CPD Calendar 2006
Tuesday Lunchtime Program 2006
Time
Each Tuesday 12:30 PM (for lunch, with a 1.00 PM start)
Venue
Seminar Room 2
Education Resource Centre
Ballarat Base Hospital
Ground floor, rear of Yuille House
Program subject to change without notice. Please check this page regularly for any late changes.
- Date
- February 7th
- Speaker
- Mr. Mark Guirguis - ENT Surgeon
- Topic
- Head & Neck Surgery
- Sponsor
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Date
- February 14th
- Speaker
- Dr. Bruce McLaren - Medical Officer, General Surveillance & Control of Communicable Diseases Section, Department of Human Services
- Topic
- Bird Flu - Implications for GPs
Practice Nurses & Practice Managers Invited - Sponsor
- Pfizer
- More
- Bird flu presentation
DHS's Bird Flu Page
- Date
- February 21st
- Speaker
- Ms. Carol Meade - Clinical Care Co-ordinator
General Practice Divisions Victoria - Topic
- Better Practice Rewards for Better Care. Awareness Raising about New CDM Items
Practice Nurses & Practice Managers - Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
- More
- Better rewards for better care presentation
- Date
- February 28th
- Speaker
- Dr. Robert Ray - Anaesthetist
- Topic
- Banda Aceh - Resuscitating a drowned hospital
Practice Nurses Invited - Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Date
- March 7th
- Speaker
- Dr. Bishakha Rajagopalan - Dermatologist
- Topic
- Fungal Infections
- Sponsor
- Roche
- More
- Fungal infections presentation
- Date
- March 10 - March 27th
- SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
- Date
- March 28th - CANCELLED
- Speaker
Mr. Andrew McDonnell - Senior Operations Officer & Mr. Lindsay Cooke - Communications Supervisor, Rural Ambulance Victoria- Topic
Calling 000 - Emergencies at the Surgery
Practice Nurses & Practice Managers Invited- Sponsor
- Pfizer
- Date
- April 4th
- Speaker
- Dr. Maree Pekin - Gastroenterologist
- Topic
- Screening Program for Colorectal Cancer
Practice Nurses Invited - Sponsor
- Wyeth
- More
- Bowel cancer screening presentation
Medical Observer article: Bowel screening rollout stalls
- Date
- April 11th
- Speaker
- Dr. Harry Zehnwirth - Paediatrician
- Topic
- Paediatric Allergy Testing
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
- More
- Link: Skin Prick Testing for Allergy Diagnosis
- Date
- April 18th
- Speaker
- Dr. David Brumley - Palliative Care Physician
- Topic
- Practical Aspects of Palliative Care in the Home
Practice Nurses Invited - Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme
- Date
- April 25th
- ANZAC DAY
- Date
- May 2nd
- Speaker
- Dr. Ian Hamilton - Gastroenterologist
- Topic
- Advances in Endoscopy
- Sponsor
- Roche
- Date
- May 9th
- Speaker
- Dr. Paul Davey - Clinical Director for Women's & Children's Health, BHS
- Topic
- 1st Trimester Screening
- Sponsor
- Dorevitch Pathology
- More
- Maternal serum screening presentation by Robin Forbes
Cystic Fibrosis screening presentation by Dr John Massie
- Date
- May 16th
- Speaker
- Dr. Howard Zeimer - Endocrinologist
- Topic
- Type 1 Diabetes - New Horizons in Therapy
Practice Nurses Invited - Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
- More
- Type 1 diabetes presentation
- Date
- May 23rd
- Speaker
- Mr. Paul Plank - Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Topic
- Computer Assisted Total Knee Replacement
- Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- More
- Knee replacement presentation
- Date
- May 30th
- Speaker
- Dr. Wayne Spring - Sleep Physician
- Topic
- Advances in Sleep Medicine
- Sponsor
- St. John of God Hospital
- More
- Presentations: Parasomnias, Update in Sleep Meds
- Date
- June 6th
- Speaker
- Dr. Chris Hengel - Consultant Cardiologist
- Topic
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Sponsor
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- More
- Atrial fibrillation presentation
- Date
- June 13th
- Speaker
- Dr. Stella Heley - Victorian Cytology Service
- Topic
- New Management Guidelines of Cervical Screening
Practice Nurses Invited - Sponsor
- PapScreen Victoria
- Date
- June 16th - July 3rd
- SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
- Date
- July 4th
- Speaker
- Dr. Paula Mitchell - Psychologist
- Topic
- Seasonal Affective Disorder & the Winter Blues
Practice Nurses Invited - Sponsor
- Lilley
- More
- Seasonal Affective Disorder presentation
- Date
- July 11th
- Speaker
- Mr. Richard Roper - Audiologist
- Topic
- New developments in hearing aid and cochlear implant technology
- Sponsor
- Ballarat Hearing Clinic
- More
- Cochlear implants presentation
- Date
- July 18th
- Speaker
- Dr. Leo Donnan - Orthopaedic Surgeon
Royal Children's Hospital - Topic
- Paediatric Orthopaedics - a Survival Guide
- Sponsor
- Pharmacia
- Date
- July 25th
- Speaker
- Dr. Mark Pilbeam - Pathologist
- Topic
- Doctor I Feel Tired
- Sponsor
- St. John of God Pathology
- More
- Tiredness presentation
- Date
- August 1st
- Speaker
- Dr. Nick Walsh - S100 HIV & HCV Prescriber, Turning Point & Burnet Institute
- Topic
- Injecting Drug Use & Blood Borne Viruses
- Sponsor
- Roche
- Date
- August 8th
- Speaker
- Dr. Grant Phelps - Clinical Director of Internal Medicine, Ballarat Health Services
- Topic
- General Medicine at BHS & the Future
Practice Nurses & Practice Managers Invited - Sponsor
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- More
- Medicine at BHS presentation
- Date
- August 15th
- Speaker
- Georgie Kemp - Senior Physiotherapist
Ballarat Health Services - Topic
- The Conservative Management of Knee Osteoarthritis
- Sponsor
- Altana Pharma
- More
- Knee management presentation
- Date
- August 22nd
- Speaker
- Dr. Martin Atkins - Specialist Psychiatrist for the Elderly
- Topic
- Agitation/Confusion in Residents of Nursing Homes & Hostels
- Sponsor
- Lundbeck
- More
- Agitation & Confusion presentation
- Date
- August 29th
- Speaker
- Ruth Bollard - General Surgeon, Breast & Endocrine Specialist
- Topic
- Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
Practice nurses invited - Sponsor
- Allen & Hanburys
- Date
- September 5th
- Speaker
- Mr. David Deutscher -Surgeon
Dr. Harry Zehnwirth - Paediatrician - Topic
- Abdominal Pain in Children
- Sponsor
- Janssen-Cilag
- More
- Abdominal Pain in Children presentation
- Date
- September 12th
- Speaker
- Dr. Jaycen Cruickshank - Director Emergency Medicine & Critical Care BHS
- Topic
- The Role of CT in Diagnosing Scaphoid Injuries
- Sponsor
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Date
- Sep 15th - Oct 2nd
- SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
- Date
- October 3rd
- Speaker
- Dr. John VanDen Broek - Consultant Physician
- Topic
- New Management Guidelines of CCF
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme
- More
- Congestive Cardiac Failure presentation
- Date
- October 10th
- Speaker
- Dr. Jim Mullany - Radiologist
- Topic
- Nuchal Screening and the 12 Week Ultrasound
- Sponsor
- Lake Imaging
- Date
- October 17th
- Speaker
- Dr. Deepika Monga - Obstetrician/Gynaecologist
- Topic
- Postmenopausal Bleeding
- Sponsor
- Schering
- Date
- October 24th
- Speaker
- Dr. Mani Rajagopalan - Psychiatrist
- Topic
- Somatoform Disorders
- Sponsor
- Lundbeck
- Date
- October 31st
- Speaker
- Dr. Mark Yates - Physician in Geriatric Medicine
- Topic
- Managing Dementia / Psychiatric Geriatric Problems
- Sponsor
- Wyeth
- More
- Managing Dementia presentation
- Date
- November 7th
- MELBOURNE CUP
- Date
- November 14th
- Speaker
- Dr. Russell Dalton - Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
- Topic
- The Infertile Couple
- Sponsor
- Altana Pharma
- More
- Infertile Couple presentation
- Date
- November 21st
- Speaker
- Dr. Jo Molloy - Immunisation Program Officer Geelong Division, Medical Officer of Health for the City of Greater Geelong
- Topic
- Immunisation Update
Practice Nurses Invited - Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
- More
- Vaccinations for New & Prospective Parents
- Date
- November 28th
- Speaker
- Mr. Richard McMullin - Urologist
- Topic
- Benign Prostate Disease
- Sponsor
- Pharmacia
2007 calendar commences February.
To request any further information about any of the CPD presentations please contact Belinda Schaefer at the division on (03) 5331 6303.
