Overview

Pre-Congress Workshops
Professional Skills Day, incorporating Trainee Stream
Adult Medicine Programs
Paediatrics & Child Health

Pre-Congress Workshops

The College will be introducing a number of Workshops on Sunday 11 May in the following topics; Sexual Health Medicine, Health Refugee Issues, Complementary medicine, Clinical Pathways in addiction medicine and Prescribing for chronic nonmalignant pain. Separate registration fees apply for these workshops.

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Please send your completed Pre-Congress Workshop Registration Form to:
2008 RACP Pre-Congress Workshops
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
145 Macquarie Street, SYDNEY NSW 2000
Fax: (61 2) 9256 9610

Sunday Morning Workshops:

9.30am-12.00pm
Cost: $75 per workshop (fee includes tea/coffee)
Registration Essential

Health and Wellbeing of Refugees
Dr Shanti Raman FRACP
Dr Jill Benson
Dr Karen Zwi FRACP
Dr Basiliki Lampropoulos FRACP
Dr Georgia Paxton FRACP
This workshop deals with significant health and psychosocial issues presented to physicians for newly arriving refugees. It includes applying clinical guidelines, addressing adolescent health issues and models of care for refugee populations.

Clinical Pathways in Addiction Medicine Cancelled
Assoc Prof James Bell FRACP FAChAM
This workshop will guide the audience through the process of building a complete
clinical pathway while presenting background information. Focusing on highly structured treatments, indications for treatments and also presenting research findings of previous success in the use of clinical pathways.
Conducted by the Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine

Sexual History Taking and STI/HIV  Management for General Physicians and GPs Cancelled
Dr Brian Hughes FRACP FAChSHM
This workshop is designed to increase proficiency in the practice of obtaining and
recording patients’ sexual history. It will provide a general update on current clinical
treatment of STI and HIV, highlighting issues which may affect routine primary health care.
Conducted by the Australasian Chapter of  Sexual Health Medicine

Advance Care Planning for Physicians and GPs
NEW TIME NOW: 10.45am - 12.45pm
Cost: $95 per workshop (fee includes tea/coffee)
Dr Mark Boughey FAChPM
Dr Michael Briffa FAChPM
Dr Kate Grundy FRACP FAChPM
Given the increasing relevance of Advance Care Planning for the program will feature a short presentation looking at definitions and review the current literature. This will be followed by a highly interactive workshop looking at cases.
Conducted by the Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine

Sunday Afternoon Workshops:

1.30pm-3.30/4.00pm
Cost: $75 per workshop (fee includes tea/coffee)
Registration Essential

Complementary and Alternative Medicines Cancelled
Prof Paul Komesaroff FRACP
This workshop will examine the scientific and ethical issues raised by the use of
complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) in the Australian community and
will introduce representatives of the various stakeholder groups; a philosopher, a consumer, a practitioner, a scientist and an ethicist.

Prescribing for Non-malignant Pain
NEW TIME NOW: 8.30am - 10.30am
Dr Rhys Henning, FRACGP, FACHAM
Dr Chris Holmwood FRACGP
Dr Steven Leow FRACGP
Dr Paul Williamson FACHAM
This workshop will focus on the appropriate prescribing of opioids for chronic non-malignant pain (CNMP) with a special emphasis on avoiding dependency and managing pain in people with a pre-existing dependency.
Conducted by the Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine

Reproductive Health and Sexual Health Counselling Cancelled
Dr Katriona Allen FRACGP FAChSHM
This practical, interactive workshop is planned to up-skill participants in current Australian choices and use of contraception, management of common problems with contraception and initial counselling for sexual health problems.
Conducted by the Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine

Free Sessions

PBS Schedule Online
12.15pm-1.15pm
tea/coffee will be provided
Registration Essential
An interactive forum to provide guidance on how to get the most benefit from the PBS website and the online electronic schedule.
Cutting the Cost to Society: The

Importance of VTE Prophylaxis
1.30pm-4.00pm
tea/coffee will be provided
Registration Essential
Prof Alex Gallus
Ms Renea Collins
Published in December 2007, the 4th Edition of the Prevention of VTE Best Practice
Guidelines give guidance for VTE prophylaxis for medical and surgical patients. This
workshop will present the guidelines to inform and educate physicians and produce
a dialogue on agreement of guidelines and bleeding risks to patients.
Sponsored by Sanofi-Adventis