Upcoming Medical Conferences in Australia

Ultrasound in Rural Medicine Core & Introduction to Obstetrics - 5 Day Course is organized by Australian Institute of Ultrasound (AIU) and will be held from Dec 16 - 20, 2019 at Australian Institute of Ultrasound, Gold coast, Queensland, Australia. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 40 Category 1 points. Description:- The value of this course is that you get the introduction to obstetrics (2days) and the core rural medicine courses. This course provides essential ultrasound skills to manage patients in rural and remote settings where access to complimentary diagnostic facilities is limited or requires your patients to travel long distances. As clinical ultrasound skills are highly operator-dependant and limited by time constraints, it requires experienced tutors (1:4 ratio) to guide your techniques and lay the foundation for safe and effective ultrasound practice. Additional to the core content in Point of Care Ultrasound. Content:- • Basic Physics principles • Abdominal aortic Aneurysm • EFAST protocol • Biliary • Renal hydronephrosis and calculi • Basic Echo in Life support (BELS) • Basic early pregnancy • Basic Monitoring the fetus • Vascular access Course Objective:- On completion of the course the following topics will be covered: • Identify the parameters of safe application of ultrasound in medical diagnosis • Identify the physical principles, artefacts and the steps for image optimization while performing ultrasound in rural medical practice • Practice "hands on" ultrasound scanning skills required to maximize diagnostic ability in answering relevant clinical questions • Recognise the sonographic appearances of normal and abnormal structures required to answer common clinical questions • Perform EFAST, AAA, Renal & Biliary Tract, Cardiac, Vascular Access, Nerve Blocks, & pregnancy ultrasounds • Identify the sonographic appearance of the aorta and surrounding structures • Differentiate normal from abnormal aorta (dilation, aneurysm and dissection) • Distinguish vein from arteries and perform guided ultrasound venous access • Differentiate normal from abnormal E-FAST assessment, discriminating pitfalls and artifacts observed when acquiring ultrasound images • Identify the relational and ultrasound anatomy of the uterus and its content • Distinguish viable, non- viable and uncertain viability of pregnancy • Carry out measurement in the first trimester of pregnancy • Identify the traps and pitfalls in obstetric scanning • Detect the most common cardiac life threatening focusing on cardiac anatomy and function (LV/RV dysfunction, cardiac tamponade and massive PE) • Identify when to refer for further assessment Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Ultrasound for General Practitioners - 2 Day POCUS Course is organized by Zedu Ultrasound Training Solutions (UTS) and will be held from Dec 16 - 17, 2019 at Zedu Ultrasound Training Solutions, Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia. Course Accreditation: ACRRM | 30 PRPD & 30 MOPS points. Grant eligible Anaesthetics, Obstetrics, Emergency Medicine, Surgery RACGP | Activity Number: 147166, 40 Category 1 points. Eligible for Procedural and Training Grants Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Advanced Life Support (ALS) course is organized by Clinical Skills Development Service (CSDS) and will be held on Dec 16, 2019 at Clinical Skills Development Service, Herston, Queensland, Australia. Target audience: The course is designed for clinicians with experience or knowledge of ALS and for those requiring recertification. Description: The Advanced Life Support (ALS) course assesses participants on their ability to effectively manage an adult cardiac arrest situation in line with the ANZCOR guidelines. The course focuses on the application and assessment of ALS skills in a simulated environment. Prerequisites: Completion of the core online learning (7 modules) with 100% pass mark on the multiple-choice quiz is a prerequisite to attend the face-to-face course. The 8 elective modules are for personalised learning. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Ultrasound in Rural Medicine Core - 3 Day Course is organized by Australian Institute of Ultrasound (AIU) and will be held from Dec 16 - 18, 2019 at Australian Institute of Ultrasound, Gold coast, Queensland, Australia. Description:- Limited time is the daily routine of a general practitioner. However, an informed use of point of care ultrasound can risk stratify many difficult decisions. Is this heart failure? Renal colic, cholecystitis or an abdominal aortic aneurysm? Pneumothorax? Should I refer this patient? All these questions can be answered at the bedside, with nothing more than a hand-held ultrasound. This three-day course provides a basic introduction to problem solving for these low risk-high stakes questions. This course targets important branch points in management decisions rather than a deep dive into any one system. Take these tools home, practise in your own environment, then work with us toward credentialing in those protocols that will have the highest yield in your job. Course Content:- • Basic Physics principles • Abdominal aortic Aneurysm (AAA) • E-FAST protocol • Biliary • Renal hydronephrosis and calculi • Basic Echo in Life Support (BELS) • Vascular access Course Objective:- At the end of this course the attendees will be able to: • Identify the parameters of safe application of ultrasound and its limitations in medical diagnosis • Identify the physical principles, artefacts and the steps for image optimisation while performing ultrasound. • Practice “hands on” ultrasound scanning skills required to maximise diagnostic ability in answering relevant clinical questions • Recognise the sonographic appearances of normal and abnormal structures required to answer common clinical questions • Perform AAA, E-FAST, BELS, Biliary, Hydronephrosis and Renal Calculi and Vascular Access ultrasound techniques • Acquire images obtained on normal adult volunteers & phantoms • Interpret images from normal adult volunteers • Recognise the variants and abnormalities from presentations and case-based learning. Document the ultrasound findings • Equip the learner with the foundation skills to begin to incorporate the ultrasound skills with the clinical situation to make appropriate management decisions

Perth Mental Health Conference is organized by Ausmed Education Pty Ltd and will be held from Dec 16 - 17, 2019 at Holiday Inn Perth City Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 11 CPD Hours. Need for Program: People who enter a general healthcare setting with a physical health complication and have a concurrent mental illness must receive comprehensive care. The ability of nurses and other health professionals to provide holistic health care to all people with a co-existing mental illness is highly dependent on a sound knowledge base. There is a timely need for an evidence-based update on a range of common mental health disorders and conditions so that health professionals are better positioned and informed to support a person with a mental illness. Purpose of Program: To provide nurses and other health professionals who work across a range of general healthcare settings with a comprehensive update on common mental illnesses so as to improve a person’s health outcomes. Conference Overview: Do you work in a hospital, in primary care, or in the community? Do you regularly care for people with a concurrent mental illness? Even if you are highly experienced in your speciality, are you confident in your knowledge of common mental health conditions? Many people who suffer from a mental illness will be admitted into a hospital or will enter a primary care clinic. Attend this conference to better understand: • Mythbusting borderline personality disorder • When trauma lingers – a look at PTSD • The unsavoury effects of antipsychotic medications • Your practical guide to taking a drug and alcohol history • How to reduce your level of unconscious bias • ​Calling time on wine o'clock and much, much more… Learning Outcomes: At the conclusion of this program it is expected that the participants will be able to: • Give a trauma-informed approach to people in your care who have a concurrent mental illness.  • Improve your understanding of mental illness to result in greater patient satisfaction in general healthcare environments.  • Provide a feeling of safety and security to people hospitalised with a physical health complication who have a concurrent mental illness as a result of practical techniques being employed. • Establish clear personal boundaries and maintain them to promote a strong, safe therapeutic alliance. 

Manikin Specific Training (MST) Course is organized by Clinical Skills Development Service (CSDS) and will be held on Dec 18, 2019 at Clinical Skills Development Service, Herston, Queensland, Australia. Target audience: Simulation providers and anyone involved in the delivery of simulation based education. Description: Knowing how to effectively use a simulator is essential for delivering a high quality simulated education event. The Manikin Specific Training course addresses the setup, troubleshooting and operation of specific simulators. The following manikins are available: SimBaby, SimJunior, SimMan 3G, SimMom and SimNewB. Prerequisites: Completion of Simulation Provider Course (SPC) Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Infection Prevention and Control - Achieving Best Practice is organized by ADA NSW Centre for Professional Development and will be held on Dec 19, 2019 at ADA NSW Centre for Professional Development, St leonards, New South Wales, Australia. This course has been approved for a maximum of 6.0 CPD Hours Description: Understanding what is required and then implementing these processes at the practice is not always easy. Last year ADA NSW’s Kylie Robb reviewed over 100 dental practice’s IPC processes and has since utilised that experience to create a targeted course that reveals what the key IPC areas of opportunity are for practices, breaks down what specifically needs to be done to achieve IPC best practice and highlights common ‘bloopers’ and what to do about them.  This course aims to build participants confidence with their Infection Prevention and Control processes by highlighting straightforward strategies to reduce risk, ensure best practice and improve efficiency. It is suitable for the entire team. Topics include: • What are the key Infection Prevention and Control areas? • What affects compliance and team performance? • What is the top area of opportunity for improvement….and why? • When would transmission-based precautions apply? • Batch Control Identification • Storage of instruments, the practice environment and more • PPE vs Uniform – what do I have to do? • Sterilising room – where do most practices go wrong? • Endodontics, the lab, and handpieces – give me the facts • How to complete steriliser logs; and what else do you have monitor in the steri? • Spaulding classification and why this makes all the difference Learning Objectives: • Gain knowledge and confidence with the key IPC areas and learn how to implement these successfully • Understand what contemporary hand hygiene principles involve and how to apply them in a dental practice • Apply efficient strategies to reprocess instruments • Confidently set-up the treatment room for IPC success • Identify what specific testing of equipment and indicators are required • Implement an effective practice cleaning schedule

Introduction to Obstetrics - 2 Day Course is organized by Australian Institute of Ultrasound (AIU) and will be held from Dec 19 - 20, 2019 at Australian Institute of Ultrasound, Gold coast, Queensland, Australia. The target audience for this medical event is specifically designed for health professionals who have an interest in point of care obstetric ultrasound. Practical scanning with volunteers at varying gestations is also included. Accreditation: Accredited CCPU units included in the course: • Physics • Basic Early Pregnancy • Basic Monitoring of The Fetus (2nd and 3rd Trimester) Approved by ACRRM and RACGP for the Rural Procedural Grants Program Eligible for Rural Procedural Grants funding under all components. Procedural GPs can receive $2000 per day, for up to 10 days of training per financial year, and GPs providing hospital based emergency services can receive up to three days of eligible training per financial year. CPD 15 points ACEM Accredited ACRRM – 30 PDP core points; 30 PRPD points; 30 MOPS points Radiology ; 30 points MOPS Emergency Medicine; 30 Obstetrics and Gynaecology / Women’s Health. RANZCOG accredited for 10 CPD points Trainees are able to obtain credit for courses undertaken up to 12 months before they commenced in the FRANZCOG training program FRANZCOG approved for registrars to attend by the end of Year 2 Course Content:- • System orientation and probe manipulation techniques • Early pregnancy assessment • Transabdominal and transvaginal techniques • Third Trimester- • Identifying the cervix & placental location • Fetal location and lie • Fetal Biometry • Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI) • Cord Doppler Conference Objectives:- On completion of the course the student should be able to: Early Pregnancy • Identify & examine an intrauterine pregnancy with a heartbeat present • Describe the criteria for failed pregnancy • Describe pregnancy of unknown location • Commence scanning on transvaginal phantoms • Identify & measure the cervix length • Identify & examine the placenta • Describe some placenta, cord & cervix- variants & pathology • Discuss translabial scanning • Establish fetal lie and locate fetal structures • Identify & record cardiac activity • M-mode • Pulsed Wave ( > 12 weeks) • Locate correct planar anatomy & measure fetal biometry (BPD, HC, AC & FL & EFW) • Identify signs of fetal wellbeing • Scan & measure the Amniotic Fluid Index • Scan & measure the umbilical artery cord Doppler • Be aware of the limitations of point of care ultrasound and when to on-refer the patient Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Ultrasound in Rural Medicine Core - 3 Day Course is organized by Australian Institute of Ultrasound (AIU) and will be held from Jan 06 - 08, 2020 at Australian Institute of Ultrasound, Gold coast, Queensland, Australia. Accreditation: • ASUM | CCPU units included in the course: • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) • Extended Focussed Abdominal Scan for Trauma (E-FAST) • BELS (Basic Echocardiography in Life Support) • Vascular Access • Biliary • Hydronephrosis & Renal Calculi • Early Pregnancy (first trimester) This course accredited for 23 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as complying with ACEM standards and policies for AAA, E-FAST, BELS (including cardiac arrest), Hepatobiliary, Renal Tract Ultrasound Detection and Pregnancy (1st trimester). ACRRM | Approved for 30 PDP points; 30 points PRPD; 30 pts MOPS Radiology; 30 pts MOPS Emergency Medicine Eligible for Rural Procedural Grants Funding – 3 days under all components (Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics, Obstetrics and Surgery) CICM | Lectures – Category 2A, points per hour 1; Demonstrations – Category 2B, points per hour 2; Skills – Category 3B, points per hour 3 RACGP | Activity Number: 142574, 40 Category 1 points. Specific Requirement Eligibility – Diagnostic radiology Grant Approved Training – 3 days under Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics, Obstetrics and Surgery. Description: Limited time is the daily routine of a general practitioner. However, an informed use of point of care ultrasound can risk stratify many difficult decisions. Is this heart failure? Renal colic, cholecystitis or an abdominal aortic aneurysm? Pneumothorax? Should I refer this patient? All these questions can be answered at the bedside, with nothing more than a hand-held ultrasound. This three-day course provides a basic introduction to problem solving for these low risk-high stakes questions. This course targets important branch points in management decisions rather than a deep dive into any one system. Take these tools home, practise in your own environment, then work with us toward credentialing in those protocols that will have the highest yield in your job. Conference Objectives are :  At the end of this course the attendees should be able to: • Identify the parameters of safe application of ultrasound and its limitations in medical diagnosis • Identify the physical principles, artefacts and the steps for image optimisation while performing ultrasound. • Practice “hands on” ultrasound scanning skills required to maximise diagnostic ability in answering relevant clinical questions • Recognise the sonographic appearances of normal and abnormal structures required to answer common clinical questions • Perform AAA, DVT, E-FAST, BELS, Biliary, Hydronephrosis and • Renal Calculi and Vascular Access ultrasound techniques • Acquire images obtained on normal adult volunteers & phantoms • Differentiate normal from abnormal proximal lower limb vein (thrombosis) • Interpret images from normal adult volunteers • Recognise the variants and abnormalities from presentations and case-based learning. • Document the ultrasound findings • Equip the learner with the foundation skills to begin to incorporate the ultrasound skills with the clinical situation to make appropriate management decisions Course Content:  • Basic Physics principles • Abdominal aortic Aneurysm (AAA) • E-FAST protocol • Biliary • Renal hydronephrosis and calculi • Basic Echo in Life Support (BELS) • Vascular access Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Ultrasound in Rural Medicine - 5 Day Course is organized by Australian Institute of Ultrasound (AIU) and will be held from Jan 06 - 10, 2020 at Australian Institute of Ultrasound, Gold coast, Queensland, Australia. Accreditation: ASUM | CCPU units included in the course: • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) • Extended Focussed Abdominal Scan for Trauma (E-FAST) • BELS (Basic Echocardiography in Life Support) • Vascular Access • Biliary • Hydronephrosis & Renal Calculi • Basic Early Pregnancy (1st trimester) • Advanced Early Pregnancy • Monitoring the Foetus ACEM |  This course accredited for 39.5 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours ACRRM | Approved for 30 PDP points; 30 points PRPD; 30 pts MOPS Radiology; 30 pts MOPS Emergency Medicine Eligible for Rural Procedural Grants Funding – 5 days under all components (Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics, Obstetrics and Surgery) CICM | Lectures – Category 2A, points per hour 1; Demonstrations – Category 2B, points per hour 2; Skills – Category 3B, points per hour 3 RACGP | Activity Number: 143137, 40 Category 1 points. Specific Requirement Eligibility – Diagnostic radiologyGrant Approved Training – 5 days under Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics, Obstetrics and Surgery Description: Resource limitation is not constrained to the third world. Austere environments occur in retrieval medicine, rural medicine, or after hours in regional hospitals.  Informed use of point of care ultrasound can risk stratify many difficult decisions.  Could this be an ectopic? Is this heart failure or COPD? Renal colic, cholecystitis or an aneurysm? Pneumothorax? Should I fluid load or diurese? Can I safely insert an intercostal catheter? How should I transport this patient?  Previously the purview of radiology, all these questions can be answered at the bedside, or the roadside – with nothing more than a hand held ultrasound. This five day course provides a basic introduction to problem solving for these low risk-high stakes questions.  This course targets important branch points in management decisions rather than a deep dive into any one system.  Take these tools home, practise in your own environment, then work with us toward credentialing in those protocols that will have the highest yield in your job. Conference Objectives are :  On completion of the course the following topics will be covered: • Identify the parameters of safe application of ultrasound and its limitations in medical diagnosis • Identify the physical principles, artefacts and the steps for image optimisation while performing ultrasound. • Practice “hands on” ultrasound scanning skills required to maximise diagnostic ability in answering relevant clinical questions • Recognise the sonographic appearances of normal and abnormal structures required to answer common clinical questions • Perform AAA, DVT, E-FAST, BELS, Biliary, Hydronephrosis and Renal Calculi and Vascular Access ultrasound techniques • Acquire images obtained on normal adult volunteers & phantoms • Differentiate normal from abnormal proximal lower limb vein (thrombosis) • Interpret images from normal adult volunteers • Recognise the variants and abnormalities from presentations and case-based learning. • Document the ultrasound findings • Equip the learner with the foundation skills to begin to incorporate the ultrasound skills with the clinical situation to make appropriate management decisions Course Content:  • Basic Physics principles • Abdominal aortic Aneurysm • EFAST protocol • Biliary • Renal hydronephrosis and calculi • Basic Echo in Life support (BELS) • Basic early pregnancy • Basic Monitoring the fetus • Vascular access Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.