Courses
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Contraception – Future Directions
Dr Foran will explore current trends, recent changes and upcoming developments in contraception. How to properly advise patients about long acting reversible contraception, new depot injections, new vaginal rings, new IUDs including..................
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Text Messaging Strategies for Suicide Prevention
Suicide is the leading cause of death and injury in younger people. There are several strategies that the GP can use to reduce the risk of suicide including a recent innovation that involves recruiting friends and family of a patient at risk to......
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Faecal Incontinence: 10% of your patients have it! A Practical Guide For GPs
Faecal incontinence affects 12% of adults, although only 1 in 3 patients will volunteer this distressing symptom. A recent study of over 1,000 GPs revealed that 90% reported poor clinical exposure to and training in FI management. This lecture.......
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Adult Vaccination – Updates, Developments & New Zoster Jab
This session will look at practical steps that can be taken to improve vaccine access and uptake in older people, an update on upcoming changes to the schedule, examine when unfunded vaccines are still clinically important, preview the upcoming......
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Reducing the Risk of Food Allergy in Children – Latest Evidence and Guidelines
Learn about the risk factors for food allergy and prevailing theories for the cause, as well as landmark studies that have changed guidelines around the world including Australian guidelines (ASCIA) about early introduction of food allergens in.....
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Cardiovascular Events Triggered by Influenza
Influenza has been identified as a trigger for an elevated risk of myocardial infarction (6-10x), stroke (3-8x) and HF hospitalization (5% increase) within 1 week of influenza-like illness. Plausible biological mechanisms for this association are....