This in-person event provides clinicians working in primary care with an opportunity to have open discussions in a safe and supportive space about how to support, refer and manage people with unwanted or unplanned pregnancy.
It is suitable for Shared Maternity Care Affiliates, GPs, Midwives, Practice Nurses and Pharmacists.
Facilitators:
- A/Prof Ines Rio (GP and MS-2 Step prescriber)
- Dr Benjamin Rutten (Senior Registrar in the Women’s Abortion and Contraception Service)
- Carolyn Mogharbel (Manager, 1800 My Options)
Date: Tuesday 30 April 2024
Time: 6pm - 8pm (refreshments from 5.45pm)
Venue: Conference Room A Ground Floor - The Royal Women’s Hospital, Cnr Flemington Rd and Grattan St, Parkville
Continuing Professional Development hours: Two educational activity hours
Cost: Free.
To register or for more information: North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network.
The Women’s, in collaboration with Bayer Women’s Health, offers simulation training for the insertion of Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices (IUDs).
This free training runs over two evening sessions (online, then face-to-face, in small groups), using state-of-the-art simulation equipment.
It is suitable for Specialist General Practitioners in Victoria with sufficient practice support and readiness.
Please note: this training is hosted 2-3 times per year, but we currently have a waitlist extending to 2025. For more information or to register your interest in the next available session, please email gp.liaison@thewomens.org.au
Following completion of the simulation training, there are limited opportunities to undertake supervised training of IUD insertion at the Women’s outpatient long-acting contraception clinic. Eligibility criteria apply.
The Royal Women’s provides free workshops to upskill in ImplanonNXT practice.
- This workshop provides the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skill necessary to safely insert and remove Implanon NXT through supervised simulated practice.
- Content includes clinical information, safe insertion and removal, indications and contraindications, and management of side effects.
- Suitable for doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, and midwives. Opportunities for skill development in local anaesthetic administration are provided for nurses & midwives as required.
Ticket Price: Free
For more information: See Practical ImplanonNXT training.
Dates (2024): 19 June, 22 June, 27 June, 22 July, 1 August
Workshops held through the year
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The Women's Alcohol and Drug Service (WADS) offers free statewide professional education and training and secondary consultation for GPs and other health professionals. To view and register for upcoming sessions visit the Women's Alcohol & drugs education & training webpage. |
Newborn Behavioural Observations, and Newborn Behavioural Observations with High-Risk Infants
We will offer both online and in-person workshops in 2024.
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Newborn Behavioural Observations (NBO) training is available for a range of professionals working with families with newborns and very young infants.
Presented: Live Online via Zoom and NBO Learning Management System. NBO Master Trainers:
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Bookings via: Eventbrite Email queries: Jacinda Soussan Early Bird Ticket Price: $649 AUD (including GST). Standard Ticket Price: $792 AUD (including GST). Cost includes:
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Hosted by Mercy Health, this workshop ran over 2 evening sessions, covering a range of topics from leading obstetrician and gynaecologist experts.
These recordings have been uploaded to the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network website and YouTube channel and are now ready for viewing.
Session 1 - 27 November 2023
Session 2 - 4 December 2023
Drawing on expertise from clinicians leading Victoria’s Public Fertility Service, this webinar provides GPs and Practice Nurses with practical knowledge about:
- the causes of infertility
- how to investigate subfertility in primary care
- the latest range of assisted fertility and fertility preservation treatments; and
- how to support patients to access treatment through Victoria’s Public Fertility Care Service.
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Victoria’s free Public Fertility Care Service is available to all Victorian residents and is not means tested. To find out more, please see Public fertility service. |
Dr Giselle Darling, Women's Health Consultant at the Women's, provides this online webinar.
Over 90 minutes, Dr Darling provides a comprehensive overview of current evidence around best practice menopause management.
You will learn about:
- the symptoms of menopause
- pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies.
- Menopause Hormone Therapy (MHT) in detail including types, indications, contraindications, when to cease MHT, and important considerations of MHT in the context of previous or current breast cancer.
This two-part information session on early medical abortion was hosted by GenWest, Women’s Health In the North, the Women's, and North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network
Session one: 28 June 2022 information session
Medical termination of pregnancy is the preferred method of induced abortion for nearly 50 per cent of women worldwide who experience unwanted pregnancy. The procedure is safe, effective and legal. However, despite the legal status of abortion in Victoria there remains limited access to early medical abortion.
GenWest, Women’s Health In the North, the Royal Women’s Hospital, and North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network hosted this information session.
Session two: 18 April 2023 - information session
This session builds on information provided in the June 2022 session, and includes:
• an overview of training requirements for providing early medical abortion
• an update on early medical abortion procedures, practice experiences, and support and referral pathways for GPs and nurses who currently provide or are motivated to provide early medical abortion
• discussion component to explore complex cases and demystify early medical abortion provision.
The Women’s and Univeristy of Melbourne Grand Round: Cervical Cancer Screening & Elimination.
Presented by: Prof Marion Saville AM, Angela Steele, Dr David Wrede
(Recorded at The Women’s Grand Round, 26 August 2022)
This session aimed to provide information on recent changes in acceptance criteria for colposcopy and the latest evidence for ovarian cancer screening.
Topics discussed:
- Ovarian cancer screening: Has there been any progress?
- Updates on referral criteria for colposcopy
Date: 10th August 2021
Speakers:
- Associate Professor Orla McNally, Consultant Gynaecologist Oncologist and Director of Oncology/Dysplasia clinic, the Royal Women’s Hospital
- Dr David Wrede, Consultant Gynaecologist and Lead for Dysplasia, the Royal Women’s Hospital.
The Women’s shared care workshops were held in September and October 2022. The recordings of both sessions are now available.
Shared Care Workshop 1: COVID-19 and Infections in Pregnancy and Third Trimester issues, 19 October 2022
Dr Vicki Woodward and Dr Rachel Ryan: A recording of this session (two hours) has been uploaded to the website and YouTube channel and is now ready for viewing. On completion, you can self-record your attendance via your RACGP learning portal, and you will obtain three pregnancy-related CPD points.
Shared Care Workshop 2: Bleeding in Pregnancy, 14 September 2022
Dr Peter Jurcevic. A recording of this session (1.5 hours) has been uploaded to the website and YouTube channel and is now ready for viewing. On completion, you can self-record your attendance via your RACGP learning portal, and you will obtain three pregnancy-related CPD points.
The Women’s shared care webinars took place on the 16th and 23rd March 2021. The recording of both sessions are now available. Please click links below to watch the recordings:
Early pregnancy issues and COVID 19 impact on pregnancy
Syphilis and common skin problems in pregnancy
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- identify and manage syphilis and hepatitis B in pregnancy
- better diagnose pregnancy related skin problems
- improve the management of common skin conditions in pregnant women.