Capital Health Network

CHN, together with ACT Health, invite GPs in the ACT to the Safer Baby Bundle Masterclass

GPs play a key role for families throughout maternity care and can have a huge positive impact on educating pregnant women about stillbirth and therefore reducing the risk. All practitioners providing maternity care are encouraged to undertake the SBB eLearning module https://learn.stillbirthcre.org.au/ and attend a SBB Masterclass to support the provision of best practice care.

As part of the (SBB) national initiative, the SBB Masterclass has been developed as an overview of the SBB eLearning module, addressing the priority evidence practice gaps in stillbirth prevention.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this activity participants will be able to:

• Support women to stop cigarette smoking in pregnancy
• Improve detection and management of fetal growth restriction
• Raise awareness and improve care for women with decreased fetal movements
• Improve awareness of maternal safe going-to-sleep positions in late pregnancy
• Improve decision-making around the timing of birth for women with risk factors for stillbirth at or near term

The Australian Safer Baby Bundle is designed to reduce stillbirth rates after 28 weeks’ gestation by at least 20% by 2024

Key Presenters:

Assoc Prof Boon Lim

Dr Anne Marie Svoboda, Facilitator

Prof David Ellwood – Panelist

Dr Christine Andrews – Panelist

Dr Julia Smythe – Panelist

This event has been awarded a total of 2 RACGP CPD points.

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Capital Health Network invites, HIV care providers in the ACT to this session in our ongoing HIV Clinical Care Update series.

The Gay Community Periodic Surveys (GCPS) are repeated, cross-sectional surveys of gay men conducted in the metropolitan areas of seven Australian states and territories. They are a key part of Australia’s behavioural surveillance system for HIV, monitoring sexual practices, drug use and patterns of testing for HIV and other STIs. The Canberra Gay Community Periodic Survey has been conducted in the ACT since 2000. The 2021 round was conducted entirely online, due to COVID-19 restrictions.

2021 GCPS Report – Information in this report will be particularly useful for services which have significant numbers of clients who are gay men.

Learning Outcomes

• Describe the current status of drug use, sexual practices, and HIV/STI testing, in gay men in Canberra
• Understand changes in these parameters over time, in gay men in Canberra
• Compare these measures with those of other comparable gay communities within Australia

Key Presenter

Dr Martin Holt

Dr Timothy Broady

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Open to any ACT GP or GP Practice nurse in ACT

Purpose

The purpose of this GP webinar is to provide support and education to clinicians who provide clinical care to COVID affected patients in the ACT. At this webinar GPs will develop an understanding of current guidelines and management of COVID patients and be informed of current supports and escalation pathways. There will be an opportunity for GPs to ask questions to our expert panel.

Evaluation

GPs will be asked to complete an electronic evaluation form following each session

Key Presenters:

• Dr Ian Marr, Infectious Disease Specialist
• Dr Vanessa Johnson – ACT Deputy Chief Health Officer
• Dr Anne-Marie Svoboda, Medical Director GP Liaison Unit, CHS will facilitate the event.
• Dr Adnan Alam
• Dr Adeline Ooi

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CHN, through the ACT PHN Program, invites you to attend the upcoming management of chronic pain education evening webinar.

The presentation will be facilitated by a specialist prescribing medical cannabis in the areas of pain and sleep. The meeting will cover:

• Therapeutic properties of medicinal cannabis
• Clinical applications of medicinal cannabis in general practice
• Differentiating adverse and therapeutic effects of medicinal cannabis
• Treatment considerations, dosing and titration to ensure patient safety during cannabis treatment
• Treatment landscape in Australia including legislation, prescribing, and access via the Special Access Scheme and Authorised Prescriber Scheme
• Neuromodulation for chronic pain
• Infusions for chronic pain

Learning Outcomes

• Review the key components of the endocannabinoid system
• Examine the physiological processes affected by the endocannabinoid system
• Identify the key constituents of medicinal cannabis
• Explain the challenges of chronic pain management
• Discuss medicinal cannabis and chronic pain management
• Determine the potential role of medicinal cannabis in patients utilising opioids

Presenter

Dr Roopa Gawarikar

Freya Dwyer (Facilitator)