Education sessions held at Mercy Hospital for Women and Werribee Mercy Hospital may attract Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, quality improvement and continuing professional development points.
Upcoming education activities:
Werribee Mercy Hospital – Gastroenterology Team Webinar
Topic: Common Gastroenterology Problems in General Practice and Outpatient Settings: Optimising Evaluation and Management
Date: Tuesday, 17 March
Time: 7 – 9 pm
Information: This webinar will explore three common gastroenterological and liver-related problems in the outpatient setting and will provide an update into the best practice in their evaluation and management. The topics covered will include gastrointestinal reflux disease (GORD), including its complications of Barrett’s oesophagus, and considerations with regard to investigation and management including with PPI therapy. The evaluation of common liver diseases and cirrhosis will be covered, including with non-invasive markers of fibrosis, HCC surveillance, the importance of nutrition and advances in the management of portal hypertension. And finally, there will be a review of the management of H pylori – in particular, resistant H pylori – as well as the complication of gastric intestinal metaplasia and its screening and management.
More information and register here: Gastroenterology Webinar
Mercy Perinatal
The Mercy Perinatal Team organises monthly Twilight Sessions, yearly obstetric and reproduction conferences and online courses.
Please view all the content and upcoming themes and sessions on the Mercy Perinatal website: https://mercyperinatal.com/events/upcoming-events
Werribee Mercy Hospital Grand Round
Werribee Mercy Hospital invites all medical professionals to our weekly Grand Round sessions online every Thursday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Please follow the Grand Round link and use the password: 3fPANf
Previous recorded education activities:
Ensure to log the watched sessions via RACGP to gain CPD points.
Gynaecology Dermatology Team – Itching, Burning, Pain: Navigating Vulval Skin Conditions
This webinar aims to increase GP confidence in recognising and managing a range of vulval dermatoses, including lichen sclerosus, lichen planus, eczema, psoriasis, and contact dermatitis. We will also cover when to suspect malignancy, how to conduct a sensitive and effective examination, and when to refer.
New 2025 GDM guidelines and management
Mercy Health will discuss the management and 2025 guidelines changes of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM).
Gynaecology – Menopause & Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
The Menopause & Heavy Menstrual Bleeding webinar is to provide an interactive and informative update on management of the symptomatic menopausal patients and women with heavy menstrual bleeding.
Email [email protected] to request the recording link.
Gynaecology – Pelvic Pain and Ovarian Cysts
The pelvic pain and ovarian cysts webinar is aiming to provide an interactive and informative update on management of persistent pelvic pain and ovarian cysts.
Email [email protected] to request the recording link.
Gentetics – Reproductive Carrier Screening
Everything you need know about reproductive carrier screening. The deference between MBS screening and other screening options. As well as ordering the test, providing your patients with information about inheritance and when further partner testing is required.
Mental Health – Informed Consent, Psychopharmacology and Pregnancy
The Mercy Hospital for Women Perinatal Mental Health department will educate GP’s on the principles about prescribing psychotropic medication in pregnancy and during breast feeding.
Shared Maternity Care Collaborative Workshop 2025: Session 1
Presentation 1: Declining recommended maternity care
Presentation 2: Abnormal ultrasound findings
Shared Maternity Care Collaborative Workshop 2025: Session 2
Presentation 1: Improving outcomes in pregnancy
Presentation 2: Prediction and prevention of Pre-eclampsia
Presentation 3: Family violence
Shared Maternity Care Collaborative Workshop 2024: Session 1
Presentation 1:Third trimester issues
Presentation 2: Infectious diseases in pregnancy
Shared Maternity Care Collaborative Workshop 2024: Session 2
Presentation 1:Endocrine disorders
Presentation 2: haematogical conditions in pregnancy
Shared Maternity Care Collaborative Workshop 2023: Session 1
Mercy Health hosted the Shared Maternity Care Collaborative Workshop in late 2023.
Presentation 1: Early antenatal care, identifying the higher risk pregnancy.
Presentation 2: Problems in the Third Trimester
Shared Maternity Care Collaborative Workshop 2023: Session 2
Presentation 1: Prenatal screening and NIPT – what is the current standard of care?.
Presentation 2: Modes of Delivery. Is there such a thing as a normal birth?
Mercy Perinatal Twilight Sessions
The Mercy Perinatal Twilight Sessions are available online to review back.
Password: Twilight
Please see the PDF for all the 2024 twilight sessions available
Please note that the Twilight session are not registered for CPD hours.
Contacts
Werribee Mercy Hospital - Grand Rounds
- Email address: [email protected]
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About:
Grand rounds and are open to local General Practitioners and are held at the Werribee Mercy Hospital learning centre every Thursday from 12:30–1:30pm.
Primary Care Liaison Team
- Email address: [email protected]
- Website: health-services.mercyhealth.com.au/health-professionals/primary-care-liaison-unit
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About:
The team is available on a part time basis to assist general practice with navigating hospital services and accessing GP education and credentialing.