Workshop

Practice IV cannulation skills and improve management of patients with iron deficiency or cellulitis

Our free workshop will teach you to confidently diagnose and manage these conditions in a primary care setting. Training will be provided on how to safely deliver IV iron infusion and antibiotic treatment.

  • Cost: Free to participate

WORKSHOPS CANCELLED
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Workshop dates:

Saturday 28 March 2020, 10am – 4 pm / UWA Crawley WA 600

 

Saturday 4 April 2020, 10am – 4 pm / Hotel Clipper Rockingham WA 6168

 

WA Primary Health Alliance has made the decision to cancel these workshops until further notice due to the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Available to:

GPs

Registered and enrolled nurses working in primary care (no previous cannulation experience necessary)

Priority will be given to GPs and nurses attending from the same practice
 

Accreditation

 

For general practitioners

RACGP Accreditation Pending

For practice nurses

Endorsed by the Australian College of Nurses for 6 CPD hours

 

About

This full-day workshop covers both iron deficiency and cellulitis, with sessions on how to diagnose and the different treatment options.

Management of both these conditions may require IV administration of iron or antibiotics. The workshop discusses when this option should be considered, and which patients may be safely treated in primary care without being admitted to hospital.

Increased access to IV services in a community setting where the patient can see their regular GP is often more convenient and can help patients be better informed about their condition.

Interactive sessions will be tailored to meet the needs of participants, with a practical, hands-on approach that enables participants to apply learnings, including how to safely undertake cannula insertion to reduce adverse events.

Designed to encourage a whole-of-practice approach, it will be particularly beneficial if a GP and practice nurse from the same practice are able to attend. Discussion will include consideration of how to effectively set up systems in your practice to safely and sustainably offer IV services.

Attendees will have the opportunity to:

  • consider diagnosis of common cellulitis presentations, red flags, when to refer, and when patients can be managed in primary care
  • review common conditions leading to iron deficiency and discuss treatment options
  • practice IV cannulation skills to enable confident delivery of IV antibiotic or iron infusion if this treatment is required
  • discuss how to overcome barriers to setting up a viable business model for provision of in-practice IV services

Pre-workshop reading

To ensure you get the most out of this workshop and can include it as an RACGP or ACN CPD activity, please read these two articles and take a look at the relevant health pathways before you attend.

Please note the content of the articles above has been provided for participants at this workshop and should not be shared.

Health Pathway WA for cellulitis in adults (search Medical/Infectious Disease/Cellulitis in Adults)

Health Pathway WA for iron deficiency anaemia (search Medical/Haematology/Iron Deficiency Anaemia)

 

Meet the presenters

We have brought together a team of health professional educators for this workshop, each covering a different area of expertise. They include a surgical education specialist, an iron deficiency specialist, a GP and a tertiary care nurse.

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Professor Jeffrey M Hamdorf AM

Professor of Surgical Education, MBBS, PhD, FRACS

Professor Jeffrey M Hamdorf AM

Professor of Surgical Education, MBBS, PhD, FRACS

Professor Hamdorf was the inaugural Professor of Medical Education at the University of Western Australia and is a former Head of the School of Surgery at the University. He specializes as an Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgeon.

Jeff has many contemporary research and training interests both nationally and internationally, with a prominent interest in surgical skills training.

In 2019 Professor Hamdorf's significant service to medical education, and to medicine in the field of bariatric surgery was recognised by his appointment as a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia.

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Professor Toby Richards

Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Western Australia

Professor Toby Richards

Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Western Australia

Toby Richards is clinical academic and practising vascular surgeon at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth. He has a strong interest in integrating translational and clinical trials into clinical practice as part of best patient care.

Prof. Richards has recently completed a multicentre RCT in the UK to explore the effect of intravenous iron to prevent transfusion in patients undergoing major surgery. He is also collaborating with several ongoing trials of iron therapy in Australia.

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A/Prof Laurens Manning

Associate Professor, University of Western Australia

A/Prof Laurens Manning

Associate Professor, University of Western Australia

Laurens Manning is an infectious diseases physician at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth and clinical academic with University of Western Australia. His research portfolio ranges from studies of antibiotic pharmacology to design and implementation of clinical trials of paediatric malaria, peri-prosthetic joint infection and diabetic foot infection.

In relation to cellulitis, he has performed large data linkage studies defining the epidemiology of lower leg cellulitis in Australia and is developing the framework for future clinical secondary prevention trials.

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Dr Pradeep Jayasuriya

Dr Pradeep Jayasuriya

Pradeep Jayasuriya is a GP who graduated from the University of Western Australia medical school in 1986. He is a passionate advocate for primary care which he sees as the cornerstone to good health.

Aside from working as a full time GP, Pradeep is actively involved in the education of the undergraduate and post graduate medical and allied health professionals. Priority areas within his wide and varied research activities currently focus on iron deficiency, medication safety and community health.

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Linda Campbell

Linda Campbell

Linda has over 30 years of experience in nursing including working in rural and remote areas of Australia and New Zealand.

She has an interest in blood transfusion and its alternatives, and was appointed as the Clinical Nurse Consultant for Patient Blood Management (PBM) at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (WA) in 2012. Linda has led the program since its inception.

In this time, transfusion rates have dropped by 30% resulting in improved patient safety, cost savings and reduction in the demand on donor blood. Earlier this year, Linda’s achievements were recognized when she was announced as one of four finalists for the inaugural Health Minister’s and ACN Trailblazer awards.

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