CPD Learning

The AMA’s 2021 Private Health Insurance Report Card highlights the trends that exist for private health insurance and the impacts and problems these trends continue to cause.

The Middle Leader program is a professional development course for doctors, consultant level and above, who are keen to develop their leadership capabilities.

Kidney Health Australia free webinar series covers a variety of topics on detection and managing CKD and related chronic conditions suitable for health professionals.

The Kidney Health Australia evidence report, Make the Link: Diabetes, Kidneys and Heart, demonstrates the importance of the link between CKD, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The Make the Link report is available as a full report or a 6 page infograph

The Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Management in Primary Care (4th edition) handbook provides practical guidance and clinical tips to help detect, manage and refer patients with kidney disease in your practice.

rTMS is a very promising mode of treatment for a range of psychiatric conditions, such as OCD, PTSD and anxiety, as well as broader applications for pain management, rehabilitation and tinnitus. 

Doctors are being urged to familiarise themselves with new “living” guidelines for the clinical care of children and adolescents with COVID-19 in anticipation of rising paediatric cases as restrictions ease and borders open.

Australians are increasingly exposed to and vulnerable to excess heat that is already limiting our way of life.

Many rural and regional Australian communities have ageing populations with complex medical issues that require physician-supported care.

Alcohol offers a mixed legacy to our society, having long been used in a broad range of social, cultural and religious contexts.

The recent escalation of COVID-19 cases will deepen our existing public hospital crisis.

Course for general practice staff looking to learn more about the My Health Record system.

Sustainability, adaptability, stewardship and digital capability will be key enablers in a complex and changing health care environment, and leadership will be required to build a supportive culture and safe system for healthcare professionals to work in.

The Medical Board of Australia (MBA) is in the process of amending the CPD requirements for medical practitioners.

The biggest issue doctors have faced this year is the global COVID-19 pandemic. While doctors have been concerned with their patients’ health, have they been taking care of their own?

While climate change is well understood in the common parlance as an environmental, economic, social and even geopolitical issue, framing it as a health risk is relatively new territory for much of the general public.

Explore how people get into positions of leadership and shine light on existing effective practices and solutions being applied in different countries across the globe to support increasing diversity in leadership positions.

The unique balance between the public and private sectors makes the Australian health system one of the best in the world.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the medical profession globally, and doctors individually, to consider what risk to their own lives (and potentially the lives of their own family members) they are willing to take when treating COVID-19 patients.

Over the last few months, the pressure on public hospital emergency departments has spiked to a new high-water mark. But is the current ED crisis fully explained by rising patient volume?