Continuing Professional Development

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The continuing professional development program aims to assist GPs improve the quality of care they provide to patients by supporting, and delivering the highest of standards of care to the community. There is greater emphasis on learner needs by means of various adult learning principles; aimed to improve GP attendances; and plan quality educational activities. It endeavours to provide the best speakers, in addition to, the latest, and most up-to-date, medical program delivery. The CPD education program is well planned and is developed in collaboration with the CPD coordinator, GP reference group and CHGPN Staff. This group convenes once a year to determine future CPD program delivery.

The new Triennium imbues a few changes to the CPD program with Category 1 activities having greater prominence in the 2008 -10. By increasing points from 30 to 40, it results in additional - 6 hour activities (e.g. Alms) throughout the year, with some emphasis on GPs ‘self - recording’ (up to 30 points per year) of Category 2 activities. The recent introduction of the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) coding system is now relevant in GP education and learning. It identifies medical areas in which GPs receive education, compares data with the national health priority areas, analyses gaps in education, and ensures GPs partake in activities that will endow them to work in these priority areas in the future.

GP members have access to various support mechanisms from the division, including advice on education delivery. Communication between the education provider and GPs is particularly important when GPs are required to provide feedback on ‘predisposing activities’ and ‘reinforcing activities’ associated with Active Learning Modules or any other Category 1 activity. GPs completing such activities are rewarded with maximum point allocation, which also satisfies the criteria for procedural grants. Rural and remote doctors have in the past six months increased support through the procedural and emergency medicine grants thus providing funds for education in areas such as obstetrics, surgery, anaesthetics and emergency medicine.

We provide assistance by organising:

Regular contact with CPD coordinator and staff
A variety of education events, workshops and conferences ( a number are combined with pharmacists and Practice Nurses)
Active Learning Modules - full day workshop
Supervised Clinical Attachments e.g. Dementia
Pain Management Clinics in GPs own practice
Small group learning
Clinical audits

Areas of education include:

Aged Care
Women’s Health
Men’s Health
Obstetrics
Mental Health
Emergency
Dermatology
Diabetes
Asthma
Palliative Care Anaesthetics
COPD
Cardiovascular
Nutrition
Musculoskeletal
Immunisation
Pain Management and Clinics
Individual Learning Plans
NETS

Procedural and Emergency CPD

ALSO (Advanced Life SUpport in Obstetrics) Course
APLS (Advanced Paediatric Life Support) Course
CEMP (Clinical Emergency Management Program Formerly ELSS) workshops
ELS (Emergency Life Support) Courses
EMST (early Management of Servere Trauma) Courses
STEMI's ACLS/PALS/Emergency Doctor Bag Workshops
Rural Emergency Skills Training (REST) courses and Procedural Skills (Grant Approved)
Health Workforce Qld workshops (Grant Approved)
RANZCOG Workshops
Effective Management of Anaesthetic Crses (EMAC)
RACGP QA & CPD Calendar
RMEO Workshops

Need directions to CPD events - www.street-directory.com.au or www.travelmate.com.au

For further information contact: Jennifer Pearce

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February 2012

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