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Arena 1A
Thursday, October 11, 2018
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Arena 1A

Overview

New ways to better mental health for you and your patients


Details

Presented by Genevieve Yates and Jan Orman - This interactive session will focus on the GP-based diagnosis and management of depression in adolescents / cyber bullying, excessive alcohol use, and exam stress in GP trainees, and will include an introduction to the currently available Australian evidence-based online treatment options relevant to these situations.


Speaker

Dr Genevieve Yates

New ways to better mental health for you and your patients

Abstract

Biography

Dr Genevieve Yates, MBBS (Hons) FRACGP, is a medical educator, a GP and a writer. She worked in GP training for over a decade and was an Associate Director of Training of North Coast GP Training until December 2015. In 2014 she was awarded GPET’s Medical Educator of the Year. Currently she is the RACGP Queensland Censor, RACGP Expert Committee member (Pre-Fellowship Education) and senior examiner, a performance assessor for AHPRA and a member of MDA National’s Education Services Advisory Group (ESAG). She also works as an educator/ facilitator for MDA National and the Black Dog Institute. She is passionate about putting creativity into medicine, and medicine into creativity.

Dr Jan Orman MBBS MPsychMed is a Sydney GP with a special interest in mental health and psychological medicine. She has a Masters in Psychological Medicine (CBT) from the University of NSW and has combined general practice and specialised work in mental health for over two decades. Jan has also worked for more than 10 years as a facilitator in Black Dog Institute’s Professional Education team. She is currently responsible for developing the content of, and delivering, the GP education programs for the Black Dog Institute’s arm of the e-Mental Health in Practice (eMHPrac) Project

Disclaimer: This program is subject to change. Register for GP18 or visit the gp18.com.au website for further conference details.

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