Cutting Edge
Westmead Private Hospital invites you to join us for an evening on skin cancer surgery, nasal obstruction, hernia repair & faecal incontinence with Dr Alaina Taylor (Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon), Dr Ram Sivasubramaniam (Adult & Paediatric ENT Surgeon) and Dr Jothi Murugesan (Colorectal & General Surgeon) for a GP focussed educational event.
Learning objectives include:
- Outline current surgical guidelines for removal of skin cancers and other lesions
- Identify causes of nasal obstruction and management options
- Describe assessment and management of faecal incontinence
Presenters
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Dr Alaina Taylor - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Dr Ram Sivasubramaniam - Ear Nose and Throat
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Dr Jothi Murugesan - General Surgery
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| When |
19 Aug 2021 06:30 PM
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| Where |
Zoom Event |
| RSVP |
17 Aug 2021 |
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Back Off
This activity can be undertaken at any time
Learning outcomes include:
- Assess someone with lower back pain
- Identify and complete initial work up in consultation with specialist colleagues if unsure
- Implement a care pathway for people with chronic lower back pain
Presenters
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Dr Yingda Li - Neurosurgery
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| When |
Anytime |
| Where |
Virtual GP Education Session |
| RSVP | 30 Apr 2021 |
| Expiry Date | 31 Jan 2022 |
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Bottom Up - Looking at Common Anorectal Conditions
This activity can be undertaken at any time
Learning Outcomes:
- Assess and manage common anorectal problems
- Identify 'red flags' and need for specialist referral
- Follow current guidelines for investigation/referral for someone with anorectal bleeding
Presenters
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Dr Jong Woo - General Surgery
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| When |
Anytime |
| Where |
Virtual GP Education Session |
| RSVP | 16 Mar 2021 |
| Expiry Date | 31 Jan 2022 |
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Brain Storm
Join us for a Zoom Virtual GP Education Event with Dr Jun Kim - Neurosurgeon
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify the different forms of cerebral aneurysms
- Describe available treatment options available
- Arrange urgent referral/treatment for someone with a possible cerebral aneurysm
Presenters
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Dr Jun Kim - Neurosurgery
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| When |
Anytime |
| Where |
Virtual GP Education Session |
| RSVP | 27 Apr 2021 |
| Expiry Date | 31 Jan 2022 |
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Endometrial Cancer
This activity can be undertaken at any time.
Learning outcomes include:
- Identify red flags for endometrial cancer
- Outline the investigation and referral guidelines/options for women with endometrial cancer
- Describe current management pathways for women with endometrial cancer: where can we work together to improve outcomes
Presenters
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Dr Michael Burling - Gynaecological Oncology
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| When |
Anytime |
| Where |
Virtual GP Education Session |
| RSVP | 31 Jul 2021 |
| Expiry Date | 31 Jan 2022 |
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Heart Beat
Westmead Private Hospital invites you to join us for a virtual GP Education event via ZOOM.
Learning outcomes include:
- Identify the cardiac causes of stroke
- Implement a care path for someone at risk of stroke
- Describe the new technologies in pacing
Presenters
| When |
Anytime |
| Where |
Zoom Virtual GP Event |
| Expiry Date | 31 Jan 2022 |
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Heavy Menstrual Bleeding (HMB) & CST Post Hysterectomy
This activity can be undertaken at any time
Learning outcomes include:
- Assess and manage someone with HMB
- Investigate and diagnose cause of HMB and any postmenopausal bleeding
- Implement rules for CST post hysterectomy
Presenters
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Dr Adeline Chan - Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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| When |
Anytime |
| Where |
Virtual GP Education Session |
| Expiry Date | 31 Jan 2022 |
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How to manage common shoulder & elbow conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic
This activity can be undertaken at any time
Learning outcomes include
- Assess and manage common elbow and shoulder conditions
- Perform a quick and thorough examination of the shoulder and elbow and order relevant investigations
- Identify the care pathway for people with shoulder or elbow conditions
Presenters
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Dr Manish Gupta - Orthopaedic Surgery - Shoulders and Upper Limb
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| When |
Anytime |
| Where |
Virtual GP Education Session |
| RSVP | 07 Jul 2020 |
| Expiry Date | 31 Jan 2022 |
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Managing Radiculopathy - Virtual GP Event
This activity can be undertaken at any time
Learning outcomes include:
- Discuss ways of managing radiculopathy symptoms during the current isolation period
- Explain the nonsurgical and surgical treatment options available
- Implement a care path for someone with acute radiculopathy
Presenters
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Dr Vinay Kulkarni - Orthopaedic Surgery - Spinal Surgery
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| When |
Anytime |
| Where |
Virtual GP Education Session |
| Expiry Date | 31 Jan 2022 |
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New Developments in Prostate Cancer - Virtual GP Activity
This activity can be undertaken at any time
Learning outcomes include:
- Understand PSA testing guidelines, the role of MRI and biopsy options
- Assess and manage patients with prostate cancer
- Implement a care path for someone with prostate cancer
Presenters
| When |
Anytime |
| Where |
Virtual GP Education Session |
| Expiry Date | 31 Jan 2022 |
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Nodules in the Lungs
This activity can be undertaken at any time.
Learning outcomes include:
- Complete initial investigations for someone with pulmonary nodules
- Confer with specialist colleagues and refer in a timely manner
- Outline operative approaches for surgical resection of the lung
- Manage postoperative complications as part of the multidisciplinary team
- Describe the difference between and natural history of solid and subsolid/ground glass pulmonary nodules
Presenters
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Dr Peter Wu - Respiratory
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Dr Graham Meredith - Cardiothoracic Surgery
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| When |
Anytime |
| Where |
Virtual GP Education Session |
| RSVP | 31 Dec 2020 |
| Expiry Date | 31 Jan 2022 |
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On The Hop - Common Ankle Problems
This activity can be undertaken at any time
Learning outcomes include:
- Assess someone with ankle instability
- Identify the different causes of ankle osteoarthritis
- Outline a care path, team members and their roles for someone following ankle replacement
Presenters
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Dr Rajat Mittal - Orthopaedics
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| When |
Anytime |
| Where |
Virtual GP Education Session |
| RSVP | 31 Jul 2021 |
| Expiry Date | 31 Jan 2022 |
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Oral Contraceptive Pill
This activity can be undertaken at any time
Learning outcomes include:
- Discuss best practices in prescribing contraception in adolescents
- Implement a care path for managing adolescents on the pill
- Discuss other options for menstrual management in adolescents
Presenters
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Dr Jinny Foo - Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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| When |
Anytime |
| Where |
Virtual GP Education Session |
| RSVP | 07 Jul 2020 |
| Expiry Date | 31 Jan 2022 |
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Renal and Adrenal Incidentalomas - when to worry
This activity can be undertaken at any time.
Learning outcomes include:
- Complete initial work up of an 'incidental' renal / adrenal mass
- Identify diagnostic and treatment options and confer with specialist colleagues
- Explain the importance of complete renal cysts
Presenters
| When |
Anytime |
| Where |
Virtual GP Education Session |
| RSVP | 31 Dec 2020 |
| Expiry Date | 31 Jan 2022 |
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Treatment Options for Knee Osteoarthritis
This activity can be undertaken at any time
Learning outcomes include:
- Assess and manage patients with knee osteoarthritis
- Review treatment options, both non-operative and operative, for patients with knee osteoarthritis
- Identify the care pathway for people with knee osteoarthritis
Presenters
| When |
Anytime |
| Where |
Virtual GP Education Session |
| Expiry Date | 31 Jan 2022 |
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Watch and Wait
This activity can be undertaken at any time
Learning outcomes include:
- Identify the criteria for active surveillance for prostate and kidney cancer
- Describe the guidelines for the various active surveillance programs
- Outline the GP's role in ensuring careful monitoring of someone on an active surveillance program
- Identify the need for further investigations of a renal incidentaloma
- Discuss and refer for specialist management
Presenters
| When |
Anytime |
| Where |
Virtual GP Education Session |
| RSVP | 30 Dec 2021 |
| Expiry Date | 31 Jan 2022 |
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