Clinical Pharmacology

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Methamphetamine

Release date: May 2017
Estimated completion time*: 1.5 hrs

This resource aims to build the resilience of frontline workers and empower them to confidently manage methamphetamine abuse on the frontline.

*The estimated completion time is an approximate guide and does not account for time spent on optional additional readings and activities.

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Tags: Category 1 Educational Activities

Format: The multimedia resource includes a dedicated Pomegranate podcast featuring expert insights and a skills toolbox that draws together the latest statistics, media coverage and government response, resources to support the wellbeing of medical professionals working on the front line, and methods for dealing with methamphetamine presentations.

Modules

1. Podcast 2. Activities 3. Skills Toolbox

Contributors:
  • Prof Amanda Baker, Calvary Mater Hospital, University of Newcastle
  • A/Prof Nadine Ezard FAChAM, St Vincent’s Drug and Alcohol Service, University of Sydney
  • Dr Martin Lloyd-Jones, VMO Department of Addiction Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Medical Director Substance Use and Addiction Program Delmont Private Hospital
  • Dr Nikola Ognyenovits, Addiction Medicine Training Committee
  • Prof Alison Ritter, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
  • Dr Gilbert Whitton FAChAM, Bankstown Hospital, Sydney
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Category: Self-paced online courses

Pain Management

Release date: August 2018
Estimated completion time*: 11.5 hrs

This series of three online modules covers the domain of Pain Management in the Advanced Training Palliative Medicine Curriculum by presenting three long cases in a range of clinical settings. The modules also address a range of domains in the Professional Qualities Curriculum.

Each case should take approximately 2-3 hours to complete, however each are broken into small, 15-30 min sections that you may complete and return to in stages if you wish.

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*The estimated completion time is an approximate guide and does not account for time spent on optional additional readings and activities.

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Tags: Category 1 Educational activities pathophysiology management of pain palliative care community palliative care tertiary palliative care opioids intrathecal analgesia tenesmus disability disabled child pain transmission pain modulation health advocacy alternative therapy in-patient palliative care ethical dilemma advanced care planning

Topics
  • Palliative care in the community setting
  • Palliative care in the tertiary setting
  • Palliative care in the in-patient palliative care unit
  • Opioids in renal failure
  • Intrathecal analgesia
  • Mucositis
  • Prescribing errors
  • Pain assessment and management in the profoundly disabled child
  • Non-pharmacological management of pain
Format
  • In-depth content
  • Case studies
  • Recommended resources
  • References
Contributors Working Group
  • Dr Anil Tandon
  • Dr Peter Eastman
  • Dr Helen Lord
  • Dr Elissa Campbell
  • Dr Vicki Tai
  • Dr Simon Allan
  • Dr Sharon Ryan
  • Dr Melanie Lovell
Peer reviewers
  • A/Prof Rohan Vora
  • Dr Phillip Good
  • Dr Jennifer Weil
  • Dr Greg Parker
  • A/Prof Mark Boughey
  • Dr Bruce Foggo
  • Dr Tamsin Bryan
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Category: Self-paced online courses

Prescription Drug Use

Release date: September 2021
Estimated completion time*: 1.5 hrs

This resource will cover the most common use of the prescription drugs opioids and benzodiazepines, and others including gabapentinoids, ‘Z drugs’ and antipsychotic medications.

*The estimated completion time is an approximate guide and does not account for time spent on optional additional readings and activities.

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Category: Self-paced online courses

Thalidomide

Release date: August 2020
Estimated completion time*: 1 hr

This online course aims to introduce Australasian medical specialists to thalidomide and thalidomide embryopathy, and their implications for thalidomide survivors today.

*The estimated completion time is an approximate guide and does not account for time spent on optional additional readings and activities.

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Topics
  • The Thalidomide Story
  • The Drug Thalidomide
  • Medical Issues and Special Considerations
  • Living with Thalidomide Embryopathy
Contributors Working Group
  • Dr Dee Morrison
  • Dr Elizabeth Newbronner
  • Prof Neil Vargesson
Version 1
Category: Self-paced online courses