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Transition to independent general practiceAn RACGP NSW&ACT workshop designed by New Fellows Committee for New Fellows and IMGs

RACGP NSW&ACT

DatePart 1 – Saturday 4 August 2018 Part 2 – Saturday 18 August 2018

Time10.00 am – 5.00 pm each day

VenueCollege House Level 7, 12 Mount Street North Sydney NSW 2060

CostRACGP member $250 for one workshop $375 for both workshops

Non-member $350 for one workshop $475 for both workshops

ContactEla Duraj RACGP NSW&ACT Tel 02 9886 4703 Email ela.duraj@racgp.org.au

New Fellows and International medical graduate (IMG) educations series 2018

Program highlights

This two-day workshop designed for New Fellows and International Medical Graduates will feature important fundamentals education on medical compliance in Australia and assist attendees in understanding the Australian vernacular and medico-legal issues surrounding procedural skills within the Australian health context.

The workshops will also provide the opportunity to polish up on key procedural skills such as plastering, suturing, burns and wound management, cervical screening, sexual health. This workshop is also recommended for those AMC level IMGs building their resume for their PESCI interview

Held over two Saturdays in August, the workshop also gives you a chance to network and socialise with post-workshop drinks and canapés!

Saturday 4 August

• Medical Compliance and Medicare items (New Fellows option)

• Practising in the Australian context (IMGs option)

• Skin Cancer Management

• Suturing (theory and practice)

• Fracture management and plastering (theory and practice)

Saturday 18 August

• Understanding your contract

• Stream 1 – Cervical screening (theory and practice)

• Stream 2 – Sexual Health

• Burns and wound management (theory and practice)

40 Category 1 CPD points on completion of the ‘ALM’ OR up to 12 Category 2 CPD points

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Full program

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Part 1 – Saturday 4 August 2018

9.30 am Registration

10.00 am Welcome and introduction

10.10 am Ice breaker: Kahoot quiz

10.20 am For New Fellows session

Medical Compliance Why GPs get audited and how to avoid; How to ensure your clinical practice is compliant with the MBS; Stories from the auditors; The importance of record keeping; What to expect if contacted by the Provider Benefits Integrity Division; Where to find help and report concerns.

Presented by Dr David Rankin, Commonwealth Department of Health

Unpacking Medicare Common billing items and requirements to fulfil them; chronic disease management plans and team care arrangements; billing for mental health item numbers; documentation required; Medicare audit.

Presented by Dr David Rankin, Commonwealth Department of Health

Q+A Panel with NSW Health and Dr Nathan Pinskier

IMG's session

Practising in the Australian context – the Australian healthcare system Health care system public vs private; Referrals; Prescriptions; Radiology; Pathology; Medical terminology; Hospital system; PHNs and their role; PBS; prescribing resources; Aboriginal health resources; Private insurance; Australian medical jargon

Presented by Dr Mary Beth MacIsaac

12.00 pm Lunch

12.30 pm Skin Cancer ManagementIntroduction to Sin Cancer in Australia; Five signs of malignant melanoma; Histological confirmation of melanoma diagnosis; Assessment of regional lymph nodes, BCC; Referrals; Lesion demonstration; punch biopsy.

SuturingPrimary and secondary wound healing; Risk of intersion; avoiding infection; Examination/contra indication to suturing; When to refer; Wound closure – preparation for suturing, patient instruction, post suture and wound care; Suture material; Type of stock, simple, mattress V wound, subuticular; Length of time to leave suture in; Use of local anaesthesia.

Presented by Dr Lou Gallo

3.30 pm Afternoon tea

3.50 pm Fracture management and plastering Simple historical introduction; Rules of applying POPProblems with application; Patient instructions; General GP information and management of simple fracture of femur, elbow, humerus, clavicle, metacarpals, radius, ulna, scaphoid.

Presented by Dr Lou Gallo

5.00 pm End of the workshop

5.15 pm Drinks and canapés

Full program

Part 2 – Saturday 18 August 2018

9.30 am Registration

10.00 am Welcome and introduction

10.10 am Ice breaker: Kahoot quiz

10.25 am Understanding your contract Essentials consideration to start your career as a GP; Contract options; Doctors Arrangements; difference between a contractor and a salaried position; ABN; Superannuation; Taxation implications; Restrictive covenant; Pay negotiations, possible consideration for joining into Practice/ Co-owner.

Presented by Angela Mason-Lynch

12.00 pm Lunch

12.30 pm Stream 1 – Cervical ScreeningEpidemiology of cervical cancer; Time for change; HPV: the ‘common cold’ of the genitals; understanding National Cervical Screening Program from 1 December 17, the essential guide; Why HPV replaces the Pap test; Why use practical genotyping; Explaining changes to the screening age; a co-test; what changes in clinical practice; Pathology test Guide for cervical and vaginal testing, Cervical Screening Pathway; What to expect from a lab report; screening result; Case study; Self collection of vaginal HPV test; Transition into the National Cervical Screening Program; Screening for specific populations; women with abnormal vaginal bleeding; Management after treatment; Never screened; Improve screening uptake; Register; Consultation – what’s new/the same; Medicolegal risk management.

Presented by Dr Clea Anagnostopoulou

Stream 2 – Sexual HealthPrEP & HIV: HIV prevention, assessing risk and contraindications, prescribing and follow up required; Hep C: diagnosis (which populations to test), assessing fibrosis, contraindications for treatment, prescribing and follow up; Urethral discharge: what to test for (and how), how to treat in primary care, multi-drug resistant gonorrhoea

Presented by Dr Catriona Ooi

2.30 pm Afternoon tea

2.50 pm Burn and wound managementStructure of the skin – skin layers; First aid for burns; burn size; Burn management: Epidermal, superficial dermal, mid dermal, deep dermal, full thickness; Surface area assessment; Burn depth; Referral criteria: Indication for Transfer; Blisters and their management; Dressing products/ which dressing; Chronic wound management; Management of diabetic foot ulcers; Management of chronic venous ulcers (compression stockings, dressings); Management of skin tears.

Presented by Jean Edge, Clinical Nurse Educator

5.00 pm End of the workshop

5.15 pm Drinks and canapés

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Fax 02 9886 4790RACGP NSW&ACT PO Box 534, North Sydney NSW 2060

For more information call 02 9886 4703 or email ela.duraj@racgp.org.au

You must contact the RACGP NSW&ACT office if you have not received your confirmation email within 5 working days of submitting your registration. The RACGP accepts no responsibility for assumed registrations that have not been confirmed in writing by the RACGP NSW&ACT office.

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Transition to independent general practice | Saturday 4 August

and Saturday 18 August 2018 | RACGP NSW&ACT

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RACGP member $250 one workshop Non-member $350 one workshop

RACGP member $375 both workshops Non-member $475 both workshops

Saturday 4 August Saturday 18 August Saturday 4 August Saturday 18 August

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