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 - 12:21pm 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 - 10:52am 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 - 10:54am 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 - 1:59pm 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 - 10:13am by Adam Fyfe
AVAILABLE AS
CAT 2 or ALM
This education will discuss the purpose and function of the personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR), the quality use of data and the utilisation of e-tools to facilitate data cleansing and ensuring the quality of data in general practice. Change management, using the RACGP Quality Framework, is demonstrated.
Posted Tue, 27/09/2011 - 9:30am 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 - 11:45am 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 - 3:13pm 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 - 3:10pm 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 - 3:08pm 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 - 3:05pm by Adam Fyfe
This education discusses the common causes of vision loss, the presenting features, diagnostic assessments and management. Indications for referral and the contents of referral letters to the optometrist/ophthalmologist are detailed.
Posted Tue, 26/07/2011 - 2:49pm by Adam Fyfe
This activity covers the assessment, diagnosis and management of issues related to sexuality in patients who have had cancer, and in their partners. The education will address the features related to the consequences of both the disease and its management. Options for solutions to minimise the impact of the disease on patients will be discussed as will methods of addressing the concerns raised by patients in relation to their sexuality following cancer.
Posted Tue, 05/07/2011 - 9:29am by Adam Fyfe
This education will discuss the various hormonal contraceptive methods available to women. The methods will be compared and contrasted, their indications and contra-indications discussed and their suitability for each patient, based on her individual needs, will be explored.
Posted Mon, 20/06/2011 - 1:00pm by Adam Fyfe
This educational activity will cover the cardiovascular risk in patients aged over 55 years who have diabetes. This topic will be discussed in terms of the associated risk factors of lipids, hypertension and blood glucose levels. The education will detail the management of cardiovascular disease in terms of chronic disease management incorporating practice systems and access to current Medicare initiatives.
Posted Mon, 20/06/2011 - 11:51am by Adam Fyfe
