CPD Calendar 2009
Tuesday Lunchtime Program 2009
Time
Each Tuesday 12:30 PM (for lunch, with a 1.00 PM start)
Venue
Baxter Theatre
Education Resource Centre
Ballarat Base Hospital (map)
Ground floor
Also videoconferencing to Beaufort Health Services and other remote sites by arrangement.
Program subject to change without notice. Please check this page regularly for any late changes.
Date
February 10th
Speaker
Dr Mani Rajagopalan - Psychiatrist
Topic
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Sponsor
Wyeth
Date
February 17th
Speaker
Dr Christopher Hengel - Interventional Cardiologist
Topic
Coronary Stenting in Ballarat
Practice nurses & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
Parke-Davis
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Presentation: Coronary stenting in Ballarat
Date
February 24th
Speaker
Dr Wayne Spring - Consultant Physician and Accredited Sleep Physician
Topic
Sleeping Disorders - The Good The Bad and The Ugly
EPC nurses & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
Allen + Hanburys
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No presentation notes available
Date
March 3rd
Speaker
Dr Robert Grenfell - General Practitioner & Chair of GPV
Topic
11 Years of Well Below Average Rain - What that Actually Means to the GP
Practice nurses welcome
Sponsor
Boehringer Ingelheim
Date
March 10th
Speaker
Prof. Dawn DeWitt (University of Melbourne) & Assoc. Prof. Mark Yates
Topic
Medical Student Education - Exciting Opportunities for GPs
Practice managers welcome
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Presentation: Student education in Ballarat
Sponsor
St. John of God Pathology, Ballarat
Date
March 17th
Speaker
Dr Paul Davey - Clinical Director, Women & Children's Health BHS
Topic
Normal Delivery After Caesarean Section
Sponsor
Lilly
Date
March 24th
Speaker
Peter Schattner - Associate Professor & General Practitioner
Topic
Clinical Information at Your Fingertips - Getting the Most out of Your Computer
Practice nurses, practice managers & pharmacists welcome
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Presentation: Clinical information
Sponsor
BDDGP
Date
March 31st
Speaker
Mr Shaun English - Orthopaedic Surgeon
Topic
Foot & Ankle Update
Sponsor
Upjohn
Date
April 3rd - April 20th
EASTER & SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Date
April 21st
Speaker
Dr Sally Cockburn, Chair of Family Planning Victoria
Topic
A GP Survival Guide to Sensitive Issues
Practice nurses, practice managers & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
Dorevitch Pathology
Date
April 28th
Speaker
Dr Ernesto Oqueli - Interventional Cardiologist
Topic
Approach to Patients with Ischaemic Heart Disease
Practice nurses & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
Sanofi-aventis
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Presentation: Treating stable angina
Date
May 5th
Speaker
Mr David Mitchell - Orthopaedic Surgeon
Topic
Joint Arthroscopy
Sponsor
Upjohn
Date
May 12th
Speaker
Dr Jo Molloy - Immunisation Program Manager
Topic
Immunisation Update
Practice nurses, practice managers & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
CSL Biotherapies
Date
May 19th
Speaker
Kerri Gordon - Dietician, Coordinator Health Independence Program, Ballarat Community Health Centre (Sebastopol)
Topic
Wagner in Ballarat: A Symphony in Chronic Care
Practice nurses, practice managers & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
GlaxoSmithKline
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Presentation: Chronic care
Date
May 26th
Speaker
Mr Grant McKechnie - Accredited Exercise Physiologist / Myotherapist
Topic
Rehabilitation Progression to Functional Tasks
Practice nurses welcome
Sponsor
Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd
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Presentation: Functional rehabilitation
Date
June 2nd
Speaker
Dr Paul Ghaie - Acupuncture Physician
Topic
Acupuncture in General Practice
Practice nurses welcome
Sponsor
Mundipharma PL
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Presentation: Acupuncture practice
Date
June 9th
Speaker
Dr Claire Pickett - Ballarat Sexual Health Centre
Topic
HPV & Cervical Dysplasia - a Love Story
Practice nurses welcome
Sponsor
Janssen-Cilag
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Presentation: Cervical Dysplasia
Date
June 16th
Speaker
Ms Robyn Morland (cerebral palsy) and Mr Neville Hughes (acquired brain injury)
Topic
Effective Communication Techniques and Communication Tools to Assist with Non-Verbal Patients and Living with a Disability (Acquired Brain Injury)
Practice nurses, practice managers & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
Wyeth
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Presentation: Complex communication needs
Date
June 23rd
Speaker
Dr Lisa Amir - GP / Lactation Consultant & Researcher
Topic
Breastfeeding Issues
Practice nurses & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
Janssen-Cilag
Date
June 26th - July 13th
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Date
July 14th
Speaker
Dr Peter O'Keefe - Clinical Director of Eating Disorders Program, The Geelong Clinic
Topic
What's New in Eating Disorders
Practice nurses & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
Schering-Plough
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Presentation: Treating patients with ED13
Date
July 21st
Speaker
Assoc Prof Thomas Jobling - Head of Gynaecological Oncology Monash Medical Centre, Chairman Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation
Topic
Assessing Symptoms that might be Ovarian Cancer
Practice nurses welcome
Sponsor
GlaxoSmithKline
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Presentation: Assessing ovarian cancer symptoms
Date
July 28th
Speaker
Dr Mark Yates - Geriatrician, Clinical Director of Internal Medicine & Subacute Medicine
Topic
Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) - a Primer on Administration & Interpretation
Practice nurses & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
Novo Nordisk
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Presentation: MMSE primer
Cognitive assessment tools (ZIP file containing documents and tools)
Date
August 4th
Speaker
Belinda Coates - Ballarat Centre Against Sexual Assault
Topic
Common Effects of Sexual Assault and Ways to Respond
Practice nurses welcome
Sponsor
Servier
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Presentation: Sexual assault
Date
August 11th
Speaker
Mr David Deutscher - General Surgeon
Topic
Lap Band Surgery - Just Gets Bigger & Better
Sponsor
Merk Sharp & Dohme
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Presentation: Lap band surgery
Date
August 18th
Speaker
Facilitated by Mr Lachlan Dodds (urologist), presented by Bay Street Productions
Topic
For Better or For Worse - Covering the Challenging Health Issues Associated with Prostate Cancer (a play by Alan Hopgood)
Practice nurses, practice managers & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
Abbott
Date
August 25th
Speaker
Lisa Davidson (multicultural health & support service) and Abdi Osman Muhammed (community worker)
Topic
Working with African Communities on Sensitive Issues such as Sexual Health
Practice nurses & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals
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Presentation: African health and sensitive issues
Date
September 1st
Speaker
Prof. Peter Ebeling - Head of Unit, Endocrinology & Chair of Medicine, Western Health
Topic
Refugee Health - Vitamin D Deficiency
Practice nurses & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceutical
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Presentation: Refugee health
Date
September 8th
Speaker
Jacinta Wainwright, Family Violence Program CAFS Ballarat
Topic
Understanding family violence (why it is different to general violence), supporting women who are victims and engaging men to seek help
Practice Nurses welcome
Sponsor
St John of God Hospital, Ballarat
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Presentation: Family violence
Date
September 15th
Speaker
Prof. Alex Pitman, director PET / Nuclear medicine
Topic
Pet Scanning arrives in Ballarat
Practice Nurses welcome
Sponsor
P&G Pharmaceuticals
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Presentation: PET scanning
Date
Sep 18th - Oct 5th
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Date
October 6th
Speaker
Mr Hans Lombard - Orthopaedic Surgeon
Topic
GP Management of Orthopaedic Conditions
Sponsor
Sanofi-aventis
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Presentation: GP orthopaedics
Date
October 13th
Speaker
Sonja Elia - SAEFVIC Royal Children's Hospital
Topic
Making Immunisation a Positive Experience
Practice nurses welcome
Sponsor
CSL Biotherapies
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Presentation: Immunisation experience
Date
October 20th
Speaker
Ms Lynn Polson OAM, Meniere's Support Group of Victoria
Topic
Meniere's Disease Diagnosis & Management
Pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
Mundipharma PL
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Presentation: Understanding Meniere's
Date
October 27th
Speaker
Dr Mark Paine - Neurologist / Neuro-ophthalmologist
Topic
Neurology Update: MS, Stroke, Headache, Vestibular disorders
Practice nurses & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
Pfizer
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Date
November 3rd
Speaker
Dr Deepika Monga - Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Topic
Contraceptives - What's New
Practice nurses & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
Merk Sharp & Dohme
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Presentation: Contraception Update
Date
November 10th
Speaker
Dr Kenny Wong - Nuclear Physician
Topic
Role of Nuclear Medicine Imaging in General Practice
Sponsor
Lake Imaging
Date
November 17th
Speaker
Major Mark Harris - RAAMC
Topic
What about Military Medicine?
Practice nurses, practice managers & pharmacists welcome
Sponsor
Servier
CPD finished for 2009.
To request any further information about any of the CPD presentations please contact Belinda Schaefer at the division on (03) 5331 6303.
