Educational activities

Asthma in Australia: 3. Adjusting treatment and encouraging adherence

This module explores the key barriers to adherence for your asthma patients, and presents strategies to manage these challenges based on current Australian guidelines. Participants will be able to access practical resources designed to help create a written asthma action plan for your patients, as well as tips on how to make the most of your consultation time with a patient.

Asthma in Australia: 4. Preventative care to stop asthma flares

This module focuses on preventative care for your patients with asthma. The module provides and overview of potentially modifiable risk factors for flare-ups such as high SABA use, comorbidities, and exposures, and explores management strategies and brief interventions that participants can implement with their patients. Practical tips are included for GPs working in rural and remote areas, as well as for those working with culturally diverse populations.

Asthma in Australia: 6. Severe asthma

This module gives an in-depth look at severe asthma in the Australian landscape, and the impact that it has on patients. The module explores the role of the wider medical team, including specialists, and guides participants through the SIMPLES approach to optimising management for patients with difficult-to-treat asthma. The module also gives an overview on utilising spirometry in a primary care setting, and provides practical treatment tips for rural and remote patients.

Exploring the endocannabinoid system: A framework for understanding medicinal cannabis in Australia

This practical advanced course will comprehensively explore the ECS and its implications in patients with migraine, fibromayalgia, irritable bowel syndrome and other treatment resistant syndromes, before investigating the two major cannabinoids, tetrahydrocannabidiol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) to delve into their characteristics and clinical applications.

Clinical audit: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) - preventing progression and premature death in general practice

In this clinical audit, you will review the management of patients with CKD in line with latest Australian guidelines, utilising the 'kidney health check' to identify the condition in at-risk patients as appropriate. You will stage patients' CKD severity in order to guide their management, and develop comprehensive management plans involving lifestyle, diet and pharmacological management strategies.

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