Enhance your approach to gout management with this comprehensive course designed for primary care professionals. Covering the latest Australian clinical guideline updates, you will receive essential clinical resources to support and optimise patient care.
This program provides you with the practical skills to initiate urate-lowering therapy, implement flare prophylaxis, manage acute flares, achieve serum urate targets, and dispel common dietary myths and misconceptions. Gain actionable strategies for effective planning and improving patient adherence, leading to improved patient health outcomes and quality of life.
At the end of this course, facilitators should be able to:
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Prepare and review the materials required to run a facilitated case study discussion on the management of gout |
Deliver a 1 hour workshop to peers including the discussion of at least one case study that facilitates discussion of current gout management in general practice |
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Address any learning needs and identify areas for further development within your practice and link to any relevant material or learning resources |
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Provide peers with support to complete the learning activities required to claim and log their CPD hours for the session |
10m |
Understanding Gout Pathophysiology, risk factors, prevalence |
10m |
Diagnosis and Assessment Clinical presentation, investigations |
15m |
Treatment and Management ULT, flare prophylaxis, lifestyle changes |
15m |
Patient Communication and Shared Decision-Making |
10m |
Case Q&A and reflections |
FACILITATION GUIDE |
Facilitators can use this step by step guide to help them with timings, tips and answers to quiz questions |
PRESENTATION |
A customisable, ready to use presentation with topical content used to guide the flow of the session |
FAQ |
Frequently asked questions to assist facilitators |
QUIZ |
A quiz for both facilitators and participants to test their knowledge and understanding of the content |
* These materials will be provided on enrolment.
This Continuing Medical Education (CME) educational session is brought to you by Medcast and the Quality Use of Medicines Alliance.
For more free Quality Use of Medicines education, check out QHUB on Medcast
This course is formally accredited for 3 hours of CPD.
RACGP Accreditation ID - 1042661
ACRRM Accreditation ID - 34990
Face-to-face / Online
Duration: CPD 3 HRS
Educational Activities: 1.5 hours
Reviewing Performance: 1.5 hours
Program Level Requirements: Professionalism and Ethical Practice
Areas Of Interest: General Practice, Podiatry, Quality Use of Medicines
Medical Practitioners, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists
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