Professional development and networking in SALHN

Clinical networking opportunities

Expression of Interest

Invitation for GPs working in Residential Aged Care Homes to participate in Quality Improvement Focus Groups and Survey

The SALHN GP Integration Unit, with the support of the Adelaide Primary Health Network, is seeking expressions of interest from GPs working in Residential Aged Care Homes (RACH) to form a Community of Practice and participate in three remunerated focus groups.

The purpose of these focus groups is to gain insight and information from GPs about improving the transition of care for people moving from hospital into permanent RACH for the first time.

Express your interest in the focus groups by completing the online form at https://www.trybooking.com/CWJLK by 7 November 2024.

If you are not able to participate in the focus groups, please consider answering this short 5-minute survey - https://forms.office.com/r/SDbZCRTk3U by 1 November 2024.

Requirements to participate in focus groups

  • You must be a GP who sees patients residing in a RACH
  • Commit to all three sessions, where we will use an established quality improvement methodology to clearly define issues, identify priorities and possible improvements.

Initial in-person focus group (2 hours)
Date: Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Location: Marion GP Plus, 10 Milham Street, Oaklands Park SA 5046
Dinner provided from 5.30pm for 6.00pm start, free car parking available.

Follow-up focus groups x2 (1 hour each)
Late November and early December, online or in-person (TBC).

  • Be willing to nominate a RACH and key contact from this facility to participate in this project and facilitate possible quality improvement initiatives (desirable).

Participation in the three focus groups will result in:

  • Reimbursement for your time in line with the Adelaide PHN sitting fee
  • Certificate for self-logging CPD 4 hours RP.

For more information and to share this with a colleague, please download the GPs Working in Rach EOI Flyer (PDF 252KB).

Wrap up of the SALHN GP Acute Care Update – Webinar

Thank you for your support of our Webinar 'SALHN Acute Care Update' held on Tuesday 6 August 2024. We had 39 registrants online and from those who responded to the polls 100% said they had gained relevant/valuable learnings they can apply to their practice and 86% are now more likely to contact the Out of Hospital (OOH) Nurses.

Through avenues such as practice visits and the webinar it is evident that connecting the OOH Nurse team with GP teams in the south is valued both ways. Please let us know if you would like more information, the OOH Nurse team are happy to come out to visit GP teams in person.

To see resources from the night, please visit GP Acute Care Update presentation (PDF 4.3MB).

Ingrown toenails needed – Help us Toe-Tally Nail this study!

A study is being conducted by the University of South Australia and the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, with an aim to see whether the Penthrox® Green Whistle is effective in reducing needle-stick pain and anxiety before and during local anaesthetic injections for toenail surgery.
Participants will be involved in:

  • a 30-minute assessment and pre-screening appointment
  • toenail surgery with local anaesthetic to relieve their ingrown toenail with either an intervention Green Whistle inhaler or a placebo inhaler
  • a short survey about their experience with the inhaler
  • follow up appointments if required.

Participants will receive a $30 gift card for their time.

Further information including exclusion criteria is available on the Ingrown Toenails Study Flyer (PDF 892KB).

If your patient is interested in participating, please send a referral to SALHN Podiatry fax: 8204 5020 (with mention of the study if possible).

Participants needed

Bridging the gap: a pilot project assessing efficacy and safety of a conscious sedation pathway for consumers with neurodevelopmental disability to access early health intervention.

Dr Jessica Smith, GP/Rehabilitation Physician (SALHN), is excited to share a pilot program for a multi-tiered sedation pathway, with the hope that this evidence will help establish formal pathways in the future for adults with complex disabilities in the community.

To be a part of this project, the team are looking for people:

  • with an intellectual or developmental disability (such as autism)
  • 18 years or older
  • have not been able to have a blood test or immunisation

The aim is to show safety and efficacy in the desensitisation and light sedation tiers (performed by a non-anaesthetist with additional training).

Please share the Blood test or immunisation for disability clients study flyer (PDF 214KB) with patients this may be of interest/helpful too.

Upcoming and recorded CPD events

CPD events are facilitated through the following Medical Education Providers, such as:

SAPMEA:

SAPMEA/SALHN GP Collaborative (face to face at Marion Hotel)
Next event coming soon.

Previous SALHN GP Clinical Collaborative sessions include:

  • Hepatobilary with Head of Unit Dr Mark Brooke-Smith, Dr Susan Gan, Dr Janina Kaczmarczyk and A/Prof George Barreto
  • Opthalmology with A/Prof Stewart Lake (Head of Unit) and his team of surgeons
  • Breast and Endocrine with Head of Unit Dr Michael Eaton and his team of surgeons
  • Neurosurgery with the Dr Ema Knight, Duncan Lodge and the team
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery with Head of Unit A/Professor Nicola Dean and the team of surgeons.

Project ECHO, including information and resources for current and past ECHO programs, including Advanced Dementia, Palliative Care, Luminal Gastroenterology, COPD, Chronic pain, Cardiology, Neurology, AOD.

The following ECHO series have now finished. To revisit the content and resources visit sapmea.

Clinical networking opportunities

We are working on building opportunities for Southern GPs and SALHN clinicians to connect through collaborative learning and networking. Please let us know if you have specific areas of interest or subscribe to our newsletter to keep informed.