IMPORTANT! 'No show' and cancellation fees may apply - read more. |  RACGP and RCNA professional development points are applied for.

 Therapeutic choices for menopausal symptoms

Book this National Prescribing Service educational visit to get current, evidence-based information on: Efficacy of oestrogen, with or without progestogen, in managing symptoms; Considering benefits and harms, and assessing cardiovascular risk; Tailoring therapy to suit the individual; Limited efficacy and safety data on complementary and alternative therapies. Our visits are provided by clinical pharmacists and are delivered in your practice at a time that suits you. (Visits to home or a child-minding café are also offered and can be arranged on request).

• Group (up to 8) or one-to-one/two visits available. 
• 2 RACGP CPD points applicable. Eligible for Quality Prescribing Initiative Practice Incentives Program for the practice ($1/SWPE).

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Practice Managers and Practice Nurses Network meetings

Join our Practice Managers or Practice Nurses Network meeting for professional development and to catch up with colleagues. Share your experience and ask your questions.

• 9 March  (combined meeting) - Recalls, reminders and registers. Kedron Wavell Services Club, Hamilton Road, Chermside. 6 pm dinner, 6:30 pm start – 9 pm. Sponsored by Pfizer. SORRY, We're full.
  
  

• 11 May, Practice Managers Network - 'Fair Work' update. Join the Network for this overview of the new Fair Work awards and employment conditions. Presented by Ms Claudia Cuskelly, Workplace Relations Advisor, AMA Queensland. This info session will cover the national system, sources of employment conditions, national employment standards and the new Modern Awards – Health Professional and Support Services Award and Nurses AwardKedron Wavell Services Club, Hamilton Road, Chermside. EARLY START! 4:30 - 5:30 pm Networking & Refreshments; 5:30 – 9:30 pm Session + Q&A.
  
  
• 12 May, Nurses Network - Anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis following a routine vaccination is rare but can be fatal. Ms Coralle Buchanan (Northside Population Health Nurse) will discuss why anaphylaxis occurs, the signs and symptoms and appropriate emergency care. GPpartners, Centro Lutwyche, 543 Lutwyche Road, Lutwyche. 6 pm dinner, 6:30 pm start – 9 pm.

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Team Work in General Practice #1 - Developing Healthy Teams

Our popular 3-part series with Organisational Psychologist, Ms Penny Gordon focuses on the developing a high performing team. Workshops explore the fundamentals team building, dealing effectively with conflict and how to manage change. Book for all three below!

• #1 - 10 March: 1 Developing a Healthy Team. Kedron Wavell Services Club, Hamilton Road, Chermside. SORRY, We're full.
• #2 - 14 July - Managing Conflict
• #3 - 3 November - Managing Change.
• Cancellation policy applies. Cancellations received less than 72 hours prior to these workshops will incur a fee of $25.

Young Minds

Young Minds offers GPs, practice nurses and allied health professionals skills-focussed training to assist with managing mental health disorders in young people. Designed as a prevention and early intervention program, Young Minds focuses on identification, diagnosis and treatment of high prevalence mental health disorders that occur in young people between 12 and 24 years of age. Clinical information and practice guidelines, outcome measures used in the diagnosis of common disorders, treatment guidelines, materials to support patient psycho-education, advice on how to develop a ‘youth friendly’ practice.

Developed by AGPN and beyondblue. GPMHSC accredited Mental Health Skills Training package and approved and endorsed by: RACGP – 6 hour Active Learning Module, 40 CPD points); ACRRM – 6 ACRRM PDP; Australian Association of Social Workers – 2 points per learning hour; RCNA – 6 Continuing Nurse Education points.

• 13 March - GPpartners, Centro Lutwyche, 543 Lutwyche Road, Lutwyche. Facilitator Dr Rick Sapsford. SORRY, we're full. Register for the waiting list.
• 17 April - GPpartners, Centro Lutwyche, 543 Lutwyche Road, Lutwyche. Facilitator Dr Rick Sapsford.

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Secure Messaging - Tips and Tricks

For secure messaging users, a session to help you maintain and manage your Medical Objects referrals and reports. We’ll cover delivery reports, trouble shooting referrals, managing your address books and templates, maintaining doctors in the Medical Objects system and getting help when you need it.

• 16 March - GPpartners, Centro Lutwyche, 543 Lutwyche Road, Lutwyche. 6:30 pm dinner, 7 pm start – 9 pm. Sorry, we're full. Register for the waiting list
• 9 June - GPpartners, Centro Lutwyche, 543 Lutwyche Road, Lutwyche. 6:30 pm dinner, 7 pm start – 9 pm

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Pracsoft

Learn Pracsoft the easy way! Our training is tailored so you learn what you need know. Sessions cover functions commonly used by both nurses and practice staff and are facilitated by certified, professional trainers. Great value for money training!

• 23 March - GPpartners, Centro Lutwyche, 543 Lutwyche Road, Lutwyche. 6:30 pm dinner, 7 pm start – 9 pm.

• Fees: $93.75* financial members; $125 non-financial members. (*Applies to individual financial members). Note cancellation policy applies.

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Case for Medicines

Brisbane north GPs and Pharmacists are invited to join our expert presenter for a case based discussion on Therapeutic choices for menopausal symptoms. Discuss issues including efficacy of oestrogen in managing symptoms, assessing cardiovascular risk and review safety data on complementary and alternative therapies.

• 24 March - The Pavilion, Bogan Street, Breakfast Creek.  6:30 pm dinner, 7 pm start – 9 pm.

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A Case Discussion with Heart

You’re in the driving seat at this Cardiac CPD evening as you steer the education seminar by providing case studies and questions! St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital’s Dr Elisabeth Donnelly, and GP Dr Anita Green will join you to discuss treatment and management issues raised in your case studies. Get advice on managing MI post-discharge or managing patients with heart disease and diabetes. Send us your interesting cases that you have questions about. St Andrew’s doctors continue to offer their knowledge and experience to GPs from around Queensland and interstate as part of the hospital’s nationally acclaimed Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program.

• 14 April - GPpartners, Centro Lutwyche, 543 Lutwyche Road, Lutwyche. 6:30 pm dinner, 7 pm start – 9 pm. Book online or phone Susan Walsh at St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital 07 3834 4371.

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You Are What Your Mother Eats - Endocrine Issues and Diet in Pregnancy and Pre-conception Planning

Join us for another exciting event in our Maternity Shared Care education series. Our expert presenters will lead you through a discussion around the latest evidence regarding the impact of diet and nutritional supplements in pregnancy and pre-conception planning, including Vitamin D deficiency, and will provide an update on gestational diabetes management in General Practice. Book early as these sessions are very popular!

• 28 April - RBWH Antenatal Education Room, Level 6 Ned Hanlon Building. 6 for 6:30pm start - 8:30pm
  

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Queensland Ambulance Service First Aid (including CPR)

For Nurses and Practice Staff. Learn how to manage unconscious patients, perform CPR, manage bleeding, shock and musculoskeletal injuries, manage traumatic injuries and poisons, bites and more! QAS first aid qualifications give you their unique Statement of Attainment Holder Treatment Risk Liability Insurance. Fees apply - 10% discount for current financial members. If one person in the practice is a current financial member, we'll extend the discount to all in your group! Cost $128.59 – GPpartners financial member; $142.90 – non financial member (standard QAS rates + GST)

• 5 & 6 May, GPpartners, Centro Lutwyche, Lutwyche. 6 pm start – 9.30 pm. Pre-course written assessment to be completed prior to training.
• More in the second half of the year!

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CPR for GPs

This St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital hands-on, RACGP accredited workshop is just for GPs and tailored to your level of knowledge. Get up-to-date on the latest basic life support guidelines, view demonstrations and practice basic life support skills and operation of semi-automatic defibrillators.St Andrew’s doctors continue to offer their knowledge and experience to GPs from around Queensland and interstate as part of the hospital’s nationally acclaimed Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program.

• 18 May - GPpartners, Centro Lutwyche, 543 Lutwyche Road, Lutwyche. 6:30 pm registration and light dinner for 7 pm start – 8:30 pm. Book online or phone Susan Walsh at St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital 07 3834 4371.
  

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Best Practice

Value for money Best Practice software training - the ideal way to get new users up and running or as a refresher for existing users. Our professional trainer will cover navigating Best Practice’s
Clinical Management application and commonly used functions. Suitable for the whole team. Places are limited, so book early.

• 25 May - GPpartners, Centro Lutwyche, 543 Lutwyche Road, Lutwyche. 6:30 pm dinner, 7 pm start – 9 pm.
• Fees: $93.75* financial members; $125 non-financial members. (*Applies to individual financial members). Note cancellation policy applies.

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It’s All in Your Head – Managing Neurological Issues in Children and Older Adults

Join us for another exciting day education event where expert speakers from the Royal Children’s Hospital and the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital will lead you through the maze of a variety of neurological issues you may encounter in general practice. Presentations including stroke prevention and management, anxiety and memory loss in the older adult, headaches and seizures in young patients will each showcase the variety of services available to your patients in Brisbane North and will focus on the GPs role in the management of these issues as well as opportunities for shared care. Our Ask the Experts sessions will provide you with an opportunity to network with our specialist presenters.

• 29 May - Royal Childrens Hospital Education Centre. Registrations from 8am, finish 3:30pm.

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Dermoscopy

Queensland has the highest rates of melanocytic and non-melanocytic skin cancer in the world, so it’s vital you know exactly what you’re looking at when screening patients. Dermoscopy improves accuracy in identifying skin cancers and is a valuable tool in the general practice setting. Our introductory workshop provides you with basic skills to perform dermoscopy and interpret results confidently. Local GP experts, Dr Richard Johns, Dr Cliff Rosendahl and Dr Alan Cameron (Skin Cancer College of Australia and New Zealand) will take you through - what to look for, skin histopathology and instruments and cameras. ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR GP SESSIONS! Book early!

• 5 June - GPpartners, Centro Lutwyche, 543 Lutwyche Road, Lutwyche. 1pm start – 5pm. 8 Category 2 RACGP points.

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Immunisation: Recording, Reporting & Rates

Is your practice’s a childhood immunisation coverage rate under 90%? Or do you have new staff looking after immunisation reporting? This session is for especially for you! We’ll give you the tools to record and report immunisations correctly and tips on how to get your immunisation rate up. Both your practice and parents depend on your accurate reporting to the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register in order to receive incentive payments, and reporting to Queensland’s VIVAS provides evidence about well our local communities are protected against preventable disease.

• 17 June - GPpartners, Centro Lutwyche, 543 Lutwyche Road, Lutwyche. 6:30 pm dinner, 7 pm start – 9 pm.

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'NO SHOWS' AND CANCELLATIONS

• GPpartners implements a ‘NO SHOW' policy for all events and training. Failure to notify GPpartners of your inability to attend may result in a $25 ‘no show’ fee being charged. 
  
  
• Nominated events / training may be subject to a Cancellation Policy where a cancellation fee may be charged under certain conditions.
  
  
• Where fees are payable, a Cancellation Policy applies. Full refund will be available if notification of cancellation/s are received up to 48 hours prior to the date of the event, or for the period stated.
  
  
• Contact us for a full copy of our policy.