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                          Run2Cure Sydney

                          Event date and time: Sunday, 7 April 2024

                          Event venue: The Domain, Sydney, Art Gallery Rd opp Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney NSW 2000

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          Registered children’s cancer charity, Neuroblastoma Australia, are hosting the annual Run2Cure event on Sunday the 7th April 2024 in the Domain, Sydney. For this event, Neuroblastoma Australia are seeking support from the local community to make this year a great event and help the cause by getting a team together of walkers or runners.

                          The event has been held for over 10 years in Sydney, enabling Neuroblastoma Australia to raise over $1.7 million for research into childhood cancer to support so better and safer treatments for neuroblastoma can be developed. Neuroblastoma is a cancer mainly affecting babies and toddlers and as survival rates for this aggressive disease are only around 50%, Neuroblastoma Australia urgently need to support research. Run 2 Cure is a wonderful charity fun run event with a great choice of distances, including a timed 21.1 kilometre, 10 kilometre, 5 kilometre and 3 kilometre. There’s also a family 1 kilometre for parents with children under 6 years of age who can dress up as their favourite superhero too!

                          Cost: From $29

                          Mental Health First Aid course

                          Event date and time: Wednesday, 24 January 2024; Friday, 16 February 2024; Thursday, 29 February 2024; Wednesday, 6 March 2024; Tuesday, 12 and Wednesday, 13 March 2024; Thursday, 28 March 2024; Wednesday, 3 April 2024; Tuesday, 9 and Wednesday, 10 April 2024 and Friday, 26 April 2024

                          Event venue: Online

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          This online Mental Health First Aid course is specifically tailored for anyone that works in primary health care. It includes online learning content, followed by an interactive virtual workshop.

                          You’ll learn to identify the signs and symptoms of common mental health issues in adults and how to provide initial assistance. The course also covers when and where to seek professional help, including crisis situations, and explores research-backed strategies for effective support.

                          The course integrates case studies tailored to diverse primary health care settings, offering relevant scenarios for every member of the primary health care team.

                          Presented by APNA’s expert nurses and licensed Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Instructors, this program equips you with essential skills and knowledge to support the mental health of your patients and community.

                          Cost: $240 – $280

                          Basic Catchups for Immunisation

                          Event date and time: Saturday, 2 March 2024 and Saturday, 11 May 2024

                          Event venue: Online

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          An interactive virtual workshop for those new to Immunisation, or with some experience, who would benefit from a small classroom setting, learning the basics of ‘how to do a catchup?’. Develop an understanding of vaccination planning, and various schedules following the guidelines of the Australian Immunisation Handbook. Using simple scenarios your ongoing learning will be developed and tested with other practitioners in a small classroom setting. Review catch-up principles and scenarios, and advance your learning by asking the questions you need from your clinical setting in a supportive environment.

                          By the end of this virtual workshop, you will have refreshed your knowledge on how to work through a basic catch-up and the processes involved. You will practice working through one or more scenario’s using the Australian Immunisation Handbook Catch-Up Tables, and be provided with answers for any questions you might have.

                          Cost: $95

                          Contact Email: courses@benchmarquegroup.com.au

                          Psychoneuroimmunology-based Relaxation Therapy

                          Event date and time: Wednesday, 20 March 2024; Wednesday, 27 March 2024; Wednesday, 3 April 2024 and Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 4.30 pm – 6.00 pm

                          Event venue: Online

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          Learn clinical applications of evidence-based relaxation techniques for chronic conditions.

                          Learn how science explains mind body connections at a cellular and molecular level. Understand how research in Psychoneuroimmunology applies to relaxation as a therapeutic intervention in clinical practice. Gain skills to encourage and teach your patients how to use evidence-based relaxation techniques regularly and effectively. Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) provides evidence for interventions such as diaphragmatic breathing (DB) and guided imagery (GI).

                          With theoretical and practical components, this short course introduces relaxation for pain, mood disorders, sleep disorders, trauma, inflammation, and stress-related conditions. It is ideal for medical and health professionals who wish to practice clinical applications of DB and GI and understand current PNI research.

                          • Learn how PNI demonstrates mind body connections at cellular and molecular levels.
                          • Gain skills to apply DB and GI in clinical practice.
                          • Gain proficiency to teach patients to practice simple relaxation techniques effectively.
                          • Practice relaxation for personal health and wellbeing.
                          • Relaxation is an evolving intervention in 21st century healthcare. It is evidence-based, non-pharmacological, non-invasive and cost-efficient for chronic conditions.

                          Cost: $837

                          Contact Email: fmh.sheed@sydney.edu.au

                          The role of surgery in the management of advanced NMSC in the era of effective systemic therapies

                          Event date and time: Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 9.00 pm – 10.00 pm

                          Event venue: Online

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA) invite you to join a webinar for clinicians with an interest in skin cancer. During the webinar, a panel from different surgical disciplines will discuss the role of surgery and sequencing of treatment modalities in the management of advanced non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC)/keratinocyte cancers through case discussions with audience participation.

                          Chair:

                          • A/Prof Sydney Ch’ng, MIA and Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Cancer Centre

                          Panelists:

                          • Prof Neil Gross, MD Anderson Cancer Center
                          • A/Prof Kerwin Shannon, MIA and Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Cancer Centre
                          • A/Prof Deshan Sebaratnam, University of New South Wales
                          • Dr Amy O’Connor, Sunshine Coast University Hospital
                          • Dr Andrew Foreman, Royal Adelaide Hospital

                          Cost: Free

                          Contact Email: education@melanoma.org.au

                          Psychoneuroimmunology-based Relaxation Therapy

                          Event date and time: Week 1 – Wednesday, 20 March 2024; Week 2 – Wednesday, 27 March 2024; Week 3 – Wednesday, 3 April 2024 and Week 4 – Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 4.30 pm – 6.00 pm (AEDT)

                          Event venue: Online

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          Learn clinical applications of evidence-based relaxation techniques for chronic conditions. In this course, you’ll learn how science explains mind body connections at a cellular and molecular level and how research in psychoneuroimmunology applies to relaxation as a therapeutic intervention in clinical practice.

                          Gain skills to encourage and teach your patients how to use evidence-based relaxation techniques regularly and effectively. Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) provides evidence for interventions such as diaphragmatic breathing (DB) and guided imagery (GI).

                          With theoretical and practical components, this short course introduces relaxation for pain, mood disorders, sleep disorders, trauma, inflammation, and stress-related conditions. It is ideal for medical and health professionals who wish to practice clinical applications of DB and GI and understand current PNI research.

                          • Learn how PNI demonstrates mind body connections at cellular and molecular levels.
                          • Gain skills to apply DB and GI in clinical practice.
                          • Gain proficiency to teach patients to practice simple relaxation techniques effectively.
                          • Practice relaxation for personal health and wellbeing.

                          Relaxation is an evolving intervention in 21st century healthcare. It is evidence-based, non-pharmacological, non-invasive, and cost-efficient for chronic conditions.

                          Cost: $837

                          Contact Email: fmh.sheed@sydney.edu.au

                          Introduction to Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs

                          Event date and time: Friday, 22 March 2024, 9.00 am – 4.30 pm

                          Event venue: Australian College of Nursing, Level 6, 9 Wentworth Street, Parramatta NSW 2150

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          This interactive workshop is designed for all health professionals working in any clinical settings, who come in contact with people who may be impacted by alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. It provides an overview of the effects of substances, psychosocial impacts, screening, brief interventions, treatment options and referral pathways. The workshop has been designed for Registered and Enrolled Nurses not working for specialty Drug and Alcohol Services.

                          Cost: Members: $350 and Non Members: $400

                          Contact Email: lesley.saunders@acn.edu.au

                          National Hepatitis B Prescriber Forum

                          Event date and time: Friday, 22 March 2024, 12.00 pm – 4.30 pm

                          Event venue: Online via Zoom

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          The Hepatitis B Prescriber Forum is a half-day forum designed for hepatitis B s100 prescribers that will cover current and relevant sector priorities and topics.

                          With expert panels and interactive case discussions, the 2024 Hepatitis B Prescriber Forum is an opportunity to dive deep into emerging areas of hepatitis B treatment and management and discuss the contemporary issues facing hepatitis B clinical care in Australia. 

                          Cost: Free

                          Contact Email: education@ashm.org.au

                          Information webinar on the ANZAED Eating Disorder Credential for GPs

                          Event date and time: Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm

                          Event venue: Online

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          Increase your confidence in managing patients with eating disorders in general practice by becoming a Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician. 

                          With support from the Department of Health and Aged Care, the Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED) is proudly expanding the ANZAED Eating Disorder Credential to GPs to enhance the effectiveness and consistency of care for eating disorders in Australia. The Credential for GPs emphasises early identification and initial response for people with eating disorders, encompassing screening, assessment, diagnosis, and referral to appropriate treatment providers.  

                          The ANZAED Eating Disorder Credential for GPs will provide formal recognition of qualifications, knowledge, and training needed to meet minimum standards for the delivery of safe and effective eating disorder care. Importantly, it connects help-seekers with Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinicians through a searchable directory on the connect·ed website. 

                          Once credentialed, GPs will receive public recognition for their knowledge and commitment to providing eating disorder care via a post-nominal, certificate, and digital badge. Credentialed GPs will also have access to webinars for ongoing professional development and an online moderated forum to connect with other GPs working in this space.

                          Cost: Free

                          Contact Email: connected@anzaed.org.au

                          Integrating Digital Resources into Mental Health Care

                          Event date and time: Thursday, 28 March 2024, 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

                          Event venue: Online

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website. 

                          This interactive online workshop will discuss the benefits of using digital mental health tools with patients, how to use them effectively plus how to find tools and, recommend those that are proven to work.

                          Cost: Free

                          Contact Email: education@blackdog.org.au

                          AI Documentation for Healthcare

                          Event date and time: Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 12.30 pm -1.30 pm

                          Event venue: Online

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          This webinar aims to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) specifically in relation to documentation for healthcare practitioners. It will be very relevant for general practitioners as well as allied health professionals and non-GP specialists too.

                          Cost: Free

                          Contact Email: katrina@trainitmedical.com.au

                          Mental Health Psychiatry Update – 10+ RACGP CPD Education Hours

                          Event date and time: Saturday, 6 April 2024, 8.00 am – 5.00 pm

                          Event venue: Club Central Hurstville, Level 3/2 Crofts Ave, Hurstville 2220 NSW

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          Register to join our Mental Health Psychiatry Update for better management in Primary Care CME with Waratah Private Hospital at Hurstville about Mental Health.

                          Waratah Private Hospital is delighted to invite you to this CPD Activity “Mental Health Psychiatry Update for better management in Primary Care”. By participating at this conference, you will receive 10+ CPD hours of Education 2024 CPD Accredited activity for GPs with RACGP.

                          Cost: Free

                          Contact Email: marketing@waratahprivate.com.au

                          NSW Sexual & Reproductive Health in Primary Care

                          Event date and time: Part 1: Saturday, 6 April 2024, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm (AEDT); Part 2: Saturday, 13 April 2024, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm (AEST)

                          Event venue: Online

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          This two-part online course aims to provide practitioners with an overview of sexual and reproductive health care in general practice, covering sexual health, sexual history taking, STI screening, contraception and unintended pregnancy.  

                          This training also discusses how STI screening can be integrated into contraception and unintended pregnancy consultations.

                          Cost: Free

                          Contact Email: education@ashm.org.au

                          Complex Catchups for Immunisation

                          Event date and time: Saturday, 13 April 2024 and Saturday, 8 June 2024

                          Event venue: Online

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          An interactive virtual workshop for an experienced Immuniser in Australia, validating and expanding your clinical experiences are essential for your ongoing continued learning, and sharing these with other practitioners in a small classroom setting. Review catch-up principles and scenarios, and advance your learning by asking the questions you need from your clinical setting in a supportive environment. Discussing larger more complex catchup scenarios that may involve families and routine catchup schedules but with added complexity, such as country of origin.

                          By the end of this virtual workshop, you will have refreshed your knowledge on how to work through a more complex catch-up process and what needs to be considered. You will practice working through one or more scenario’s using the Australian Immunisation Handbook Catch-Up Tables, and be provided with answers for questions you might have.

                          Cost: $95

                          Contact Email: courses@benchmarquegroup.com.au

                          Cancer in Primary Care Conference (Ca-PRI 2024)

                          Event date and time: Wednesday, 17 – Friday, 19 April 2024, 8.30 am – 5.00 pm

                          Event venue: Melbourne Connect Precinct, 700 Swanston St, Carlton VIC 3053

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          The 2024 Ca-PRI Cancer in Primary Care Conference is coming to Melbourne, Australia, bringing together leading clinicians and researchers from across the globe. The 2024 theme is Equity, Policy, and Transforming Care.

                          From prevention to palliative care, they will explore how primary care researchers and health professionals can contribute to improved outcomes in cancer care.

                          The program includes interactive workshops and presentations showcasing work in cervical cancer elimination, the implementation of shared care models, and much more.

                          Cost: From $726

                          Contact Email: info@pc4tg.com.au

                          Integrating Digital Resources into Mental Health Care

                          Event date and time: Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm

                          Event venue: Online

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website. 

                          This interactive online workshop will discuss the benefits of using digital mental health tools with patients, how to use them effectively plus how to find tools and, recommend those that are proven to work.

                          Cost: Free

                          Contact Email: education@blackdog.org.au

                          2024 Immunisation Professional Development Conference

                          Event date and time: Wednesday, 1 May 2024 – Thursday, 2 May 2024

                          Event venue: Venue TBA, in Sydney near the airport.

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          A blend of hands-on skills-based workshops, and updates from experts in the field.

                          Sessions include:

                          • COVID and the changing focus in Primary Healthcare
                          • Managing RSV in Primary Healthcare Settings
                          • NIP and priority populations
                          • Vaccine Hesitancy
                          • Culturally Safe Practice in Immunisation
                          • Vaccine Strategies and Promotions
                          • Travel vaccines
                          • Complex Catch-Ups
                          • Managing Immunisation Emergencies (accredited CPR update)

                          Cost: $600

                          Contact Email: courses@benchmarquegroup.com.au

                          Course in Wound Closure

                          Event date and time: Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 9.00 am – 4.30 pm

                          Event venue: Holiday Inn Sydney Airport, Cnr of Bourke Road and O’Riordan Street, Mascot NSW 2020

                          Registration: Registrations via the Benchmarque website.

                          Develop knowledge and skills exploring a range of wound closure and suture techniques with a face-to-face workshop where students are equipped with a workshop kit. Understand what the optimal wound closure methodology would be based on the simplest procedure with the most durable outcome for patients.

                          Learning Outcomes

                          • Determine the best wound closure technique for each situation to achieve durability and simplicity
                          • Develop the ability to close wounds using a variety of methods and materials including sutures, skin staples, tissue adhesive and adhesive strips.

                          Cost: $700

                          Contact Email: courses@benchmarquegroup.com.au

                          Wound Closure: Advanced Practice

                          Event date and time: Thursday, 9 May 2024, 9.00 am – 4.30 pm

                          Event venue: Holiday Inn Sydney Airport, Cnr of Bourke Road and O’Riordan Street, Mascot NSW 2020

                          Registration: Registrations via the Benchmarque website.

                          Further development of wound closure knowledge and skills increases capability of wound clinical management across a range of primary healthcare settings including general practice, community-based care, dermatological, and educational. Understand guidelines for administration of local anaesthetics, infection management, post-operative care, MBS billing item numbers, professional indemnity considerations, all covered in this Advanced Practice Program.

                          Learning Outcomes

                          • Advanced knowledge and skills to determine the best wound closure technique to achieve durability and simplicity
                          • Develop the ability to close wounds using a variety of methods and materials including multiple layer closure, elliptical excision and z-plasty Closure.

                          Cost: $700

                          Contact Email: courses@benchmarquegroup.com.au

                          2024 Wound Management Update

                          Event date and time: Monday – Tuesday, 29 – 30 January; 3 – 4 June and 21 – 22 October 2024, 8.30 am – 4.00 pm

                          Event venue: Australian College of Nursing, Level 6, 9 Wentworth Street, Parramatta NSW 2150

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website, January; June or October sessions.

                          A 2 day wound management course whose content can be immediately applied to the workplace to support clinicians working in nursing, allied health and pharmacy.

                          Cost: $550

                          Contact Email: lesley.saunders@acn.edu.au

                          Orthopaedic Update 2024

                          Event date and time: Saturday, 15 June 2024, 8.00 am – 5.00 pm

                          Event venue: Club Central Hurstville, 2 Crofts Ave, Hurstville NSW 2220

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          Waratah Private Hospital invites you to this CPD Activity Orthopaedic Update. By participating at this conference, you will receive up to 10+ CPD hours of Education 2024 CPD Accredited activity for GPs with RACGP.

                          Speakers: Prof Sam Adie, Dr Anthony Keeley, Rehabilitation Experts and more to be announced.

                          Cost: Free

                          Contact Email: marketing@waratahprivate.com.au

                          Diagnosis and Treatment of PTSD in Emergency Service Workers

                          Event date and time: Wednesday, 17 July 2024; Thursday, 29 August 2024; Tuesday, 17 September 2024; Friday, 18 October 2024 and Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 6.00 pm – 9.00 pm

                          Event venue: Online

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          GPs often play a central role in the provision of healthcare to communities in the immediate, acute phase of emergency situations, and on an ongoing basis for the long-term recovery of individuals and their broader community.

                          Emergency Service Workers are one of the high-risk groups for trauma exposure and are more vulnerable to developing mental health problems. These mental health conditions have significant impact on their employment, family/relationships, and wellbeing.

                          This workshop has been designed with a focus on GPs, to diagnose patients with acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and other comorbidities. Evidence based guidelines will be used as the foundation to appropriately diagnose and identify treatment pathways including recommended referrals, trauma focused psychological therapy and psychological first aid to help support their management of emergency service workers. The training may also be relevant to other health professionals.

                          This training aims to increase participants’ skills and confidence to:

                          • Understand the relationship between traumatic events and the development of mental health conditions
                          • Identify evidence-based treatment and referral pathways for a patient impacted by trauma
                          • Recommend evidence-based resources, including e-Mental Health, for family/kinship groups impacted by trauma

                          Cost: Free

                          Contact Email: nationalemergencyworkersupport@blackdog.org.au

                          Australasian Melanoma Conference

                          Event date and time: Friday, 25 – Saturday, 26 October 2024

                          Event venue: Hyatt Regency, 161 Sussex St, Sydney NSW 2000

                          Registration: Registrations via the event website.

                          Save the date for the 2024 Australasian Melanoma Conference, hosted by Melanoma Institute Australia.
                          This highly-anticipated conference will be held on 25-26 October 2024 in the heart of Sydney’s magnificent Darling Harbour.
                          AMC 2024 will bring together multidisciplinary healthcare professionals and researchers from across Australia, New Zealand and beyond. It will provide a unique platform to share insights and latest melanoma research findings via thought-provoking discussions, workshops and presentations.
                          This conference will pave the way for new collaborations and significantly advance our understanding of melanoma as we all move towards our common goal of zero deaths from melanoma.

                          Cost: TBC

                          Contact Email: amc2024@melanoma.org.au