GPs & other Primary Health Professionals – Please join the NT PHN, and NT Health’s Right Care Right Place (RCRP) Project, for a free CPD Education Evening

Grace Dwyer, the Eating Disorders Care Coordinator from Right Care, Right Place will be facilitating this event on behalf of the NT PHN. The National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) will also deliver a short presentation.

NEDC

• Jackie Wilson: Project Manager, Right Care Right Place, Clinical Psychologist, National Eating Disorder Collaboration
• Hilary Smith: Health Promotion Lead, National Eating Disorder Collaboration
  • NEDC is an initiative of the Australian eating disorder sector funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care and dedicated to developing and implementing a nationally consistent, evidence-based system of care for the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. NEDC is a national collaborative platform for experts in lived experience, clinical services, and research to generate unified, evidence-based sector positions and consistent national standards that are translated into practical action for prevention, identification, and treatment. NEDC also has a vital role in coordinating investment and providing expertise and impartial policy advice to the Australian Government

Our Speaker

Dr Frankie Garnett

• Frankie is a GP who has been in Mparntwe for ten years. They work at Congress Alukura and the Vital Collective with special interests in reproductive health, sexual health and queer and trans health. They also love to sing, and have been a part of the Alice Sings Choir for many years.

Learning Objectives

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

• Identify common signs and symptoms of an eating disorder to
• Describe how eating disorders may present in Trans and Gender Diverse people
• Recognise the relationship between gender affirming care and eating disorder care
• Outline local referral pathways for Trans and Gender Diverse people requiring eating disorder support

HealthPathways

HealthPathways is a source of contemporary and practical clinical information, localised to the geographical region of the medical practitioner.

The pathways for Eating Disorders and Transgender Health and Gender Diversity can be found by logging into your HP account via HealthPathways

Please note that HealthPathways has moved to individual log ins.

Using HealthPathways for CPD

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.

CPD*

*One hour of self-reported CPD.
*As a general guide, one hour of active learning equates to one hour of CPD. It is the responsibility of the individual student to calculate how many hours of active learning have been completed. The hours of active learning estimated above should act as a guide to CPD hours.

Questions?

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