Conference Program...
The GPCE Program includes 44 Seminars and 55 Workshops. These sessions combine to deliver the 10 Active Learning Modules offered at the GPCE.
Registration entitles delegates to attend 4 sessions on Friday, Saturday and 5 sessions on the Sunday.
Want to be involved in the conference program? Please contact Lisa De Mello on 02 9422 2973 or email lisa.demello@reedexhibitions.com.au.
What are Seminars?
Seminars are 1 hour lectures with up to 150 delegates per session.
Some seminars will include audience response keypads allowing the session to be interactive and provide instant feedback.
Delegates will receive 2 RACGP Category 2 points per seminar that they attend. To view the Seminar Synopses Click here
What are Workshops?
Workshops are hands-on interactive sesions with only 25 delegates in each workshop.
Each workshop is repeated over the three day program providing many opportunities for delegates to attend their preferred sessions.
Delegates will receive 2 RACGP Category 2 points for each workshop they attend.
The GPCE is the only place where delegates can attend a wide and diverse range of hands on workshops in the one place. To view th Workshop Synopses click here
Active Learning Modules (ALMs)
Acitve Learning Modules (ALMs) provide an opportunity for a GP to be awarded 40 Category 1 points for activities focusing on their personal educational needs. ALMs provide quality structured education directed to acheiving demonstratable changes in the performance, knowledge, skills, behaviour and attitudes of GPs. Each module consists of a pre disposing activity, a structured learning activity and a reinforcing activity.
To complete an ALM at the GPCE, delegates can choose from 10 ALM streams that have specifically been designed for General Practice.
Delegates must complete Predisposing material which will be sent out 3 weeks prior to the conference to every delegate registered for the ALM.
Delegates must then attend 2 seminars and 4 workshops from the sessions offered in the ALM stream they would like to complete and then complete the reinforcing activity at the conclusion of the conference.
Click on the ALM below to view the sessions included in that stream
ALM A Chronic Disease Mx
ALM B Reducing Risk in Cardio & Vascular Disease
ALM C Surgical
ALM D Emergency Medicine
ALM E Obstetrics and Women's Health
ALM F Dermatology
ALM G Practical Medicine
ALM H Sports Medicine
ALM I Practice Management
ALM J Pain Management
Meet The Expert
Meet the Expert is an open forum on the Exhibition floor with speakers presenting various topics throughout the day.
There are 12 sessions per day each running for 1 hour including question and answer time.
Some Meet the expert sessions will be accredited allowing delegates to receive 2 RACGP Category 2 points per session.
The 2008 Melbourne GPCE Meet the Expert Timetable:
| Friday | 14th November | | |
| Time | Company | Topic | Speaker |
| 9.30am | Reed Medical Education | New opportunities to gain further education and CPD points. | Lisa De Mello |
| 12.00pm | Hydralyte | Managing Vomiting and Diarrhoea in Children | Peta Dewar |
| 1.00pm | Monash IVF | Techniques for GP's to Maximise and Preserve Male and Female Fertility | Prof Gab Kovacs & Dr Melissa Wong |
| 3.00pm | Jalna Dairy Foods | Probiotics and Gut Health - What does this mean for your patients | Karen Inge APD & Virginia Fazio APD |
| 4.00pm | Medicare Australia | Demystifying MBS in CDM and Mental Health | Dr Robert Menz |
| Saturday | 15th November | | |
| Time | Company | Topic | Speaker |
| 9.30am | Reed Medical Education | New opportunities to gain further education and CPD points. | Lisa De Mello |
| 10.00am | CFS/ME Victoria | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - What It Is and What It Isn't. | Dr Nicole Phillips & Dr Don Lewis |
| 11.00am | Biological Therapies | Complimentary Therapies and Cancer | Dr Ian Dettman |
| 12.00pm | Medicare Australia | Demystifying MBS in CDM and Mental Health | Dr Robert Menz |
| 1.00pm | MIPS (Medical Indemnity Protection Society) | Medico Legal Hot Topics: Women and Children | Dr Rob Walkers |
| 2.00pm | The Australian Beverages Council | Setting the record straight on artificial sweeteners - what every doctor should know when advising patients | Dr Simon Brooke-Taylor |
| 3.00pm | Aspen Pharmacare | A New Paradigm in Burn and Wound Care | Dr Philippe Sollie |
| 4.00pm | Vision Group Australia | Partnership in Systematic and Local Management of Diabetic Retinopathy | Dr Devinder Chauhan & Dr Nandor Jaross |
| Sunday | 16th November | | |
| Time | Company | Topic | Speaker |
| 9.30am | Reed Medical Education | New opportunities to gain further education and CPD points. | Lisa De Mello |
| 10.00am | Hydralyte | Managing Vomiting and Diarrhoea in Children | Peta Dewar |
| 11.00am | Biological Therapies | Complimentary Therapies and Cancer | Dr Ian Dettman |
| 12.00pm | Hearing Life | The Impact of Hearing Loss - How the GP Can Help | Sue Cotton |
| 1.00pm | Melbourne Dermatology Group | Helpful Tips in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Skin Cancers | Dr Jeremy Banky |
| 2.00pm | The Australian Beverages Council | Setting the record straight on artificial sweeteners - what every doctor should know when advising patients | Dr Simon Brooke-Taylor |
