Addiction medicine: Home-based low-risk alcohol withdrawal – a practical workshop for GPs
Track 2
Friday, November 25, 2022 |
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM |
Meeting Room 203+204 |
Details
Session style: Small group discussion and Q&A
Speaker
Dr Paul Grinzi
GP/Medical Educator
Royal Park Medical / RACGP
Home-based low-risk alcohol withdrawal – A practical workshop for GPs
11:55 AM - 12:55 PMSession summary
Learn how to do a planned GP led low-risk home-based alcohol withdrawal and how to use the RACGP’s online resources at your fingertips to deliver effective evidence-based withdrawal treatment.
Learning outcomes
1. Understand how to select and prepare suitable low-risk home-based alcohol withdrawal patients
2. Create a safe home-based alcohol withdrawal plan with suitable support, monitoring and post-withdrawal management.
3. Apply the RACGP’s online AOD clinical resource library to support effective, timely, and evidence-based patient management.
2. Create a safe home-based alcohol withdrawal plan with suitable support, monitoring and post-withdrawal management.
3. Apply the RACGP’s online AOD clinical resource library to support effective, timely, and evidence-based patient management.
Biography
Paul is a GP with two decades of experience working in both rural and urban Victoria. He has incorporated a special clinical interest in Alcohol and Other Drugs within his GP and medical education work, and has developed a strong following and expertise in this area.
Dr Shani Macaulay
Consultant GP and Medical Educator
Pioneer Health / RACGP
Home-based low-risk alcohol withdrawal – A practical workshop for GPs
11:55 AM - 12:55 PMBiography
Shani has a strong focus on whole person health care, rapport and relationship as being foundational to effective primary care, as well as advocacy for improved health for marginalized peoples. She brings this into her academic work as a Medical Educator, clinical work as a Consultant GP and trainee GP Obstetrician.
Ms Lizette FoxMiller
Program Lead, CPD
RACGP
Home-based low-risk alcohol withdrawal – A practical workshop for GPs
11:55 AM - 12:55 PMBiography
Lizette is a policy, strategy and project delivery expert with a wealth of experience in UK and Australia coordinating initiatives to address key determinants of health. Lizette played an instrumental role in shaping the AOD GP Education Program, collaborating with a team of GP educators and multidisciplinary experts in the program’s design, development and delivery.
