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Want to know more about how to manage COVID-19 patients in the community? Join this webinar, presented by two GPs in the NWMPHN region who will share their experiences and management of common presentations by COVID-19 positive patients.
As our states and cities are opening, the transmission of COVID-19 is expected to spike, including in regions where little to no infections has spread.
The GPs in the NWMPHN region have been successfully managing a high volume of COVID-19 positive patients through the COVID-19 Positive Care Pathways program.
The pathway is designed to provide safe, high quality care, including community-based care for low-risk COVID-19 positive patients, with escalation mechanisms to higher levels of care if required.
This webinar is suitable for GPs and practice teams and will cover
- How GPs have been managing COVID-19 positive patients in the community
- Common clinical issues
- Type of presentations
- Managing multiple family members in a household
- How to identify increasing risk and when to escalate patients
- An opportunity to ask questions of the speakers
Please note the start time is 6.30pm (Australian Eastern Daylight Time - AEDT)
Learning outcomes:
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
- Discuss the role of the GP in managing COVID-19 patients
- Recognise types of presentations and common clinical issues in COVID-19 patients
- Identify risks ad escalation points for COVID-19 patients
SPEAKERS
Dr Elizabeth Williams, General Practitioner
Dr Elizabeth Williams is the lead clinician heading up the COVID-safe group at her practice, PVH Medical in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. As Clinical Lead of the practice more broadly she also develops and delivers the practice’s education and quality improvement initiatives and is an experienced supervisor of registrars and medical students. Elizabeth is a Fellow of the RACGP, and has worked as a GP for over 20 years. Her professional goal is to work holistically with people to help them be as well as they can, both mentally and physically.
Dr Catherine Orr, General Practitioner
Dr Catherine Orr graduated from Monash University medicine in 1997 and completed an intern year in Alice Springs. She has gone to complete GP training, a Master's in Public Health and further qualifications in sexual health.
She has worked largely in Aboriginal health, sexual health and abortion care. More recently she has worked at cohealth supporting people experiencing COVID in the community and being involved in clinical governance in COVID vaccination and testing.
She has several publications in both sexual health and COVID.