3rd Emergency Procedural Skills Workshop for GPs - Saturday March 17, 2018

Following the success of the Emergency Procedural Skills Workshops in 2015 and 2017, Bendigo ED presents a third installment of this popular procedural skills workshop for regional GPs and GP registrars.  This will be a one-day, hands-on, ACCRM-accredited and RAGCP category 1 event (40 points including 5 CPR points), which will also meet eligibility for the rural procedural grant.

Planned procedural topics include: BLS/CPR, eye emergencies, non-invasive ventilation, advanced IV access, plastering, and suturing.

Please contact Diane Price dprice@bendigohealth.org.au to register your interest.

Victorian EMET Forum - Monday 27 November, 2017

For the fourth consecutive year, Bendigo ED is proud to be hosting the annual Victorian EMET Forum where providers from EMET hubs around the state gather to present their educational activities, collaborate, and share ideas for future education programmes.  This year's forum will be held at Big Hill Vineyard.  Attendance by invitation only.

After-hours simulation sessions for GPs and Practice Nurses

Bendigo ED and Monash University presented a series of high-fidelity simulation sessions in 2016.  These were available to all GPs and practice nurses in the Bendigo and Loddon-Mallee region who wished to practise CPR and life support skills on advanced manikins in a safe, supported learning environment.  Sessions were guided by specialist emergency physicians and simulation educators. Simulation sessions were held in the high-fidelity suite at the Monash Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre in Bendigo. 

Please contact Diane Price dprice@bendigohealth.org.au to register your interest. 

Sessions are limited to 10 places.  Eligible for RACGP QI&CPD as category 2 self-recorded activities (2 points per hour)