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Orthopaedics in Practice: Diagnosis, Referral & Work-related Injury Care

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About

Venue: Adina Darwin Waterfront
Address: 7 Kitchener Dr, Darwin City NT 0800, Australia
Date: Wednesday 29 July 2026
Time: 6pm - 9pm

In this high-yield session for busy GPs, you’ll gain practical, immediately usable skills to manage common musculoskeletal presentations—including work-related foot & ankle injuries, ACL tears, and shoulder conditions. Learn when (and when not) to image, streamline your referral decisions, and confidently navigate workers’ compensation, certification, and billing.

This activity is approved by the RACGP for the following CPD hours
EA: 2
RP: 3
MO: 5

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this CPD activity, GP participants will be able to:

  1. Identify and assess common foot and ankle work- related injuries.
  2. Provide support to the injured worker consistent with the relevant work injury scheme to enable a safe return to work.
  3. Apply evidence-based approaches to the diagnosis and initial management of ACL and shoulder musculoskeletal injuries.
  4. Identify red flags in orthopaedic presentations and determine appropriate referral pathways to optimise patient outcomes.

Predisoposing RP Activity

Please complete the pre-reading material and the patient case questions prior to attending the event. You can find these by clicking on the RP Activity button above.

Reinforcing RP Activity and MO Activity

During the event, you will receive more information about these activities. They will be available to complete after the event.

Provider Details

The Provider of this activity is Healthscope. Healthscope is an authorised Provider of education under the RACGP CPD Program. For any questions regarding this activity contact Healthscope at gp.education@healthscope.com.au.

This meeting is provided by Healthscope, in accordance with the RACGP CPD Program. The details that you provide to Praxhub will be used for the purpose of facilitating your CPD administration at this Activity, including the supply of a Certificate of Attendance. For attending RACGP members, your CPD hours will be sent automatically to the RACGP within 24 hours, and all attendees' information will also be provided to Healthscope in accordance with Healthscope’s Privacy Policy. If you have questions regarding the collection or use of your information, please contact privacy@praxhub.com.

Provider & Host

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Healthscope
Private Hospital

Presenters

Brent Matthews
Orthopaedic Surgery
Raj Shetty
Raj Shetty
Radiology
Ben Sparreboom
Ben Sparreboom
Orthopaedic Surgery

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