UQ Health Insitu - Education Program Catalogue

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UQ Health Insitu hosts a range of CPD short courses for general and medical practitioners covering topics such as clinical skills, chronic disease management, mental health skills, leadership and management, workplace training and development and more.

CPD short courses for general and medical practitioners are listed alphabetically below.

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Course List

	Assessment principles and practice for professional development programs
	Design and develop suitable assessment instruments to ensure effective clinical education. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Clinical quality improvement methods
	Learn to effectively plan, implement and review quality improvement projects in the workplace. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Creating a positive work culture in health services
	Learn how to optimise the work climate and culture within health services to benefit the individual employee and wider organisation. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Critical appraisal and evidence
	Learn how to critically appraise the evidence to answer your clinical questions. This course will provide resources and tools to assist clinician's with critically appraising; intervention, diagnostic and prognastic studies, systematic reviews and Clinical Practice Guidelines. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Curriculum design
	Provides a comprehensive overview of education program design, from identifying the training shortfall and establishing a curriculum, to delivery of an education program. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Customer focused healthcare
	This course explores the notion of customers in health, how patient centred care has evolved - and will continue to evolve in the future. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Developing Clinical Practice Guidelines
	This short course provides an overview of the processes and strategies required to assist clinicians in preparing to plan and develop Clinical Practice Guidelines. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Developing professional development materials and programs
	Enhance the effectiveness and esteem of your professional development programs through greater awareness of the needs and preferences of your audience. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Effective clinical communication
	This course will equip you with a new set of communication skills which underpin patient safety and improve teamwork. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Effective clinical teams
	This course provides practical skills which any clinician can use to improve teamwork in their clinical workplace. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Evaluation of innovation
	Learn how to scope processes, interpret data, and bring together evaluation results in a logical format to ensure innovation effectiveness. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Evaluation of professional development programs
	Learn how to formulate questions regarding the goals of the education, the conduct of the training, and the impact or worth of the program upon completion. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Everyday leadership (Leading people)
	Influence others to achieve common goals, improve understanding of team dynamics, and develop your own leadership style and qualities. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Evidence in action
	Optimise clinical outcomes through evidence-based practice. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Extended Course: Advanced Diabetes Care
	Provides an overview of a best-practice approach to GP diabetes and diabetic complication management, including strategies that maximise the opportunity for successful patient self-management and behaviour modification. RACGP and ACRRM accredited.

Extended Course: Care of Ageing Australians

Australian society is aging rapidly, with a quadrupling of Australians > 85 years expected by 2050. Queensland currently has only 20 geriatricians to support this growing need, and much of the responsibility for managing the unique needs of older Australians, their carers and families - physical, psychosocial and environmental - will fall to primary care, particularly the family GP. This expansion of care need will require an understanding of the global effects of aging on function, broad knowledge of the roles of different members of the health care team and key community agencies, skills in managing a broader range of clinical conditions which present commonly in older age groups, and an understanding of the ethical and legal dimensions associated with end-of-life decision-making.

	Extended Course: Chronic Disease Management in General Practice
	Does chronic disease management comprise the majority of your case load these days? Have you identified this area as a major learning priority for yourself? If so, this may be the course for you. Includes a one-day skills workshop. RACGP and ACRRM accredited.

	Extended Course: General Practice Dermatology
	Covers the common and important skin presentations in Australian general practice, and assists GPs to understand the evidence (or lack of) behind the rapidly-growing options in skin therapy available to Australian patients and communities. RACGP and ACRRM accredited.

	Extended Course: Mental Health and the GP
	This course will deliver training appropriate to the Better Outcomes in Mental Health level 1 and 2 proficiencies in important areas in general practice. Skills to be developed include interpersonal therapies and motivational interviewing. RACGP and ACRRM accredited.

	Extended Course: Primary Care Ophthalmology
	Develop advanced knowledge and skills in the history, assessment and management of a variety of eye conditions in primary care and practice how to apply to the clinical setting. RACGP and ACRRM accredited.

	Fundamentals of managing change
	Provides an insight into personal and organisational change. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Future trends in healthcare
	Broaden your understanding of the major trends influencing the Australian healthcare system. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Ideas to action (Leading innovation)
	Learn how to identify and implement new ideas and changes for the better. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Insertion of chest tubes and management of chest drains in adults
	FREE PROGRAM A step by step guide to chest tube insertion and removal, principles, and techniques. Suitable for junior doctors and as a refresher for experienced doctors.

	Introduction to quality and safety in healthcare
	This course unravels the terms 'quality' and 'safety' for clinicians and reveals the underpinning principles. Improve your understanding of how to apply key processes within quality and safety. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Leading clinical handover
	FREE PROGRAM Highlights the fundamental principles that underpin safe and effective clinical handover for all health professionals. RACGP and ACRRM accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Learning in a clinical setting
	Improve your comprehension rate and skills as a learner. This course also equips you with the knowledge and skills necessary to gain the most from the companion course 'Teaching in a clinincal setting' [HI4642]. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Making things happen (Project management)
	Learn how to achieve team goals using basic project techniques. RCNA endorsed.

	Managing health service teams
	This course is designed to provide new or prospective managers with an understanding of the nature of management and explores the types of decisions that are inherent with managing a team. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Patient safety principles and practice
	Understanding human error and complex systems is crucial for ensuring patient safety. This course will explore these factors and provide you with the ability to lead a workplace that prevents and manages risk. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Short Course: Advanced diabetic care – The GP’s increasingly complex role in diabetes and co-morbidity management
	An overview of a best-practice approach to GP diabetes management. RACGP and ACRRM accredited.

	Short Course: Ageing – Common geriatric syndromes and their assessment 1 – delirium/ dementia/ falls
	Explores, assessment and management approaches the management of difficult behavioural and psychological dementia presentations, and falls prevention approaches appropriate for general practice. RACGP and ACRRM accredited.

	Short Course: Ageing – Common geriatric syndromes and their assessment 2 – traps in polypharmacy / managing incontinence/ supporting the patient’s carer / family
	Provides the important assessment and management strategies required to tackle major clinical challenges in caring for older Australians. ACRRM accredited.

	Short Course: Chronic disease management – Creating effective teams in the practice – forming, norming and maintaining effective teams
	Learn the strategies that will enhance your practice teamwork and create practice systems to deliver optimal chronic disease management. RACGP and ACRRM accredited.

	Short Course: Chronic disease management – Helping patients manage lifestyle, including motivational interviewing techniques and application
	This course provides a blueprint for cultivating patient self-management skills, fostering positive behavioural change and promoting empowerment in your chronic disease patients. RACGP and ACRRM accredited.

	Short Course: Dermatology - Comprehensive update on the management of non-melanoma skin cancer and photoageing
	This short course, which includes a hands-on workshop (held in Brisbane, Queensland), will provide you with the contemporary knowledge you need to manage premalignant and malignant lesions in your practice. RACGP and ACCRM accredited.

	Short Course: Dermatology - Nonsurgical treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer
	Learn the different types of treatment options for skin cancer, and what you can perform in your own practice? ACRRM accredited.

	Short Course: Dermatology – Photoageing
	Australians have the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. This short course will provide you with the contemporary knowledge you need to manage photoageing in your practice.ACRRM accredited.

Short Course: Mental Health Skills for GPs

This short course is accredited by the General Practice Mental Health Standards Collaboration (GPMHSC) as a Mental Health Skills Training (MHST) program. Completion of a MHST course and a Focussed Psychological Strategies (FPS) Skills Training course enables a GP to register as a provider of FPS.

GPMHSC Mental Health Skills Training (MHST) (previously known as Level One initial training)
RACGP - QA&CPD 40 Category 1 points (Activity 739908)
ACRRM - 8 PDP points (Activity OEACR-8002-PRIM)

	Short Course: Primary eye care – Common and important eye presentations in primary care and their diagnosis and management
	Reviews the most common ophthalmic presentations, and some of the most serious, provides a framework for the practical assessment of the red eye and offers a comprehensive approach to assessing both acute and chronic loss of vision in the outpatient practice. ACRRM accredited.

	Short Course: Primary eye care – Interpretation and grading of diabetic retinopathy, including accreditation for retinal camera photography
	Teaches GPs to accurately assess diabetic fundi for non-proliferative and proliferative retinal changes, and provides the opportunity to accredit for screening with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) pilot program. The optional accreditation assessment will be conducted in person at a regional education centre. RACGP and ACRRM accredited.

	Short Course: Primary eye care – Taking a comprehensive eye history and examination and equipping the practice for high quality eye care
	A comprehensive overview of ophthalmological history taking and assessment in the primary care setting, and the costs and benefits of equipping the practice for effective eye assessment. RACGP and ACRRM accredited.

	Short Course: Working optimally with patients with diabetes and chronic disease - self-management techniques, behavioural change and motivational interviewing
	As type 2 diabetes is a lifestyle related disease, maximal involvement from the patient in addressing key issues here is fundamental to optimal GP management. This short course covers the skills and approaches GPs require to help their patients and communities to succeed in lifestyle review/modification. ACRRM accredited.

	Show me the money part 1: Key financial concepts every health professional needs
	Equips clinicians to have basic practical financial literacy. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Show me the money part 2: Influencing the way resources are deployed to delivery healthcare
	Learn how to develop an accurate budget that matches financial resources with service goals, and prepare a business case for either investment or change. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Simulation training for doctors: Insertion of chest tubes in adults
	Improve patient safety and reduce the incidence of iatrogenic injury by advancing your skills and clinical judgement of inserting chest tubes. Combines an online education program with hands-on skills training, using a mannequin.

	Simulation training manuals: Chest tubes insertion program for doctors
	Manuals for organisations, trainers and procedural experts delivering the simulation training component of the chest tube insertion program for doctors.

	Strategic planning for health services
	This course provides a framework for developing a strategic plan and offers a number of useful tools to assist in this process. It also explores the key leadership aspects relating to strategy. RCNA endorsed

	Teaching in a clinical setting
	Enhance preparation, skills and develop effective teaching attributes and techniques to become a confident and successful clinical educator. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	The right people on the job (The basics of human resource management)
	People are the lifeblood of any health service. If you are involved in staffing decisions, this is the course for you. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Unravelling the Australian healthcare system
	Provides a 'helicopter' view of the current healthcare system - who it serves, how it's delivered, and its impact on healthcare consumers. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Using measurement to improve healthcare
	This course examines the why, what and how of information collection, and equips clinicians and managers with effective methods of analysing healthcare data to help improve the quality of their practice. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Workforce innovation
	Equips clinical leaders to initiate appropriate workforce innovations to optimise service delivery and patient outcomes. RACGP accredited. RCNA endorsed.

	Workshop: Dermatology – Best practice surgical techniques for excision and biopsy in general practice
	Aworkshop preceded by a web-based step-by-step guide to best practice elipse excisions, skin biopsy, skin apposition and deep skin closure techniques, useful in all general practice situations. ACRRM accredited.

Workshop: Dermatology – Pigmented lesions – diagnosis, dermatoscopy and management

An online overview of the spectrum of pigmented lesions encountered in general practice, and the technique of dermatoscopy, followed by a 1 hour workshop in an interactive small group skills environment, supervised by a dermatologist with a special interest in the area, that involves participants in the practical interpretation of dermatoscopy images and discussions re: the selection of appropriate dermatoscope for the practice population. ACRRM accredited.

Workshop: Dermatology – Treatment options for premalignant and malignant lesions – what should I choose for which patient, and what can be performed in my practice?

A workshop preceded by two extensive web-based units on the multitude of non-surgical approaches to managing skin cancer in the general practice setting. The 2 hour interactive small group skills workshop, conducted and supervised by a dermatologist with a special interest in chemical peels, reviews the approaches learnt and applies them to the specific general practice populations in which participants work. ACRRM accredited.