No 0836: October 16, 2008
eNews is a weekly electronic newsletter
sent to all GP practices (with email addresses) within the
Professional Development CPD events
HMR An
Article in the Australian Women’s Weekly
Information
Management includes General Computer Tip, Medical
Director Tips and New on the Web
Items of interest October 'Go for your life' Walking
Forum, GP Network News
Mental Health Acute
Psychiatric Unit
News for Practice
Staff Graduate Certificate
in Nursing, Thinking about further study in 2009?
Paediatrics Seeking GP input to RCH Rehab services focus group
Women’s Health Women Rely On Pap Test Reminder, Mental Health and Pregnancy
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Meetings are held each Tuesday starting at 12.30 in the
Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor,
October 21 - Management of Persistent Cough - Dr Chris Worsnop
For full term Tuesday lecture program click here
The
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Home Medicines Review – It’s scary but true that more than 140,000 Aussies are admitted to hospital each year due to problems with medications. And a whopping 70 per cent of these admissions can be avoided, says the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. That’s where the Home Medicines Review (HMR) comes into play, so ask your GP about this great free service. A pharmacist can visit your home and review your medications, including prescription and over-the-counter, complementary preparations such as herbal remedies, even herbal teas.
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It pays to know how to format a document correctly, but many people still have very bad formatting habits. Here are the three worst, followed by an explanation on how to do it properly.
Pressing Enter several times to get onto the next page.
Put in a page break instead. Insert
>Break >Page Break. Or easier still, press Control + Enter.
Pressing the Tab key several times to either line up text to the line above, or worse still trying to centre the text.
Learn how to set your tabs in the ruler, or if trying to centre text
using the centre alignment button.
This one is the worst!! Pressing Enter at the end of a line and then the Tab key to line up text – like I have done in this and the above two paragraphs.
You need to know how to set the left indent markers on your ruler
(these are the two small triangles that sit on top of each other). The top one
is for the first line indent and the bottom is for the 2nd and
subsequent lines of a paragraph. There is also a square block underneath them.
If you wish to indent both markers you can place the pointer on the block and
move the margin in, or simply do Control
+ M.
The golden rule is: If you press the Enter or Tab keys more than once you are doing something wrong!!
You have completed a health assessment, for example, and you find that you made a few minor mistakes and want to add some additional detail.
1. Open the patient record but DO NOT open LetterWriter.
2. Click on the Letters tab and this will display all the correspondence for that patient in chronological order.
3. Locate the item of correspondence, such as the health assessment. Double click on the Sender’s name and this will open the file.
4. Make the modifications and from the File menu select Save – you will be prompted to save as a new letter or overwrite the existing one. Overwrite if you don’t want to keep the old version. Save as a new version if two or more clinicians (such as nurse and then doctor on a health assessment) have worked on it and you want to keep an audit trail of who has done what.
Question: I am a nurse and am no longer able to view the investigation results; I can only see the Comments. This happened after conversion to MD3. How do I fix this?
Answer: Each doctor will have to go to select Tools > Options >Investigations tab and place a tick in the Display results to staff box.
1. Diabetes equipment list and contacts - a list if diabetes-related equipment with company contact details. See under Diabetes Resources.
2. NEVDGP September Hardcopy Newsletter – found on Home Page under Latest News.
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Get your
registrations in for the next forum on October 21st. This will be an extremely
informative day for anyone interested in walking as a population health
initiative. Also take a moment to visit the Walktober
website to view all the events taking place in this great month of walking
activities. www.walktober.com.au/. Registration
Form for the forum here
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“Two Year Follow Up of Women Admitted to a Mother and Baby Unit with
Depression or Psychosis” - Presented by Dr Revi Nair,
Consultant Psychiatrist,
Tuesday 28th October, 6.30
(registrations)
for 7pm start at Va Tutto Restaurant,
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The AGPN/
Consider the
Course structure - The course is delivered by the Department of General
Practice and the
Course Enquiries - Future students should contact: Ms Bernie Cooper on 03 8344 7275 or cooperb@unimelb.edu.au
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The Royal Children’s Hospital reviewed all rehabilitation type services offered here in late 2007 and are now progressing the implementation of 25 key recommendations to improve the way services are delivered. As part of this process we would like to invite a group of interested GPs to attend a focus group to understand the perspective of consumers of the current rehabilitation type services at RCH, gather your feedback and incorporate this into the Detailed Design & Planning phase of the project. This will help ensure that the future service keep the needs of both patients and their families as our top priority and is easily accessible to referring professionals.
Wednesday 5th November, 12.30-1.30. A light lunch will be provided and remuneration for your time. Please RSVP or any queries to Fiona Gorrie on 9345 4101 or email fiona.gorrie@rch.org.au
Kids Connect RCH Primary Care Liaison www.rch.org.au/kidsconnect
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Doctors in the Melbourne GP Division are being urged to remind women to have two-yearly Pap tests, as latest data from the Cancer Council Victoria show almost 70 per cent of women rely on prompts from their doctor or reminder letters from their health service.
For more information about cervical cancer prevention or to order any of PapScreen’s resources (these include brochures and information sheets for women, GP cards and posters for waiting rooms) visit our website at www.papscreen.org.au or call the Cancer Council Helpline on 13 11 20.
The Royal Women’s Hospital CPD Program - Tuesday 28th October 6.45-9.15pm at Melbourne GP Network, Suite 9, 233 Cardigan St, Carlton. RSVP 5 days prior to Innes Rio.Ines@thewomens.org.au
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note: only new ads, paid ads or resubmitted ads will be posted here. All other
ads can be found on the website
Doctors
Ivanhoe Medical Clinic - sessions for PT or FT VR GP. Modern, large group with supportive colleagues and full time nurses, computerised, CDMs, mixed billing, flexible, friendly, no A/H, good remuneration. Contact Dr.Stephen Smith or Dr.David Doig on 03 9499 1245.
Practice
Staff
Alphington - Permanent Part Time Medical Receptionist required for a busy Medical Centre. Must be computer literate & show initiative. Past Medical Receptionist experience would be an advantage as well as a working knowledge of Word. Please forward CV to bev@alphingtonmc.com.au
Alphington
Medical Centre - seeks a Division1 Practice Nurse. Hours: full time or job
share position. Duties to include immunisations, patient
liaison, assessments & care planning triage, assisting medical staff and
management of medical stock. Great supportive working
environment. Please email CV to bev@alphingtonmc.com.au
Women's
Health In the North requires Two Health Promotion Team Leaders - 0.8 EFT. WHIN
is a small but dynamic regional service operating across
WHIN is a regional women’s health
promotion service, with a particular focus on violence against women, sexual
and reproductive health and economic participation.
WHIN is seeking to appoint two women
for the position of Team Leaders: one Health Promotion – Programs, the second
Health Promotion – Research and Projects. Each Team Leader will manage a small
team, with approximately half their time spent on programs. The Programs Team
Leader will have strong staff management skills; the Research and Projects Team
Leader will have strong research and project development experience. The
successful applicants will be energetic and experienced, with a well-developed
ability to manage people, set priorities and achieve planned objectives and a
commitment to feminist and social justice principles.
Position Descriptions and inquiries: 9484 1666. Only applications
addressing the Key Selection Criteria will be considered.Closing
Date: 3/11/08 EEO Exemption: A140/2006
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Pun Intended
1. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.
He
acquired his size from too much pi.
2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island,
but
it turned out to be an optical
3. She was only a whisky maker, but he loved her still.
4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because
it
was a weapon of math disruption.
5. The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind
in his work.
6. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be
stationery.
7. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for
littering.
8. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in
9. Two silk worms had a race…………………
They ended up in a tie.
10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
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