​Ischaemic Heart Disease 

• ​Comprehensively assess patients with diagnosed IHD
•   Recommend optimal non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic management
• Appropriate arrange for follow-up and provide the recommended care components
• Know when to provide a referral to a specialist

Stroke

• ​Comprehensively assess patients with stable stroke
• Recommend optimal non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic management
• Appropriate arrange for follow-up and provide the recommended care components
• Know when to provide a referral to a specialist

Chronic Kidney Disease 

• ​Evaluate a patient with chronic kidney disease including relevant laboratory investigations
• Evaluate for reversible causes of CKD
• Intensify and optimise pharmacology safely
• Appropriate arrange for follow-up and provide the recommended care components
• Know when to provide a referral to a specialist

Gout

• ​Assess a patient presenting with monoarticular arthritis
• Familiarity with the diagnostic criteria for gout
• Provide long term care for patients with chronic gout
• Recommend an individualised low purine diet for patients with chronic gout
• Safely prescribe urate lowering therapy
• Appropriately monitor for response and side effects of pharmacotherapy

Asthma 

• ​Diagnose asthma and rule out other respiratory conditions
• Assess asthma control using a validated tool and BREATHE factors
• Manage asthma based on level of control in adults and children
• Provide a written asthma action plan
• Determine the severity of asthma exacerbation and manage accordingly
• Know when to provide a referral to a specialist

COPD

• ​Diagnosed COPD based on clinical presentation and spirometry findings
• Comprehensively assess patients with COPD including evaluation of symptom burden and risk
•  Manage patients with COPD holistically
• Provide treatment for patients with acute COPD exacerbation
•  Know when to provide a referral to a specialist

​This course is open to all GPs