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Gynaecology Workshop: Predisposing Activity 2024

Gynaecology Workshop: Predisposing Activity 2024

Thank you for registering to attend the Metro North Health and Brisbane North PHN GP Alignment Gynaecology Workshop to be held on Saturday, 31 August 2024.

RACGP CPD Accredited Activity ID: 922895

We look forward to welcoming you at the 2024 GP Alignment Gynaecology Workshop on Saturday 31 August 2024 at the Clinical Skills Development Service (RBWH). Completion of the workshop includes completion of online pre-disposing activities, active participation in the full day workshop and completion of the reinforcing activities and evaluation on the day or in the week following the event. Completion of all workshop activities will provide 4.0 hours Educational Activities (EA) and 3.5 hours Reviewing Performance (RP).

This is a joint initiative between Metro North Health and Brisbane North PHN

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Please complete your Predisposing Activity by COB 30 August 2024

Activity 1

Please access Referral Guidelines and other resources for GPs from the Refer your Patient page of the Metro North Health (MNH) website and Brisbane North HealthPathways.

Review the Metro North Health Refer your Patient Gynaecology Referral Guidelines and Brisbane North HealthPathways Gynaecology pathways. Please open links in a new tab or window.

Refer your patient | Metro North Health

Gynaecology | Metro North Health

https://brisbanenorth.communityhealthpathways.org/

(Username: Brisbane, Password: North)

Activity 2

To demonstrate your knowledge of safe and effective gynaecology care and to highlight your learning needs, please complete this assessment before attending the workshop by selecting the correct response.

Unless stated, questions have only one correct response.

What is the safest and most efficient way to refer your patient to MNH Specialist Outpatients?

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Post a referral letter to the hospital

Complete a GP Smart Referral or eReferral and send electronically to Central Patient Intake (CPI)

Give referral letter to the patient and ask them to make an appointment

Fax a referral to the hospital

A complete referral consists of which of the following?

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Patient demographic details including Medicare eligibility

Patient history and examination

Essential referral information (including investigations) as per referral guidelines in GP Smart Referral, MNH Refer your patient or Brisbane North HealthPathways

All of the above

What is the Brisbane North HealthPathways Program?

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Brisbane North HealthPathways is a paper-based guideline to support diagnosis, management, local referral and service information

Brisbane North HealthPathways is a web-based tool that provides point of care guidance for diagnosis, management, local referral and service information

Brisbane North HealthPathways is a web-based tool only available to hospital clinicians

Brisbane North HealthPathways describes the patient journey within Metro North Health

Which of the following would you recommend prior to referral of a patient with urinary incontinence?

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Supervised pelvic floor physiotherapy and bladder training

Treatment of urinary tract infection

Lifestyle modifications – weight loss, dietary changes, fluid management, smoking cessation

All of the above

Which of following are to be included in the initial assessment of a patient presenting with urinary incontinence?

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Urine M/C/S

Patient assessment – history, medication review, physical examination and introduction of a bladder and bowel diary

All of the above

None of the above

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What is the most useful investigation to order prior to referring a patient with pelvic pain?

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Pelvic/transvaginal ultrasound

Cervical Screening Test

Full blood count

CT scan

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What is the referral process when a woman presents with uncontrollable heavy vaginal menstrual bleeding, clots, and shortness of breath?

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Send the patient for pelvic ultrasound and blood tests

Refer the patient via Central Patient Intake (CPI)

Call an ambulance and send the patient to the nearest hospital emergency department

Reassure the patient that this can be self-managed at home

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What are the most likely presenting symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse (POP)?

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Upper gastrointestinal discomfort

Vomiting and fevers

Dragging sensation, difficulty with defecation/micturition, dyspareunia

Changes in stool consistency and colour

13.

What changes to the National Cervical Screening Program came into effect from 1 July 2022?

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Only women who are overdue by more than two years can be offered self-collection

Only women who have never had a cervical screening test can be offered self-collection

All women and people with a cervix have the choice to screen using either a self-collected vaginal sample or a clinician-collected sample

Only women > 30 years of age can be offered self-collection

14.

For a public hospital fertility service referral, it is appropriate to refer for investigation, a patient < 35 years old who has not conceived when there is a history of:

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12 months or more of unprotected vaginal intercourse

Tubal ligation

6 months or more of unprotected vaginal intercourse

Vasectomy