Agenda

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Change in General Practice - Be In It!

How Australian GP Systems of Care are Changing and What This Means for Practice Nursing
Dr Rob Grenfell, GPDV Board Member and West Vic Division Board Member

The View from the Government: Support for Practice Nursing & Use of MBS Item Numbers
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Panel Discussion - where to from here?
Facilitated Discussion involving three PNs, one GP and one Divisional representative.

Resources:
Rob Grenfell Presentation   (794KB)
DoHA Presentation   (186KB)

Quality Improvement in Primary Care  

Introduced by Eloise Monaghan, AGPAL

RACGP Standards for General Practice - Changes in the next Edition
Ms Rachel Pow, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Does effective teamwork lead to better health outcomes?
Ms Robina Bradley, Project Manager, National Institute of Clinical Studies

Teamwork in Action: Example of Quality Improvement in a Practice
Ms Jane Rapke, Practice Nurse and Clinical Services Coordinator, Western Region Health Centre

What are "Primary Care Collaboratives" and how can they improve quality?
Professor James Dunbar, Greater Green Triangle Department of Rural Health

Resources:
Rachel Pow Presentation   (927KB)
Robina Bradley Presentation    (322KB)
Jane Rapke Presentation    (359KB)
James Dunbar Presentation   (116KB)

Stream 1 - Division Staff

PN induction and recruitment kits on CD ROM - to take out to practices (Catherine Young and Kay Cruse, Melbourne Division of General Practice)

Helping to empower PNs within PN networks (Di Adamson, Principal of Dianne Adamson and Associates)

Resources:
Melbourne Division Presentation    (592KB)
Di Adamson Presentation    (15KB)

Stream 2 - Concurrent Sessions for Nurses

Cast workshop - Stan Leahy

Cervical Screening: barriers, enablers and the role of the practice nurse in the clinical setting; and establishing a nurse-led women's health clinic

APNA Annual General Meeting

Resources:
No resources available

Preliminary Results of the Practice Nurse Salary Survey
Paul Geyer, CEO, APNA

Negotiation Skill Development
Di Adamson, Principal of Dianne Adamson and Associates - Educating Nurses in Leadership and Management Skills

Resources
Di Adamson Presentation    (118KB)

Workshops - 3 x 30 minute rotating sessions

What you need to know about asthma but were too afraid to ask
Adrienne James, RN, Coordinator, Lung Health Promotion Centre, Alfred Hospital

Nurse Triage in the General Practice Setting
Leanne Rich, RN, Medical Clinic Coordinator - Deer Park Campus, Isis Primary Care

How you can empower your patients with arthritis to better manage their health
Anne Augustine, RN, Arthritis Victoria

Resources:
Adrienne James Presentation   (487KB)
Leanne Rich Presentation   (2500KB)
Anne Augustine Prsentation    (7290KB)

Preventative Strategies

Putting Prevention into Practice
Dr John Litt, Senior Lecturer, Flinders University,