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Medical Advice. Elderly woman using asthma inhaler, mexican doctor watching, free space, panorama
Prof Vanessa McDonald
  • Clinical Takeaway
0.5 EA, 0.5 RP

Oral corticosteroids stewardship for asthma in adults and adolescents

How a lifetime cumulative dose of oral corticosteroids greater than 1gm is associated with significantly increased side effects that include infections, DVTs and cardiovascular disease (apart from skeletal ones)

Expert/s: Prof Vanessa McDonald, A/Prof John Blakey
Woman,Cant,Sleep,At,The,Night,Because,Of,Her,Problems
Dr Anup Desai
  • Clinical Takeaway
1 EA, 0.5 RP

Insomnia and sleep – CBT perspective and content

The role of the sleep psychologist, Insomnia - learn how to take a detailed history and how this can lead us toward a nuanced diagnosis, and therefore a more appropriate management plan. Additionally, how CBT is the first line treatment for insomnia, and it is far more than sleep hygiene

Expert/s: Dr Anup Desai, Dr Rosemary Clancy
Doctor,Feels,The,Thyroid,Gland,In,A,Patient,Of,An
Prof Leigh Delbridge
  • Clinical Takeaway
0.5 EA, 0.5 RP

Goitre – Diagnosis and treatment

How clarifying the Bethesda grading system of thyroid biopsy results can help to minimise unnecessary thyroid biopsies and thyroid surgery, and a handy structured approach and explanation of the newer ultrasound classification system

Expert/s: Prof Leigh Delbridge
African,American,Woman,With,Rls,-,Restless,Legs,Syndrome.,Sleeping
Prof Brendon Yee
  • Clinical Takeaway
0.5 EA, 0.5 RP

Restless legs syndrome

How is Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) diagnosed, what other conditions need to be excluded, when should you treat RLS and what with, and when should you refer

Expert/s: Prof Brendon Yee
Snore,Concept.,Tiny,Characters,Sleeping,In,Bed,And,Suffering,Of
Dr Anup Desai
  • Clinical Takeaway
0.5 EA, 0.5 RP

The sleep basics – Part 2

How to interpret a sleep study more effectively, why you should not skip the sleep physician's conclusions, and how to understand the graphs and hypnograms

Expert/s: Dr Anup Desai
Photo,Template,Of,Unrecognizable,Woman,Representing,Graphic,Visualisation,Of,Bladder
Dr Jerome Melon
  • Clinical Takeaway
0.5 EA, 0.5 RP

Management of stress urinary incontinence

Those experiencing severe symptoms have a range of non-mesh surgical options, and all these options must be offered to the patients who need to intensify their treatment

Expert/s: Dr Jerome Melon
Snore,Concept.,Tiny,Characters,Sleeping,In,Bed,And,Suffering,Of
Dr Anup Desai
  • Clinical Takeaway
0.5 EA, 0.5 RP

The sleep basics – Part 1

A structured approach to assessing sleep disorders in primary care, and how taking a good sleep history is crucial

Expert/s: Dr Anup Desai
Female,Doctor,Holding,Virtual,Thyroid,Gland,In,Hand.,Handrawn,Human
Prof Bruce Robinson
  • Clinical Takeaway
0.5 EA, 0.5 RP

Nodules and thyroid cancer

How do you manage a single or multiple hot or cold nodules in the thyroid, which test should you do and when and when to refer and to whom?

Expert/s: Prof Bruce Robinson
1577217646
Joyce McSwan
  • Clinical Takeaway
1 EA, 0.5 RP

Chronic back pain – Practical management advice

What are yellow flags for back pain?, knowing these and practising mindful therapeutics can help mitigate the risk of progression of acute pain to chronic pain, and how chronic pain is a disease in its own right

Expert/s: Joyce McSwan
Fatigued,Employee,Sleeping,On,A,Desktop,At,Office,With,Her
Dr Sheila Sivam
  • Clinical Takeaway
0.5 EA, 0.5 RP

Narcolepsy is more common than we think – How to identify and diagnose

Narcolepsy is severely disruptive. It often presents with several co-morbid conditions that may be mistaken for the major condition, and half the patients with narcolepsy are undiagnosed

Expert/s: Dr Sheila Sivam
Human Gallbladder and Pancreas Anatomy Illustration. 3D render
Prof Creswell Eastman AO
  • Clinical Takeaway
1 EA, 0.5 RP

Living with thyroid disease

How can GP’s better support & manage their thyroid patients? How to achieve the optimal dose, overcoming barriers to patient compliance, and how often should we do blood tests/monitoring?

Expert/s: Prof Creswell Eastman AO
Uterus,Problems,Visualisation,On,Woman`s,Body
Dr Yu Hwee Tan
  • Clinical Takeaway
0.5 EA, 0.5 RP

Management of overactive bladder (OAB)

The incidence of OAB is greater in women and as one ages - It’s common-affecting 20-30% of women. Dr Yu Hwee discusses assessment and management

Expert/s: Dr Yu Hwee Tan
Medical Advice. Elderly woman using asthma inhaler, mexican doctor watching, free space, panorama

Oral corticosteroids stewardship for asthma in adults and adolescents

How a lifetime cumulative dose of oral corticosteroids greater than 1gm is associated with significantly increased side effects that include infections, DVTs and cardiovascular disease (apart from skeletal ones)

Expert/s: Prof Vanessa McDonald, A/Prof John Blakey
  • Clinical Takeaway
Woman,Cant,Sleep,At,The,Night,Because,Of,Her,Problems

Insomnia and sleep – CBT perspective and content

The role of the sleep psychologist, Insomnia - learn how to take a detailed history and how this can lead us toward a nuanced diagnosis, and therefore a more appropriate management plan. Additionally, how CBT is the first line treatment for insomnia, and it is far more than sleep hygiene

Expert/s: Dr Anup Desai, Dr Rosemary Clancy
  • Clinical Takeaway
Doctor,Feels,The,Thyroid,Gland,In,A,Patient,Of,An

Goitre – Diagnosis and treatment

How clarifying the Bethesda grading system of thyroid biopsy results can help to minimise unnecessary thyroid biopsies and thyroid surgery, and a handy structured approach and explanation of the newer ultrasound classification system

Expert/s: Prof Leigh Delbridge
  • Clinical Takeaway
African,American,Woman,With,Rls,-,Restless,Legs,Syndrome.,Sleeping

Restless legs syndrome

How is Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) diagnosed, what other conditions need to be excluded, when should you treat RLS and what with, and when should you refer

Expert/s: Prof Brendon Yee
  • Clinical Takeaway
Snore,Concept.,Tiny,Characters,Sleeping,In,Bed,And,Suffering,Of

The sleep basics – Part 2

How to interpret a sleep study more effectively, why you should not skip the sleep physician's conclusions, and how to understand the graphs and hypnograms

Expert/s: Dr Anup Desai
  • Clinical Takeaway
Photo,Template,Of,Unrecognizable,Woman,Representing,Graphic,Visualisation,Of,Bladder

Management of stress urinary incontinence

Those experiencing severe symptoms have a range of non-mesh surgical options, and all these options must be offered to the patients who need to intensify their treatment

Expert/s: Dr Jerome Melon
  • Clinical Takeaway
Snore,Concept.,Tiny,Characters,Sleeping,In,Bed,And,Suffering,Of

The sleep basics – Part 1

A structured approach to assessing sleep disorders in primary care, and how taking a good sleep history is crucial

Expert/s: Dr Anup Desai
  • Clinical Takeaway
Female,Doctor,Holding,Virtual,Thyroid,Gland,In,Hand.,Handrawn,Human

Nodules and thyroid cancer

How do you manage a single or multiple hot or cold nodules in the thyroid, which test should you do and when and when to refer and to whom?

Expert/s: Prof Bruce Robinson
  • Clinical Takeaway
1577217646

Chronic back pain – Practical management advice

What are yellow flags for back pain?, knowing these and practising mindful therapeutics can help mitigate the risk of progression of acute pain to chronic pain, and how chronic pain is a disease in its own right

Expert/s: Joyce McSwan
  • Clinical Takeaway
Fatigued,Employee,Sleeping,On,A,Desktop,At,Office,With,Her

Narcolepsy is more common than we think – How to identify and diagnose

Narcolepsy is severely disruptive. It often presents with several co-morbid conditions that may be mistaken for the major condition, and half the patients with narcolepsy are undiagnosed

Expert/s: Dr Sheila Sivam
  • Clinical Takeaway
Human Gallbladder and Pancreas Anatomy Illustration. 3D render

Living with thyroid disease

How can GP’s better support & manage their thyroid patients? How to achieve the optimal dose, overcoming barriers to patient compliance, and how often should we do blood tests/monitoring?

Expert/s: Prof Creswell Eastman AO
  • Clinical Takeaway
Uterus,Problems,Visualisation,On,Woman`s,Body

Management of overactive bladder (OAB)

The incidence of OAB is greater in women and as one ages - It’s common-affecting 20-30% of women. Dr Yu Hwee discusses assessment and management

Expert/s: Dr Yu Hwee Tan
  • Clinical Takeaway

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