Frailty in the Frame

Pain and frailty in older people: how to diagnose, how to manage

A face-to-face education and dinner event

Chronic Pain in the Frail Elderly presented by Pain Specialist Dr Alireza Feizerfan and

Rehabilitation in the frail elderly - the GP's role presented by Geriatric Medicine, Aged Care and Rehabilitation Specialist Dr Kapila Abeysuriya

Learning Outcomes:

• Identify and screen older patients for frailty using one of the frailty scales
• Outline an MDT management plan for frail older people
• Describe safe treatment options for managing chronic pain in older people

Presenters

Ramsay Health WA GP Education Event - GPEE 22

Reframe, Refresh, Renew

This event offers GPs the educational topics they have asked for, presented in interactive formats by local specialists from Hollywood Private Hospital, Glengarry Private Hospital, Joondalup Health Campus and Attadale Rehabilitation Hospital.

The Keynote Speaker is Dr Robby Fullerton who offers insights into Motivational Interviewing for GPs, helping them improve compliance and patient outcomes.

This full day of education is offered in four streams, across the topics of GP Bread 'n Butter, Lifestyle Issues, Aged Care and Cardiac Health. (Please note a separate day of Women's Health education is available at Rendezvous Scarborough on 26 March, entitled Fertile Ground)

Speakers and topics include:

• Dr Tom Shannon - Keep It Up!
• Dr Alireza Feizerfan - Case studies in chronic pain
• Dr Stefan Ponosh - Updates in the management of venous disease
• Dr Sekaran Gana - Common cardiac arrhythmias and how to treat
• Dr Barry Vieira - Parkinson's Disease management 
• Dr Kevin Kwan - Pragmatic approaches to dementia diagnosis & management
• Dr Stephen Richards - Renal update
• Dr Shivanthe Senaratne - Metabolic disease in diabetes
• Dr Jonathan Chambers - Infectious disease update
• Allied Health teams - practical skills workshops for GPs

Please click to register you interest for this event and a full program will be sent to you as soon as it becomes available.

Presenters

Fertile Ground - women's health and building babies

Program

Assessing male and female fertility - Dr Shipra Gaur, Gynaecologist and Dr Jay Natalwala, Consultant Gynaecologist & Fertility Specialist

Pre-conception screen, first trimester tests - Dr Kym Jones, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Conservative hysterectomies/ laparoscopic supra-cervical cerclage - Dr Philip Rowlands, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Lifestyle issues in pregnancy - a panel discussion - Drs Rowlands, Jones and Vashevnik

Problems in pregnancy - Dr Kym Jones and Dr Stas Vashevnik, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Learning Outcomes

• Outline a care path for a couple/person concerned about fertility
• Summarise a routine antenatal screening including first trimester NIPTs
• Identify signs/symptoms associated with stillbirth and rules for prevention /management
• Describe common pregnancy problems and their management

Presenters

Carpal Karaoke

Zoom Recording

Carpal and Cubital Tunnel Syndrome - how to assess and treat

Presented by Dr Patrick Michalka, Orthopaedic Surgeon

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Complete initial clinical assessment of someone with carpal or cubital

tunnel symptoms

• Identify and discuss current treatment options

• Implement a care path for someone with Carpal or Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

Presenters

GP Bread 'n Butter Topics - Iron Deficiency and Inhalers

Zoom recording

Iron deficiency
Dr Hannah Hessamodini, Gastroenterologist

Inhalers - where to start?
Dr Hilman Harryanto, Respiratory & Sleep Specialist

LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Identify the routine investigations of someone with iron deficiency
• Outline the current treatment options for iron deficiency, their risks and benefits
• Describe the current pulmonary inhaler range and outline selection criteria

Presenters