About the Everyday Scope Of Health CPD medical education series for general practitioners

Common General Practice presentations

Access essential clinical updates via case-study based presentations that support effective whole-of-person care.

Hybrid CPD hours 

This free Hybrid education webinar series, is based on the types of presentations you see every day.

Register once to unlock the full series

Register today to automatically be registered for the full series: 6 CPD activities with EA (Educational Activities) and RP (Reviewing Performance) CPD hours presented by leading Healthscope specialists and doctors. 

Almost all your CPD hours from the one series

When you complete each of the 6 modules' optional topic-based mini audits, you can earn almost all your CPD hours for the year. RACGP approved.

What’s new in: Managing men's health

Webinar series overview

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What's new in: Managing hip & knee pain

Now available on-demand

What's new in: Managing common cardiology conditions

Each activity in the series is approved for 1.5hrs EA and 1 hour RP.

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What's new in: Managing breast cancer in women

Now available on-demand

What's new in: Managing chronic pain

Now available on-demand

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What’s new in: Managing insomnia and mental health

Now available on-demand

Now available on-demand

The Everyday Scope of Health Series is an exclusive six-part CPD webinar series run throughout 2023, now available on-demand for free, exclusively in Praxhub. It’s presented by leading Healthscope specialists and doctors and is case-study based, focussing on the types of presentations you see every day. It’s designed to be undertaken as a whole series so when you register, you’ll automatically be enrolled into all six modules. If you can’t attend a live webinar module, don’t worry it will be available afterwards as on-demand education.

Pain Medicine, Sports Medicine and Neurosurgery

Hybrid education

Benefits of the webinar series

Upcoming webinars in the series

Available free & on-demand

Description: This Orthopaedic webinar module has been co-designed by the RACGP x Healthscope. Musculoskeletal symptoms affect all age groups and presentation can vary from acute to chronic and simple to complex. Discover what’s new in non-medical, medical and surgical treatment options for the patient presentations you see every day.

Learning outcomes: 

1. Identify medical and non-medical options which could form an individualised treatment plan for patients experiencing common knee or hip pain.
2. Outline referral eligibility criteria for clinically appropriate surgical management of patients experiencing knee or hip pain.

Mr Jarrad Stevens

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Dr Catherine O'Neill

General Practitioner, National GP Facilitator Healthscope

Orthopaedic Surgeon

What's new in: Managing hip & knee pain

Pain Medicine, Sports Medicine and Neurosurgery

Optional extra enrichment activity downloads

1. Mini-audit - template
2. Mini-audit - step-by-step instructions document
   
3. Quick Log instructions document

Pre-reading materials 

1. Appendix 1 from the Clinical Guidelines for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis, 2nd edn 2018, RACGP
2. Imaging of the knee: Common acute presentations to general practice, AJGP
3. Hip pain in young adults, AFP 2014

Description: This presentation will address the approach for and initial management of patients presenting with chest pain in general practice. It will involve discussion on a range of case to explore severity, assessment and diagnostic options, and when to refer for risk stratification and management.

Learning outcomes: 

1. Discuss an evidence-based approach to initial management of patients presenting with chest pain in general practice
2. Outline when a calcium score investigation is identified for patients at higher CVD risk.

Dr Andrew Terluk

Cardiologist

Dr Catherine O'Neill

General Practitioner, National GP Facilitator Healthscope

Dr Ronen Gurvitch

Interventional Cardiologist

What's new in: Managing common cardiology conditions

Pain Medicine, Sports Medicine and Neurosurgery

Optional extra enrichment activity downloads

1. Mini-audit - template
2. Mini-audit - step-by-step instructions document
   
3. Quick Log instructions document

Pre-reading materials 

1. The approach to patients with possible cardiac chest pain, MJA 
2. Beyond the heart: Noncardiac chest pain, AJGP
   
3. Diagnosis and management of acute coronary syndromes, NPS Medicinewise
   
4. Absolute CVD risk clinical guidelines, Heart Foundation
5. Coronary Artery Calcium in primary prevention

Description: This webinar will use common cases to examine best practice treatment approaches for patients presenting with insomnia and a co-occurring mental health condition. The presenters will discuss the biopsychosocial factors involved in clinical assessment, ways to engage patients in treatment planning and the range of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions that are available.

Learning outcomes: 

1. Describe best-practice approaches to assess patients who present with sleep disturbance and an associated mental health comorbidity.
2. Outline a management plan which includes non-pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical options to concurrently treat a sleep disturbance and an associated mental health condition.

Dr Joel Aizenstros

Psychiatrist

Dr Catherine O'Neill

General Practitioner, National GP Facilitator Healthscope

Dr Alexander Sweetman

Program Manager (Australasian Sleep Association)

What’s new in: Managing insomnia and mental health

Pain Medicine, Sports Medicine and Neurosurgery

Optional extra enrichment activity downloads

1. Mini-audit - template
2. Mini-audit - step-by-step instructions document
   
3. Quick Log instructions document

Pre-reading materials 

1. Insomnia theory and assessment, AJGP
   
2. A step-by-step model for a brief behavioural treatment for insomnia in Australian general practice, AJGP
   
3. Co‐occurring depression and insomnia in Australian primary care: recent scientific evidence, MJA
   

Description: This webinar will focus on some common presenting problems that affect men’s health. Men are less likely to visit a GP than women and may not have the health literacy or confidence to discuss certain issues that impact their health and wellbeing. Lower urinary tract symptoms are common with symptoms increasing with age and male sexual function is impacted by a complex range of biopsychosocial factors. Our presenters will explore the range of treatment options for medical management of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) and best-practice ways to discuss and engage patients in treatment planning about their sexual health.

Learning outcomes: 

1. Identify best practice approaches for the medical management of Lower Urinary Tract symptoms
2. Outline factors that support a whole of person care approach for those experiencing erectile dysfunction

Dr Gideon Blecher

Urologist & Andrologist

Dr Catherine O'Neill

General Practitioner, National GP Facilitator Healthscope

Dr Sophie Plagakis

Urologist & Urological surgeon

What’s new in: Managing men's health

Pain Medicine, Sports Medicine and Neurosurgery

Optional extra enrichment activity downloads

1. Mini-audit - template
2. Mini-audit - step-by-step instructions document
   
3. Quick Log instructions document

Pre-reading materials 

1. Narrowing in on urethral strictures, AJGP
   
2. Lower urinary tract symptoms current management in older men, AJGP
3. Review and update of benign prostatic hyperplasia in general practice, AJGP
4. Podcast: Lower urinary tract symptoms in males, RACGP
   

Description: Our presenters will explore a range of case presentations and the important role that GPs have in screening, care co-ordination and preparing the patient for the care they will receive.

Learning outcomes: 

1. Describe new treatment options available for the surgical management of patients diagnosed with breast cancer.
2. Provide advice to prepare the patient about current oncology treatment options they may receive.

Dr Samriti Sood

Breast Oncoplastic Surgeon

Dr Catherine O'Neill

General Practitioner, National GP Facilitator Healthscope

A/Prof Nicholas Wilcken

Director Medical Oncology, Westmead Cancer Care Centre

What’s new in: Managing breast cancer in women

Pain Medicine, Sports Medicine and Neurosurgery

Optional extra enrichment activity downloads

1. Mini-audit - template
2. Mini-audit - step-by-step instructions document
   
3. Quick Log instructions document

Pre-reading materials 

1. Update on the management of early-stage breast cancer
   
2. Advanced breast cancer: An update to systemic therapy
   
3. The investigation of a new breast symptom
   
4. The Red Book, Clinical guidelines for the early detection of breast cancer
   
5. National guide to preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
   

Description: Our presenters will explore a range of care presentations focusing on improved perioperative and post surgical management of pain as well as addressing opioid stewardship.

Learning outcomes: 

1. Identify patients at higher risk of experiencing post-surgery persistent chronic pain and outline strategies to engage patients in treatment planning prior to surgery as a preventative measure.
2. Discuss the current medical and surgical treatment options for patients experiencing neck and back pain.

Dr Tim Hucker

Pain specialist & anaesthetist

Dr Catherine O'Neill

General Practitioner, National GP Facilitator Healthscope

Neurosurgeon

Pain Medicine, Sports Medicine and Neurosurgery

Optional extra enrichment activity downloads

1. Mini-audit - template
2. Mini-audit - step-by-step instructions document
   
3. Quick Log instructions document

Pre-reading materials 

1. Levy N et al. Post-surgical pain management: time for a paradigm shift - BJA, 123 (2): e182-186 (2019)
2. Sarah E.E. Mills, Karen P. Nicolson, Blair H. Smith, Chronic pain: a review of its epidemiology and associated factors in population-based studies. BJA,123, Issue 2, 2019,e273-e283

This was an excellent outline of dyslipidaemia management by both presenters. The best on the subject that I have been to in the last 2 years. Clear, concise and useful.

Webinar completion:

Earn 1.5 EA (Educational Activities) CPD hours, logged with the RACGP on your behalf

Self-reflection form completed post-webinar:

Earn 1 RP (Reviewing Performance) CPD hour, logged with the RACGP on your behalf

And when you go on to complete each of the 6 module’s optional extra enrichment activities, you can earn almost all your CPD hours for the year:

Complete the pre-reading:

Earn RP (Reviewing Performance) CPD hours. Links are provided and GP to self-record via Quick Log

Complete a mini audit:

Earn MO (Measuring Outcome) CPD hours. RACGP template provided and GP to self-record via Quick Log

GPs can now access the full series on-demand for free within Praxhub. It's free to join, so get started now! Register here

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