SA General Practice Refresher Course
October 29-31 2009
The program is suitable for urban and rural general practitioners, training medical officers, general practice and hospital based nurses, paramedics, allied health professionals and medical students.
RACGP CPD Accredited : 40 Category One Points
Sferas Conference Centre, Modbury South Australia
October 29-31 2009
- Dr Sam Alfred, Toxicologist / Emergency Physician, Royal Adelaide Hospital
- Dr Jason Bament, Director of Emergency Departrment, Modbury Hospital
- Mr Chris Cotton, Intensive care Paramedic, SA Ambulance
- Mr John Greenwood, Burns Specialist, Royal Adelaide Hospital
- Assoc Prof Matthew Hooper, MedStar - SA Retrieval Service
- Dr Christopher Kirby, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Adelaide Womens and Childrens Hospital
- Mr Phillip Knight, Intensive Care Paramedic, SAAS
- Dr David Morris, Consultant Obstetrician
- Dr Lawrie Palmer, Palliative Care Physician, Modbury Hospital
- Dr Peter Stuart, Emergency Physician, Modbury Hospital
- Dr Peter Sylaidis, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Adelaide Plastic Surgery Associates
- Dr Maya Thomas, Consultant Paediatrician, Lyell McEwin Hospital
- Mr David Tingey, Retrieval Paramedic Manager, MedStar – SA Retrieval Service
- Dr Ben Wells, Consultant Paediatric Psychiatrist, Adelaide Womens and Childrens Hospital
- Assoc. Prof Julian White, Toxinologist, Adelaide Womens and Childrens Hospital
Morning Presentations
- Ethical issues at the end of life
- Toxicology of Recreational Drug use
- Burn Management – State of the Art
- Medical Retrieval
- Paediatric Surgical Emergencies
- Emergency Geriatrics
Afternoon (concurrent) Workshops
- Advanced Airway Management
- Counselling and interviewing techniques for the Adolescent
- Bites, stings and toxicological nasties
- Emergency Delivery / Neonatal Resuscitation
- Plastic surgery techniques for wound management
- Cardiac Arrhythmias – recognition and treatment
CPR accreditation
- Accreditation workshop in Basic and Advanced Life Support (2 x 90 min sessions - Saturday morning