Professional development and networking

Clinical networking opportunities

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)

Presented by the SALHN Neurosurgical Team
When: Tuesday 17 September 2024, 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Where: The Marion Hotel
CPD: 2 hours (Educational Activities)
Register online

• Meet the SALHN Plastic Surgery team
• Education update
• Management of common hand conditions
• Updates in melanoma
• Post-mastectomy breast reconstruction
• Upcoming gender affirming surgery model

There is no cost to attend and dinner will be provided.

This is part of a series of 6 evening dinner meetings for GPs to meet the staff specialists, hear the latest updates and their impact on general practice, learn the best way to navigate referrals for common tricky conditions and clinically salient points to look out for, and work together to improve the interface between FMC specialist teams and the surround general practice community.

The first four SALHN GP Clinical Collaborative sessions in 2023 included:

• 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 surgeon

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.

• Future events
• Recordings of past events

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.

Improving patient flow

SALHN has started a program to standardise management of common conditions to improve patient care delivery. Diagnostics including volume and length of stay were used to guide the selection for 12 conditions. The 12 areas of focus are:

• acute back pain
• delirium
• heart failure
• borderline personality disorder
• falls and fractures in the elderly
• palliative care pathway
• diabetic foot
• undifferentiated abdominal pain
• acute paediatric respiratory illness
• PV bleeding
• EECU short stay patients
• alcohol related presentations.

If you would like to be involved in the any of the project groups, please contact Angie Goodrich, Director Continuous Improvement Programs via email angie.goodrich@sa.gov.au.

Outpatient Redesign Strategy 2023-2025

The SALHN Strategy team are seeking further opportunities to collaborate with the GP community to continuously improve transparency and communication across the broader health system.

If you would like to get involved in the Outpatient Redesign Strategy or provide your thoughts and ideas, please email Health.SALHNOutpatientRedesign@sa.gov.au.