The NT PHN invites Primary Health Professionals to join us for this RACGP accredited CPD evening in Palmerston, Darwin or Katherine for two great presentations:

1. ‘Starting the Conversation: Advance Personal Planning (APP) for Health Professionals in Primary Care’
   • Samantha will dispel the myths around APP and  demonstrate how Primary Health Professionals can play an important role is supporting their patients to plan for future care. Contrary to what is commonly believed, most families do NOT know what end-of-life decision their loved one would make.
2. ‘Prescribing Schedule 8 Medications in the Northern Territory: Legal Requirements, Best Practice, and End-of-Life Care Considerations’
   • S8 drugs (controlled drugs) are substances for therapeutic use which have a high potential for abuse, dependency and diversion.

Who is this for?

1. APP: We encourage all Primary Health Professionals including GPs and GP Registrars working in primary health settings to attend to learn how your practice can best support your patients to plan for their care in the future.
2. Schedule 8 medicines’: GPs and GP Registrars.

Presenters

Samantha Harrington

• Samantha has been working for NT Health across Top End NT since 2001. She’s been working as a Clinical Nurse Consultant with Palliative Care since 2015. Sam has many years of experience with Advance Personal Planning, and she’s passionate about educating and empowering health professionals to promote these more widely, to ALL the people they care for. 

Samuel Keitaanpaa

• Samuel is the NT’s Chief Pharmacist. He currently works with NT Health in Medicines & Poisons, within the Public Health division.
  APP Learning Objectives

APP Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Summarise the legal obligations related to the documentation required when developing an Advanced Personal Plan.   
2. Identify the target demographic that could benefit from Advanced Personal Planning. 
3. Recognise opportunities to begin discussions with patients about the importance of an Advanced Personal Plan.   
4. Describe the responsibilities of a Substitute Decision Maker, in the Advanced Personal Planning process. 

Schedule 8 Medicines Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, GPs will be able to:

1. Describe the legal requirements and best practice obligations for GPs when prescribing controlled medicines in the NT and the systems available to support safe medicines access
2. Apply contemporary regulatory approaches to medicines to support timely, safe and legal prescribing of medicines in the multi-disciplinary care of patients receiving end of life care

Register

Palmerston:

• Date: 2 July 2025
• Time: 6-8:30pm
• Venue: Litchfield Room, Rydges Palmerston, 15 Maluka Drive, Palmerston City.
• Palmerston Registration

Darwin:

• Date: 8 July 2025
• Time: 6-8:30pm
• Venue: Oaks Elan Hotel, 31 Woods Street, Darwin
• Darwin Registration

Katherine: 

• Date: 22 July 2025
• Time: 6-8:30pm
• Venue: Knotts Crossing, 10 Cameron Street, Katherine
• Katherine Registration

HealthPathways

RACGP and ACRRM acknowledge HealthPathways as a valuable clinical tool for GPs and have endorsed its use to contribute to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements. HealthPathways provides clinical information for local practitioners and the opportunity to engage in reflective practices to deepen comprehension of patients’ clinical conditions, enhancing overall patient care.

The  relevant pathway for APP and for S8 medicines can be found by logging into your HP account via healthpathways@ntphn.org.au

More information can be found on the CPD Hours for HealthPathways Use page.

CPD

RACGP EA (educational activity) hours: 1.5

Activity ID 1238442

Questions?

For registration queries, please contact events@ntphn.org.au