Melbourne Children's GP Paediatric Update

The inaugural Melbourne Children's GP Paediatric Update (GPPU) will be held at The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, on Saturday 4th August 2018.

This GPPU is designed specifically for General Practitioners (GPs) and will provide practical paediatric education on a range of issues at the forefront of paediatric health and wellbeing. It will bring together GPs and trainees with a shared interest in providing optimal care for children and adolescents in the community.

The program comprises interactive presentations and workshops from paediatric experts designed to update GPs on a number of paediatric issues relevant to general practice. For example, there will be updates on immunisation, common allergy problems, respiratory illness and obesity, and an expert panel to discuss child and adolescent mental health.

The full program can be viewed here.

Nominating your preferred parallel interactive workshop

The Saturday afternoon program will consist of four parallel interactive workshops. You will be asked to select one preferred workshop when booking.

Workshops are available on the following topics:

1. How to engage with adolescents - the HEADSS psychosocial screening tool

2. How to approach challenging conversations with parents

3. How to respond to child abuse and family violence

4. How to manage behavioural difficulties in children

Capacity for each workshop is limited.

Further details

• Early Bird pricing: available until 15 July 2018

• Limited number of trainee tickets will be available

• Booking fee is in addition to ticket price

• Cancellation: If you need to discuss cancellation of your attendance, please contact the GPPU Organising Committee at gppaedupdate@rch.org.au

The GPPU is run and coordinated by the Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne.