No 1020: June 17, 2010
eNews is a weekly electronic newsletter
sent to all GP practices (with email addresses) within the
Aged Care Austin
Health Fast Track X-Ray
Professional Development CPD
events
HMR PPIs - their place, long term effects and other GI issues
Information Management Medical Director Tips
Items of interest Cancer Resource for Primary
Health Care Professionals, HeaD-ON, Multilingual
information on vitamin D, Health Independence Programs, GP Network News
News for Practice Staff Mandatory Reporting For Health
Professionals, UNE Partnerships
Practice Manager Development, e-learning Training Package to support Medicare
Item 10997
Paediatrics Waiting rooms incubate bugs, Do you have a patient that stutters?
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This service is only available for residents of Aged Care homes for non-urgent, plain x-rays. Ultrasound and CT Scans are NOT available through this service. The service is not suitable for patients who have had a fall and are now non-weight bearing, as patients are not seen in the Emergency Department unless the reporting radiologist has a clinical concern. Should you have any questions, please contact Dr. Wendy Fisher, GP Liaison Officer, Austin Health at wendy.fisher@austin.org.au or 9496 2681 (Monday and Tuesday).
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Diabetes Australia – Vic
organises supermarket tours in metropolitan and regional areas to help make
shopping for food easier. As part of the two hour tour, local dietitians show
you how to accurately read and understand food labels, select healthy food
alternatives and identify products that are appropriate for people with
diabetes. Participants will receive a show bag with the Diabetes Australia
Healthy Shopping Guide, information sheets and other useful information. A tour
is taking place at Safeway,
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Wednesday 23 June 7- 9:30pm (Registration/meal: 6:30). A workshop for GPs, Practice Managers & Practice Nurses, presented by Dr Lisa Engel at John Scott Meeting House, La Trobe University [Map]. [Application Form]
Tuesday 20th July 6.30pm – 9.30pm (dinner from 6.15pm) For GPs, practice staff and practice nurses. As part of RACGP QA&CPD Program, GPs have until the end of this year to complete an accredited CPR course. This course meets the requirements for CPR training and has 5 Category 2 RACGP points attached. Flyer.
Meetings are held each Tuesday starting at 12.30 in the
Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor,
June 22 - Endometriosis - Dr Emma Readman
For full term Tuesday lecture program click here.
Austin Health - Division
of Medicine Grand Round
Clinical
Case Discusion: Hypokalaemia,
Hypophosphataemia & Acute Renal Failure
(Nephrologists don’t do things by HHARF). Speaker: Dr Matthew Davies,
Nephrology Advanced Trainee
Wednesday 23rd June, 12:30pm
at John Lindell Lecture Theatre, Level 4,
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Wednesday
7 July, 7pm-9pm (Dinner from 6.30pm) at John Scott Meeting House, La
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You
are able to quickly check which results haven’t been checked in the holding
file.
By
double clicking a patient you can then action the result with No action
required, Discuss result or Return urgently.
Question: I have not been able to locate an anaphylaxis plan.
A majority of parents come in requesting this and in colour.
Can we work together if we must to put together one as a template. This is a
far larger request than the asthma plan.
Answer: I have located a couple for you and these are
found at ASCIA, the peak professional body of Clinical Immunologists and
Allergists in Australia and New Zealand (www.allergy.org.au)
– you can download two plans: EpiPen Action Plan for Anaphylaxis Personal 696.58 Kb and Anapen Action Plan for Anaphylaxis Personal 489.25 Kb
You can
download these single sided colour sheets from the
site and if you wanted, import them into the Patient Leaflets of Medical
Director (no need for us to work on creating a template).
This action
plan is now available to all MD users on your network – you only have to train
everyone to find it!!
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Funded by the Australian Government and freely available, eviQ is a web based repository providing cancer treatment information to health professionals. Information is accurate, standardised, evidence based and unbiased. Used extensively in the hospital setting, eviQ now includes a primary care area. This point of care resource, designed to assist the busy GP or nurse includes, but is not limited to information on treatment protocols, side effects, safety alerts, clinical considerations, interactions, clinical devices, MBS item numbers, useful links, safe handling of cytotoxics, and coming soon, an opioid conversion calculator. There are communication templates also available for use between specialist and GP; these can be accessed from the primary care home page. To register, follow link www.eviQ.org.au (registration is free). If you would like any further information, please contact Natalie Cook natalie.cook@cancerinstitute.org.au.
Does your patient suffer from
recurrent headaches or migraines and co-morbid depressive symptoms? If
so then your patient may like to receive treatment for their headaches and
depression via a research project run through
Victorians may be at risk of vitamin D deficiency, especially in winter. At-risk groups include people with naturally very dark skin and people who cover their skin for religious or cultural reasons. The Victorian Department of Health, SunSmart and other key stakeholders have released a new resource on vitamin D for health professionals and community workers. Information sheets on vitamin D are also available in eight languages from SunSmart. Click here for more information.
A program supporting the transition from hospital to home and preventing the need for a hospital presentation. Tel: 1300 131 470. Click here for more information.
This week’s edition includes: AMA seeks more detail and engagement on health reform; Practice nurse funding changes: AMA practice manager survey; AMA position statement – doctors and preventative care; Use of antiviral medication for influenza in 2010; New waist measurement resources for general practice.
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There’s an opportunity to enrol in one of the practice management qualifications before the end of the financial year (30 June 2010) and receive FREE a copy of the well respected textbook: Management: theory and practice 4th edition, Kris Cole. (RRP $90). For more information regarding UNE Partnerships Practice Manager Development Program see here. Click here for: 2010 Enrolment Form or call 1800 288 622 for further information.
As of close of business Friday 21 May, free access to this package is no longer available. If you registered before 1 May 2010, you will be able to continue accessing the package until 30 June 2010. For eligible users who registered on 1 May or after, you will have access to the package until 31 August 2010. If you would like to register for the package, access is now available for $121 (GST inclusive). If you would like a CD-ROM to accompany the online access, the cost is $127 (GST inclusive). http://www.rcna.org.au/about/about_rcna.
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The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute is developing effective treatments
for children who stutter. Your patient may be eligible to participate. There
will be no cost for assessment or treatment. Treatment is available at the Murdoch
Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital,
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Please note: only new ads or resubmitted ads will be posted here. All other
ads can be found on the website
Doctors
Bundoora - VR GP required for established 25-year-old practice. P/T, mixed billing, relocation incentive available. Ph Ken Dickinson 03 9467 5433.
Ivanhoe - VR GP Full time or Part time required to work in this GP operated accredited medical centre. A friendly and supportive team environment in this computerised medical centre with allied health, nursing staff and radiology on site. No A/H’s flexible working hours family friendly. Please contact John or Ken on 03 9497 1188.
Kensington - GP, Full and Part-Time sessions available at
Doutta Galla Community
Health Service. Attractive
salary, hours/days are flexible, no weekends and attractive remuneration
package. Practice hours are Mon-Fri 8.30am-6pm. A friendly and professional
supportive team environment in this computerised accredited medical centre with
allied health, dedicated nursing staff and three mental health nurses on staff.
For enquires please contact
GP Locum available - Experienced VR / FRACGP doctor available for short term locums for inner north / northeast suburbs from July 5th . Please call John 0419 353 501 for details.
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DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly- painted vertical stabilizer which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.
WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench at the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, 'Oh shit'
ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age.
SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.
HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.
TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.
BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.
PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.
BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.
HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
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And remember…
…how would we measure hail without golf balls?