Healthed Webinar: COVID Update, Severe Asthma - Which Patients Should be on MAB?, Practical Takeaways from The Australian Contraception Choice Project, Interpreting Iron Studies - Tips, Traps and Curly Cases

Participants of this webcast can receive:

• RACGP: 4 CPD activity points
• ACRRM: 2 hours under the Educational Activities Category
• NURSES: 2 hrs of CPD

 Featured topics and experts in this free webcast:

• COVID Update
  A/Prof Nigel Crawford
  As Australia starts to open up, health professionals are looking for information on what it means to ‘live with’ COVID 19 as opposed to trying to eradicate it. A/Prof Nigel Crawford will help doctors be up-to-date on all aspects of COVID-19, including the highly infectious Delta variant and the new recommendations for booster doses.
• Severe Asthma – Which Patients Should be on a MAB?
  Dr Greg Katoulotos
  There are now biological therapies available to treat severe asthma. But knowing which patients are eligible for these treatments and who is most likely to benefit from them can be tricky. Dr Greg Katoulotos will present a practical guide to these new therapies and where they fit in the treatment algorithm for severe asthma.
• Practical Takeaways from The Australia Contraception Choice Project
  Prof Danielle Mazza
  Among other things, the Australian Contraceptive Choice Project investigated the effectiveness of various types of contraception in the real world – in particular who was accidentally falling pregnant and why.  Professor Mazza will present the fascinating findings from this project and importantly, outline what they mean for clinical practice.
• Interpreting Iron Studies – Tips, Traps and Curly Cases
  Dr Patrick Coleman
  Iron studies are easily ordered but their results are not necessarily easily understood. In this presentation, Dr Patrick Colman will guide clinicians through the various components reported on in iron studies and the implications when results are outside the normal range. Various cases will be presented that will demonstrate how iron studies can be useful in determining appropriate clinical practice.