This event is for Registered Healthcare Practitioners only. If you are patient or carer wanting to learn more about ME/CFS and long COVID, we have a dedicated learning space here.
ME/CFS: An Update on Diagnosis, Managing Co-Morbidities, and Commonly Used Medications
Are you a Clinical Practitioner in the ACT? Emerge Australia has partnered with Capital Health Network, ACT’s primary health network, to host a face-to-face event for GPs and practice staff in the ACT.
Proudly supported by the John James Foundation, this evening seminar will provide an update on identifying and safely managing #MECFS, with ample time for questions with endocrinologist and ME/CFS expert, Dr. Kevin Lee.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Apply ME/CFS diagnostic criteria and address misdiagnoses.
- Identify treatment and management options, including multidisciplinary approaches and specialist referrals
- Discuss commonly used medications for ME/CFS, including their benefits and side effect profiles.
When: Monday, May 12 · 6 – 8:30pm AEST
Where: Ramada Encore Belconnen, 110 Benjamin Way Belconnen, ACT 261
Education session is pending RACGP approval for 1.5 Educational Activity Hours, with an optional self-reported 0.5 hours.
Navigating ME/CFS & long COVID: Diagnosis, management and vaccination considerations
Emerge Australia will be hosting a clinical education session by Dr Bernard Shiu on Friday 16 May 11:30-12:30. This session is accessible to attendees at the GPCE conference only.
This case-based session provides an update on how to recognise, investigate and diagnose a patient with ME/CFS and implement symptom management plans, including discussion and shared decision making around risks and benefits of COVID-19 boosters for post-infection syndromes.
- Explore presenting signs and symptoms, including ordering appropriate tests
- Apply diagnostic criteria to correctly identify a case of ME/CFS or long COVID
- Identify benefits and potential risk for COVID-19 booster
This education session is supported by Moderna
ME/CFS Education sessions for your team
Allied Health practitioners, including registered and enrolled nurses, can book a one-hour in-service for your team with our nurse educator. These sessions are usually held via zoom.
The aim of this in-service is to present the current understanding of ME/CFS, consisting of a 40-minute presentation and question time.
Learning objectives:
- Know key epidemiology and understand functional impairment in ME/CFS
- Identify core signs and symptoms of ME/CFS using contemporary diagnostic criteria, with a focus on post-exertional malaise and orthostatic intolerance
- Implement safe management strategies using pacing, rest and step-wise symptom management within your context of practice.
These sessions also aim to provide you with some helpful assessment tools to use within your practice, and further reading.
There is a small fee for the session
- Not-for-profit organisations: $200+GST
- For-profit organisations: $400+GST
If you would like to engage in self-directed learning, below is a shorter version of our “ME/CFS Back to Basics” presentation for you and your team.
ME/CFS Back to Basics
This is a 20 minute, recorded education session that provides fundamental information about ME/CFS and principles of management. It was presented to a group of nurses and social workers. However, anyone wanting a quick, foundational introduction would benefit.
We have received overwhelmingly positive feedback about the presentation:
“…thank you for a fantastic presentation….we reflected on the presentations we had throughout the day and the whole team expressed how valuable your presentation was to their work.” (NUM, HIP Echuca Health)
ME/CFS resource for school nurses
School nurses can make a big difference in the life of a student with ME/CFS. School nurses are well placed to work in partnership with the student, their family, teaching staff, and the learning and support teams within the school, developing appropriate accommodations to allow students with ME/CFS to continue to attend school and connect with their peers.
Please read more about supporting students with ME/CFS in a school environment by downloading our flyer.
Keep up with the latest research about ME/CFS
Emerge Australia’s monthly Research Digest summarises the latest Australian and international research journal articles on ME/CFS. The Research Digest focuses on biomedical research and contains three or four short summaries of recent research publications.
Read the latest issue or sign up to have the Research Digest delivered by email so you don’t miss out on future issues.
ME/CFS Education sessions for your team
Allied Health practitioners, including registered and enrolled nurses, can book a one-hour in-service for your team with our nurse educator. These sessions are usually held via zoom.
The aim of this in-service is to present the current understanding of ME/CFS, consisting of a 40-minute presentation and question time.
Learning objectives:
- Know key epidemiology and understand functional impairment in ME/CFS
- Identify core signs and symptoms of ME/CFS using contemporary diagnostic criteria, with a focus on post-exertional malaise and orthostatic intolerance
- Implement safe management strategies using pacing, rest and step-wise symptom management within your context of practice.
These sessions also aim to provide you with some helpful assessment tools to use within your practice, and further reading.
There is a small fee for the session
- Not-for-profit organisations: $200+GST
- For-profit organisations: $400+GST
If you would like to engage in self-directed learning, below is a shorter version of our “ME/CFS Back to Basics” presentation for you and your team.
ME/CFS Back to Basics
This is a 20 minute, recorded education session that provides fundamental information about ME/CFS and principles of management. It was presented to a group of nurses and social workers. However, anyone wanting a quick, foundational introduction would benefit.
We have received overwhelmingly positive feedback about the presentation:
“…thank you for a fantastic presentation….we reflected on the presentations we had throughout the day and the whole team expressed how valuable your presentation was to their work.” (NUM, HIP Echuca Health)
ME/CFS resource for school nurses
School nurses can make a big difference in the life of a student with ME/CFS. School nurses are well placed to work in partnership with the student, their family, teaching staff, and the learning and support teams within the school, developing appropriate accommodations to allow students with ME/CFS to continue to attend school and connect with their peers.
Please read more about supporting students with ME/CFS in a school environment by downloading our flyer.
Keep up with the latest research about ME/CFS
Emerge Australia’s monthly Research Digest summarises the latest Australian and international research journal articles on ME/CFS. The Research Digest focuses on biomedical research and contains three or four short summaries of recent research publications.
Read the latest issue or sign up to have the Research Digest delivered by email so you don’t miss out on future issues.
