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Audience: Paediatrics and Advanced Trainees

The 90 minute meetings are attended by 50 - 75 people in our auditorium. Usually each meeting is a case based discussion of a relevant paediatrics by experts in that specialty. Speakers are invited to talk about paediatric medical issues to provide current information for paediatric practice.

The meetings are also attended by regional hospitals throughout Australia via videoconference.

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Audience: Neurology trainees and Fellows

Each month will see different presenters talking on their specialty area. Some of the topics to be covered this year include stroke aetiology, generalised epilepsy, non-migraine headaches and viral and opportunistic infection.

The 3 hour lectures use case vignettes which often include video, neurophysiology, imaging or pathology as part of their presentations. During each Brain School session, the moderator encourages group discussion.

For further information, please contact GTH Events on 03 9927 7777 or email events@gthevents.com.

Audience: Basic Physician Trainees and Fellows

The lectures are facilitated by the RACP Victorian State Committee, supporting Trainees and Fellows across Australasia.

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Audience: Basic Physician Trainees who are looking to site their exam and Fellows

The Preparation for the Clinical Exam Stream is a series of 10, 2 hour lectures aimed at trainees who completed the P.E.P lecture series in 2007. They are held on Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8.30pm (Melbourne/Sydney time), commencing on March 18th 2008.

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Audience: Physicians and physician trainees

The workshops are broken up into 3 sessions, with each session focusing on an update in a certain specialty (please check the website for the order of specialties). Each speaker is invited to give a 45 minute presentation on relevant updates in their area of expertise, and invites questions from both the host and remote sites at the end of their presentation.

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Audience: Eligible GP's prescribers in NSW

Prescribers in New South Wales are required by the NSW Department of Health to satisfactorily complete the training module in order to be authorised to prescribe the medication.

Program TBC. For further information, please contact GTH Events on Ph : 03 8247 6240 or email events@gthevents.com.

Audience: Rural & Isolated Paediatricians

Junior doctors coming through paediatric training are getting inadequate exposure to rural career options in part due to perceived problems with access to a proper training programs and protected time to be able to access training, whilst still providing paediatric services to the rural population.

The curriculum of this program aims to provide a structured series of relevant rural topics aimed at enhancing the learning experience and making training in a rural position less isolated.

For further information, please contact GTH Events on 03 9927 7777 or email events@gthevents.com.

Audience: Fellows and Trainees of AFPHM and other interested health professionals

The education series is aimed at trainees and fellows, as well as, any other interested health professionals. Starting in February and running through to October; each session will address a current public health issue. Some of the topics already scheduled are Food Bourne Illness and Urban Development and Health.

For further information, please contact GTH Events on Ph : 03 8247 6240 or email events@gthevents.com.

A New Zealand Lecture Series hosted at the Starship Hospital. The meetings are also attended by regional hospitals throughout Australia via videoconference.

This teaching programme runs from June until February, concluding just prior to the Part 1 written examination which is in early March. The teaching course is delivered each Thursday afternoon from 15.00 to 17.00 hours (New Zealand time). Each session is accessible in real time through telepaediatrics with this link enabling interaction between the teachers and those preparing for the part 1 examinations. Each session can also be viewed as a webcast.

The sessions include:

• Topic presentations in general paediatrics and the paediatric specialities
• Practice multi-choice questions which are integrated with the topic presentations and with a reading list, and for which critiques are provided
• Practice paper 1 and paper 2 examinations

For further information contact Andrea Evans:
- fracpadmin@auckland.ac.nz
- Ph 64 9 373 7599 ext 86225

Audience: Adult Medicine Physician Basic Trainees and Fellows

The aim of the lectures is to assist Ad Med Basic Trainees in their preparations for the FRACP exams, to offer an opportunity to see and hear local specialists and to provide social interaction for those attending live. Fellows are welcome to join as the talks serve as excellent updates.
Two 1 hour lectures are held on Thursday evenings (venue: Qld RACP Boardroom at Herston) on 35 nights per year. Each complete lecture series runs over two years, four semesters, 140 lectures in all, covering topics from all sub-specialties. Relevant past paper MCQs are attached to each lecture and speakers are encouraged to discuss same. Current programme and registration form are available from www.racp.edu.au/members/myRACP/comm/qld/index.cfm. You will need to enter your username and password for the members' section of the website to access the Queensland State Office section.

Lectures are filmed, DVDs are produced (hospital subscription available - see registration form), and the DVD footage is also placed on a password protected website for viewing and downloading by individual registrants. Lecture handouts are distributed electronically each week along with any extra Word doc or pdf journal articles which lecturers may submit. It istherefore possible to complete the entire Lecture Series online.
For further information please email mary.earner@racp.edu.au or contact Brisbane RACP office on 07 3872 7002.