Learning outcomes Flashcards
What are red flags of non specific GI complaints?
- PR bleeding
- change in bowel habit
- Anaemia
- Weight loss
How do you write an prescription what information details etc need to be on it?
Must be written in indelible form or computer generated on standard PBS prescription or paper approx. 18x12cm
- Original and duplicate must be legible
- Must record the prescribers name, address and number
- Completely identify the pharmaceutical benefit by detailing:
- Item
- Dose
- Form
- Strength
- Quantity
- Instructions
- Indicate were brand substitution is not permitted
- Signed by prescriber and dated
writing a prescription
- Must be for the tx of the person named on the script May only be written for the tx of one person
- No more than one script for the same pharmaceutical benefit for the same person on the same day
- Up to 3 PBS items may be included on a single script
- PBS and non-PBS items shouldn’t be listed together on the script
- If a PBS item has a particular manner of administration it can’t be written as administered in any other way
- If an item is restricted, but the patient is not suffering form one of the specified conditions, it cannot be prescribed as a PBS item e.g. celebrex
- Required to include prescribernumbers on non-personalised PBS prescriptions
Chronic Disease management COPD- X
What are the general principles of chronic disease managment?
HTN Diabetes Cholesterol
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Listed below are the learning outcomes and the links to resources from yesterday’s tutorial from Dr Poolman.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session you will have :
Improved awareness of management of the conditions that impact the vascular tree
Hypertension
Diabetes
Cholesterol
Chronic Kidney Disease
The ability to make use of Evidence Based Guidelines to direct management of above conditions
Resources :
RACGP Red Book https://www.racgp.org.au/download/Documents/Guidelines/Redbook9/17048-Red-Book-9th-Edition.pdf
Management of Type 2 Diabetes : A Handbook for General Practice
Australian Absolute Cardiovascular Risk Calculator https://www.cvdcheck.org.au/ and https://qrisk.org/three/
National Guide to preventative health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
https://www.racgp.org.au/clinical-resources/clinical-guidelines/key-racgp-guidelines/national-guide
Calcium Score :
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1443950617305012?via%3Dihub
https://www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2020/august/coronary-artery-calcium-in-primary-prevention
Secondary Hypertension
Mens womens health - Focus on sexual health and reproductive health
Reproductive, pre, peri-natal, post natal care and check ups.
Learning out comes
After today’s session you should
Have an understanding of the health needs of differing groups of male patients
Know how to take a sexual history
Understand the role of Chaperones in General practice
Develop resources to guide management of an STI
Understand the importance of confidentiality when treating patients and families
Have an approach to Amenorrhoea in GP
Have an approach to Pre-pregnancy counselling in GP
Have an approach to post natal check up in GP
Resources used :
Amenorrhoea:
Therapeutic Guidelines. Amenorrhoea. Therapeutic Guidelines. Published 2020. Accessed May 2021.
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0701/p39.html
The pre pregnancy check up
https://townsville.communityhealthpathways.org/43477.htm
Why men come to the GP and the different needs in different groups
https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/a18e3efa-20de-432b-8e0b-65eaf7b4f706/13506.pdf.aspx?inline=true
specific issues of First Nations Men
https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-018-0902-1
Missing ? The needs of the LGBTIQ+ community
https://www.lgbtiqhealth.org.au/statistics
Taking a Sexual History – tips
Issues related to Chaperones:
STI Guidelines
http://www.sti.guidelines.org.au/
PostNatal Check :
