This education utilises the NSW STIPU STI Testing Tool to guide GPs in the management of STIs. The education will guide the participant through the Who? Why? Which? and How? of STI testing as well as providing tips on sensitively initiating a discussion with patients about their sexual history. Resources are provided to assist with contact tracing.
Posted Mon, 07/02/2011 - 8:48am by Adam Fyfe
This education discusses the management of hepatitis B & C in Aboriginal patients. The prevalence, diagnosis and natural history are explored. The cultural aspects impacting on detection and management are outlined and options for overcoming barriers to care are detailed.
Posted Tue, 01/05/2012 - 10:22am by Adam Fyfe
AVAILABLE AS
CAT 2 or ALM
This activity will assist participants in identifying areas in practice where the introduction of e-health will benefit patients, the practice and the practitioners. The role of healthcare identifiers is explored and the advantages discussed. The personally controlled electronic health record is discussed and a sample patient journey using the PCEHR is used as an example to illustrate the potential role it can play in assisting with the sharing of health information.
Posted Fri, 13/04/2012 - 2:00pm by Adam Fyfe
This video education will discuss the current classification of seizure disorders. Assessment and management of seizure disorders will be discussed and recommendations made for assisting the patient and their family to manage the impacts of the condition of their lives. Access to a range of resources will be facilitated.
Posted Wed, 28/03/2012 - 11:49am by Adam Fyfe
This activity looks at issues related to sexuality in our patients who have had cancer. Asking a patient with cancer about their sexual health and discussing how this can be managed is so important to minimise the impact of the disease on a person's total well being.
Posted Wed, 21/03/2012 - 12:16pm by Adam Fyfe
This education will focus on the assessment of absolute cardiovascular risk. Use of various risk calculators will be discussed. The management of patients at risk of cardiovascular disease as a result of hypertension will be a focus of the education. Those with a BP reading not at target will be considered, and the development of a management plan for them will be described.
Posted Wed, 15/02/2012 - 11:21am by Adam Fyfe
This education will discuss sexual health. Topics to be covered include the aspects required to take a comprehensive sexual health history, the requirements to include on a pre-and post testing counselling session and the need for contact tracing. Vignettes demonstrate how to initiate consultations which GPs and patients may find awkward, and also discusses the testing required for the comprehensive management of sexually transmissible infections.
Posted Tue, 31/01/2012 - 9:52am by Adam Fyfe
ALM
This Active Learning Module has been developed to support your work in preventing major chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. It will focus on lifestyle risk factors known to be linked to these major chronic diseases: smoking, hazardous alcohol consumption, poor nutrition, lack of physical activity and overweight and obesity.
Posted Wed, 30/11/2011 - 9:54am by Adam Fyfe
The educational activity discusses the role of general practitioners in contact tracing for STIs. The opportunities to initiate a discussion with patients are identified, advice provided in relation to the STIs for which contact tracing is recommended and methods to do this described. Options to assist patients with tracing sexual contacts are also described.
Posted Wed, 16/11/2011 - 12:59pm by Adam Fyfe
This education discusses the reasons why it is important for general practices to have systems in place to identify their patients who are Aboriginal. The education discusses the specific Medicare item numbers applicable to Aboriginal patients, as well as other specific initiatives. The barriers to care are discussed and methods to overcome these are explored. The role of these initiatives and item numbers in patient management is discussed.
Posted Tue, 27/09/2011 - 9:13am by Adam Fyfe
This activity reviews the various types of chronic leg ulcers, their causes and predisposing factors. The activity encompasses the various types of dressings available and provides a guide to the choice of the appropriate dressing.
Posted Mon, 22/08/2011 - 10:45am by Adam Fyfe
ALM
This ALM will guide GPs through the epidemiology of skin cancers in Australia, skin cancer prevention, balanced approach to UV and vitamin D awareness and the diagnosis and management of melanoma and the most common non-melanoma skin cancers.
Posted Tue, 09/08/2011 - 2:13pm by Adam Fyfe
This education covers the incidence of sun related skin cancers in Australia and discusses the link between UV exposure and skin cancer. Safe UV exposure is explored. Methods of full skin examination are described and the various biopsy techniques are detailed and their advantages and indications clarified. The diagnosis and management of In situ keratonocytic tumours is discussed.
Posted Tue, 09/08/2011 - 2:10pm by Adam Fyfe
This education describes the assessment and management of basal and squamous cell carcinoma. Each condition is described in terms of its epidemiology, risk factors and clinical features. Indications for referral are discussed and the Mohr surgical technique, and the indications for this are listed. Prognosis and follow up for each condition is examined. Numerous naked eye and dermoscopic images illustrate the non melanoma skin conditions.
Posted Tue, 09/08/2011 - 2:08pm by Adam Fyfe
This education discusses melanoma in detail, including the Epidemiology, clinical diagnosis, dermoscopy and imaging, management and review of the pathology report with follow up. Referral to, and the options available at, melanoma units is also discussed. The education is illustrated with naked eye and dermoscopic images of melanoma to illustrate the clinical diagnosis and differentiation from other pigmented skin lesions.
Posted Tue, 09/08/2011 - 2:05pm by Adam Fyfe
