GP Education 2012 BEEN AND GONE WORKS On Saturday arvo, May 19, we rolled out ‘Keeping Women Well’ an active learning Munns, and Phillips, along with Professors Goh and Obermair. The 50 or so attending GPs AHEAD module in women’s health featuring Drs Boothroyd, Grobbelaar, Krause, Land, May, worked their way through a variety of scenarios including pelvic floor collapse, incontinence, recurrent UTI’s, heavy menstrual bleeding, ovarian cancer, takotsubo’s cardiomyopathy and lots more; awarding the ALM 100% for relevance to their general practice. How cool is that! YET TO COME The Works – A series of GP symposia over 5 fantastic nights From peanut allergy to prostate care, neurosurgery to what’s new, crook backs, sore necks , too much snot, not enough vitamin D in pregnancy, travel medicine, cancer management, obstetrics, anticoagulants, diabetes and more... Greenslopes Private Hospital in partnership with the RACGP proudly presents The Works. 25/07/12 Work Up • Minimal Access Surgery • Prostate health index Our first evening Work UP features Dr Richard Laherty, Neurosurgeon Dr David Kanowski, Pathologist SNP three rotational workshops with three • Travel Medicine 29/08/12 Hard Work super specialists. Dr Alex Chaudhuri, Microbiologist SNP • Rhino Sinusitis Our forth evening Hard Work, features Dr Ben Wallwork, ENT Surgeon seminars in breast, head and neck cancers22/08/12 Men at Work • Peanut Risk Assessment Our third evening Men at Work, and ‘the new oral anticoagulants’. Dr Daman Langguth, Pathologist SNP features workshops on the powerful • The detection and management • Spine Chilling Dr Anthony Athanasiov, prostate, in sickness and in health. of head and neck cancer Orthopaedic Surgeon • BPH avodart/duodart Dr Margaret McGrath, Medical Oncologist 08/08/12 Head Work Dr John Preston, Urologist • Breast and Endocrine Surgeon Dr Teresa Nano,Surviving breast cancer • Greenlight laser Our second evening Headwork, features • Pradaxa and new oral anticoagulants Dr Peter Campbell, Urologist what’s new in neurosurgery and the latest Dr Huong Phan, Pathologist Haematology SNP news in the world of travel medicine. • Post op complications after Radical • Brain Tumours Dr Bruce Hall, Neurosurgeon Prostatectomy Dr Greg Malone, Urologist 12/9/12 Work in progress • Surgical Management of Back Pain • Non surgical options CAP Our final night, Work in Progress, proudly Dr Ross Gurgo, Neurosurgeon Dr Glen Wood, Urologist delivers our new maternity services, vitamin • Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery • Prostate surgery in the age of robotics D in pregnancy, gestational diabetes, plus Dr Sarah Olson, Neurosurgeon Dr Peter Heathcote, Urologist other great O&G topics to be confirmed. Register online at www.greenslopesprivate.com.au or download a registration form and fax to 3394 7728 or email gpedu@ramsayhealth.com.au Saving SimMan Great GP Education at Greenslopes Private I walked through the door to be confronted by It could have been ‘just another day at the It was good fun, an awesome learning a semi naked breathless blonde in desperate office’, but was, in fact, just another night of experience and I’m sure my colleagues and need of help. Nicole – I was soon to discover – great GP education at Greenslopes Private. I went back to the coal face with renewed was having a life threatening asthma attack! confidence. (special thanks must go to the Special thanks must go to the fabulous highly prized Nicole and her ‘sim twin’ who Meanwhile in the very next room, Darlene Emergency Centre team of doctors and nurses behaved like real patients and had the good a 40 something also blonde was in the throes who gave up their night to gently guide us grace to recover!) of a major MI complicated by a potentially fatal through the immediate management of these arrhythmia! potentially hair raising situations. Dr Sue Gray GPHnews 13
GPH News Winter 2012
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