Evidence into Practice - a clinical update in general practice

Background

Staying up to date across the breath of clinical and non-clinical domains of practice is a highly challenging undertaking. While an expanding evidence base and ongoing publication of clinical guidelines supports clinicians to deliver quality care, the vast breadth of information can be daunting.

This course provides evidence updates across four clinical domains and incorporates recent evidence into accessible and relevant patient case scenarios in primary care.

Course topics include

• Acute care: bowel obstruction, scrotal pain, severe headache, sudden hearing loss
• Chronic disease: CKD, asthma, hypertension, multimorbidity, diabetes
• Women’s health: breast pain, post-natal depression, ectopic pregnancy, PCOS
• Cancer care: bladder cancer, skin cancer, ovarian cancer, myeloma

Duration & format

• 4 hours online
• Self-paced 
• Mixture of short videos + interactive scenarios + MCQs

After participating in this course you will be able to...

• Identify best practice approaches to patients presenting with acute conditions.
• Formulate effective treatment plans for patients requiring management of chronic conditions in accordance with the most recent evidence.
• Implement strategies for screening, diagnosis and management of patients with or suspected of having cancer.
• Incorporate new evidence into the treatment and management of health conditions affecting women.