DiSS Term 4 Breakfast Club (2024)

Join the Doctors in Secondary Schools Clinical Training Program's Breakfast Club.

Each fortnight throughout Term 4, join us alongside a specialist as we discuss common issues presenting in young people. These sessions are designed for clinicians, nurses and educators. 

Date	Title	Learning outcomes
Wednesday 16 October 7.30am-8.30am	Periods shouldn't ruin lives: Pelvic pain in young people with Dr Sonia Grover and Courtney Munro	Describe the role of primary care clinicians in schools assessing young people presenting with period or pelvic pain Discuss the contribution of factors to the development of pelvic pain Describe the management options and interventions for treating pelvic pain Participate in a community of practice and peer learning
Wednesday 30 October 7.30am-8.30am	DiSS BITS Part 4: Understanding and accepting myself with Orygen	Discuss the role of brief interventions for young people with low to moderate mental ill-health in school based health services Examine a case plan for young people working through the relevant Brief Intervention Toolkit module Construct a practical approach to using the Orygen brief intervention toolkit modules through case-based discussion Participate in a community of practice and peer learning
Wednesday 13 November 7.30am-8.30am	Unwell at any body size: Teens with eating disorders and higher weight with Dr Sarah Trobe	Describe the role of primary care clinicians in schools assessing people with higher weight who are at risk of an eating disorder Discuss the screening tools in practice to identify eating disorders for young people at higher weight  Describe collaborative care and management options for binge, eating disorder, bullimia nervosa and other eating disorders for young people of higher weight Participate in a community of practice and peer learning
Wednesday 27 November 7.30am-8.30am	To be confirmed	To be confirmed

Topics and titles are subject to change. These series events have been approved in the RACGP 2023-2025 triennium as a 4-hour activity (Activity number TBC): 4 hours of Reviewing Performance.