Webinar 4: Lead the change: driving bowel cancer screening uptake within your practice 

This webinar will help you identify goals for enhancing patient engagement with the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. Learn how to determine the training needs of healthcare professionals within your practice and system improvements that can be implemented to boost patient participation in bowel cancer screening. You will also explore training tools and resources to help you create tailored education sessions for your practice colleagues. At the end of this webinar, you will be equipped with the strategies and knowledge to lead the change and to help increase bowel cancer screening in your community.

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this webinar, you will be able to:  

• Outcome 1: Identify organisational goals for improving engagement with the NBSCP  

• Outcome 2: Determine the training needs of healthcare professionals within the practice to improve patient engagement with population bowel screening  

• Outcome 3: Determine system improvements for the practice to improve patient engagement with population bowel screening  

• Outcome 4: Identify training tools and resources to provide a tailored education session for your practice colleagues  

Presenter Information

Dr Elaine Harrington, MBBS, DCH, FRACGP

Dr Elaine Harrington is a GP and Medical Educator in South Australia, working with GPEx and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP). She brings experience from a broad scope of General Practice and has a passion for delivering education to healthcare providers to support their role in promoting positive health behaviours, preventative care and education to their patients. She brings a compassionate and holistic approach to her clinical practice and enjoys the challenge of seeing patients across the diverse range of General Practice at her clinic in the Adelaide Hills. She counts it a privilege to also be involved in shaping the next generation of General Practitioners through her work with GPEx and the RACGP which has spanned recruitment, mentoring, training and assessment of GP trainees across South Australia and Australia.

Pre-webinar recommended learning   

• Webinar 1: Smarter bowel screening: improving patient care using the National Cancer Screening Register  

• Webinar 2: Kits at consults: how healthcare providers can issue National Bowel Cancer Screening Program kits  

• Webinar 3: Overcoming barriers: engaging people hesitant to screen for bowel cancer  

CPD

CPD Approved (RACGP Activity No. 1210064), Accredited and Endorsed for:

• Educational activities: 1.5 hours