory and specialist regional rosters.
 
Sessions have been approved for 1 CPD Educational Hour with the RACGP and will be held online on the following dates: 

For more information or to register, please refer the event flyer.
 
Open to all health professionals registered to practice in WA as well as general practice staff.
 
To register for an account, please visit clinicianassistwa.org.au

Paid GP online training: IAR-DST to guide mental health referrals – September training dates

Paid GP online training: IAR-DST to guide mental health referrals – September training dates

Presented by WA Primary Health Alliance
Multiple Dates & Times

WA Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA) is providing GPs in WA with paid online Initial Assessment and Referral Decision Support Tool (IAR-DST) training, designed to help practitioners and clinicians recommend the most appropriate level of care for a person seeking mental health support.
 
GPs and GP registrars who attend the two workshops in the one online session will be remunerated $300 and CPD hours are available.

For the September IAR-DST training dates and registration links, visit the WAPHA IAR-DST webpage. For the September IAR-DST training dates and registration links, visit the WAPHA IAR-DST webpage.

Diabetes Connect for Country WA - webinar series - 24 September

Diabetes Connect for Country WA - webinar series

Presented by the Diabetes WA
24 September to 15 October 2024 (Multiple Times & Dates - Online)


With the explosion in new treatments and research outcomes, it can be tough for healthcare providers to navigate all the different options, services, and PBS subsidies available. This discussion with Diabetes WA will cover common challenges and show how getting timely advice can support GPs to provide evidence-based care.
 
Download the flyer or register here for various dates in September and October.

Provider Connect Australia educational webinar - 3 October 2024

Provider Connect Australia educational webinar

Presented by the Australian Digital Health Agency
3 October 2024 (6pm to 6:45pm AWST)

 
General practice staff and health care professionals are invited to attend this educational webinar that will provide an overview of Provider Connect Australia (PCA).
 
PCA is an initiative of the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) to help health care provider organisations update their business information in a single place, which automatically updates both the National Health Service Directory (NHSD) and the data shared with other business partners.
 
Learning outcomes:

  • Learn what PCA is designed for, its benefits to health care professionals and health care organisations.
  • Learn how health care organisations can register for PCA.
  • Learn how health care organisations can access PCA.
  • Learn how to add organisations, services and health care professionals in PCA.
  • Learn how to nominate business partners in PCA.

Find out more and register today.

Upcoming changes to chronic disease management items - 9 October 2024

Upcoming changes to chronic disease management items

Presented by RACGP
9 October 2024 (7.00pm to 8.00pm AEDT)

RACGP are holding a webinar in October about the upcoming changes to chronic disease management items.

This webinar will be very timely ahead of the changes commencing (pending passage of legislation) from 1 November. All General Practices, GPs, Practice Managers and other Practice staff are encouraged to attend.

Learning outcomes

  1. Identify new MBS item numbers for chronic condition management and when to bill these.
  2. Implement arrangements for other healthcare professionals to assist with the preparation and review of GP chronic condition management plans.
  3. Utilise referral letters to provide relevant clinical information to allied health professionals

Register now

Free GP online training sessions – depression management and suicide prevention - Multiple Dates & Times

Free GP online training sessions – depression management and suicide prevention

Presented by Black Dog Institute
Multiple Dates & Times

Please make your GPs and GP registrars aware that they can attend free online training sessions throughout the 2024 calendar year with a choice of target topics including:

  • Talking About Suicide in General Practice
  • Dealing with Depression
  • Dealing with Depression in Rural Australia
  • Advanced Training in Suicide Prevention

CPD hours are available for the online training sessions.
 
For more information, dates and registration links, visit WAPHA’s suicide prevention webpage.

Upcoming workshops & webinars

September 2024

Artificial Intelligence A Use Case in General Practice
Presented by AAPM
3 September
BreastScreen WA visit to Booragoon
Presented by BreastScreen WA
4 September to 20 September
Integrating Digital Resources into Mental Health Care
Presented by Black Dog Institute
9 September
BreastScreen WA visit to Cranbrook
Presented by BreastScreen WA
12 September to 16 September
Free Chronic Conditions of the Foot Workshop
​Presented by Benchmarque Group
13 September
2024 Pertussis Webinar
​Presented by Immunisation Coalition
17 September 
BreastScreen WA visit to Tambellup
Presented by BreastScreen WA
17 September to 19 September
BreastScreen WA visit to Gnowangerup
Presented by BreastScreen WA
20 September to 25 September
Managing CKD alongside other chronic conditions
Presented by Kidney Health Australia
25 September
BreastScreen WA visit to Lake Grace
Presented by BreastScreen WA
27 September to 4 October
De-escalation Skills NEW half day (face-to-face)
Presented by WAAMH
30 September

October 2024

BreastScreen WA visit to Dumbleyung
Presented by BreastScreen WA
10 October to 21 October
BreastScreen WA visit to Wagin
Presented by BreastScreen WA
10 October to 21 October
Chronic Disease Care Planning
Presented by Benchmarque Group
11 October
2024 WA Addictions Symposium: Novel psychoactives and the new frontier in addiction
Presented by Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
12 October
BreastScreen WA visit to Karratha
Presented by BreastScreen WA
16 October to 7 November
Course in Wound Closure
Presented by Benchmarque Group
25 October

November 2024

WA Hepatitis B Prescriber Update
Presented by ASHM
5 November
IV Cannulation - Perform peripheral intravenous cannulation
Presented by Benchmarque Group
8 November
Diabetes In-Depth Training
Presented by Diabetes WA
14 November
Course in Ear Wax Removal (Irrigation)
Presented by Benchmarque Group Pty Limited
22 November
WA Mental Health Conference 2024
Presented by WA Association for Mental Health
26 November & 27 November

December 2024

MyMedicare webinars

RACGP MyMedicare webinar #3

RACGP - MyMedicare webinar #3

Presented by RACGP
Monday 9 October 2023 (7pm - 8.30pm AEDT)

The third in a series of webinars developed and delivered by the RACGP in partnership with the NSW/ACT PHNs, this webinar will focus on the MyMedicare initiative from the important perspective of consumers, including consumer considerations for MyMedicare, consumer registration, how practices can support consumers, and feedback received to date.

Learning outcomes:

Participants will have an understanding of the consumer registration process for MyMedicare, together with consumer considerations and perspectives.

Speakers will include:

  • Elizabeth Deveny, Consumer Health Forum
  • Gary Smith, PHN Representative
  • Kim Weeks, Practice Manager
  • Services Australia
  • DoHAC

Facilitator:  Professor Charlotte Hespe - RACGP NSW/ACT Faculty Chair

Register now

WAPHA - Primary Health Care Reform and MyMedicare

Primary Health Care Reform and MyMedicare

Watch the WA Primary Health Alliance webinar with Dr Wally Jammal on demand
34 minutes content and 11 minutes of Q&A
Recorded 11 August 2023

Dr Wally Jammal shared his insights into the Government's primary care reform agenda with topics including:

  • Primary care reform and what it means for you, your practice and your patients.
  • MyMedicare and voluntary patient registration with confidence.
  • Question and answer session.

WATCH RECORDING NOW

RACGP - MyMedicare First steps: What is it, What do I need to know?

RACGP - MyMedicare: First steps: What is it, What do I need to know? 

Includes a broad overview of MyMedicare, goals of MyMedicare and Q&A.

Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care - MyMedicare

Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care webinars for more policy context surrounding the MyMedicare program: Webinar provides information on the MyMedicare practice and patient registration processes in preparation for patient registration from 1 October 2023.

Past Webinar Recordings

WA Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA) - Immunisation Webinars

WA Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA) - Cancer Screening webinar

Cancer Screening webinar - WA Primary Health Alliance

Presented by WA Primary Health Alliance with WA Cervical Cancer Prevention Program, Cancer Council WA & BreastScreen WA

This presentation covered:

  • WA Cervical Cancer Prevention Proram (WACCPP)
  • National Bowel Cancer Screening Program 
  • BreastScreen WA
  • National Cancer Screening Registry

View the webinar recording here

Webinar recording - New treatments for Alzheimer's disease are almost upon us - how do they change general practice?

Webinar recording - New treatments for Alzheimer's disease are almost upon us - how do they change general practice?

The new antibody treatments for Alzheimer’s have been described as game changers, but are they really?
 
Watch this exclusive webinar where Dr Norman Swan and panellists Prof Leon Flicker, Prof Amy Brodtmann
and Dr Simon Torvaldsen discuss the latest advances in Alzheimer’s treatment. This session explores what
else is on the horizon, what other interventions should still be used and how the focus on intervention has shifted to early dementia.
 
View the recording here

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