The GP Living 101 series of workshops for GPs, practice nurses, and managers has returned bigger and better for 2025 with a broader curriculum of non-clinical topics shaped by your feedback.
This series builds on the success of last year, recognising the growing pressures on healthcare professionals and the need for holistic support to address burnout and workload challenges.
Running from February to July, these six interconnected CPD workshops focus on tackling root causes of burnout—unrealistic expectations, leadership gaps, reactive health systems, and the challenges of working in healthcare.
Each session provides practical tools to improve staff wellbeing, streamline practice operations, and foster collaboration.
Why attend?
- Earn CPD hours: All workshops are RACGP-approved.
- Practical strategies: Learn actionable solutions to enhance practice efficiency and team collaboration.
- Address burnout: Gain insights and tools to overcome common stressors in healthcare.
- Tailored insights: Workshops designed around real-world challenges faced by healthcare professionals.
- Boost resilience: Equip your team to thrive in an ever-changing healthcare environment.
GP Living 101 workshop details
Topic 1
Understanding medical negligence in general practice
For GPs, practice nurses and practice managers
Details
Thursday, 6 February 2025
7pm-8.30pm,
Webinar
1.5 Educational Activities hours
Aim
Gain a clear understanding of medical negligence law in general practice, including actionable claims, recent case law, judicial insights, and practical risk management strategies.
For learning outcomes, visit the CPD event page.
Speaker
Nicola Jandura, Senior Associate, Medical Negligence Team, Turner Freeman Lawyers
Now open: Register now
Topic 2
Navigating MyMedicare and Aged Care Incentive: updates and funding changes
For GPs, practice nurses, and practice managers
Details
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
7pm-8.30pm
Webinar
1.5 Educational Activities hours
Aim
Gain a comprehensive understanding of MyMedicare updates, the General Practice in Aged Care Incentive, and changes to chronic disease funding models. Discuss strategies to prepare for and adapt to these updates.
For learning outcomes, visit the CPD event page.
Speaker
Wendy O’Meara, Associate Education Consultant
Registration opening soon
Topic 3
Navigate change through new systems
For GPs, practice nurses, and practice managers
Details
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
7pm-8.30pm
Webinar
1.5 Educational Activities hours
Aim
Learn to evaluate practice-wide challenges through systems thinking, enhance collaboration to improve efficiency, and apply change management theories for upcoming changes in July 2025.
For learning outcomes, visit the CPD event page.
Speakers
Kim Poyner, Director MediCoach
Dr Mohammed Hasan, SWSPHN GP Advisor and GP from Campbelltown
Lily Nguyen, Practice Nurse, Moorebank Family Medical Practice
Topic 4
Success in any setting: leveraging your team and resources for practice growth
For practice managers
Details
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
7pm-8.30pm
Webinar
Aim
To equip practice managers with effective strategies to leverage their teams for practice growth while fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment. Addressing the common reluctance to seek help and implementing practical tools for teamwork, will enhance patient care and operational efficiency.
Speaker
Kim Poyner, Director MediCoach
Topic 5
Motivational interviewing: coaching your patients
For GPs and practice nurses
Details
Tuesday, 26 June 2025
7pm-8.30pm
Webinar
Aim
To provide participants with an understanding of how to apply motivational interviewing in their general practice, and ultimately to enhance patient outcomes through increased engagement and motivation for healthier behaviours.
Speaker
Kim Poyner, Director MediCoach
Topic 6
Empowering staff to recognise aggression and manage burnout
For GPs, practice nurses, and practice managers
Details
Thursday, 17 July 2025
7pm-8.30pm
Webinar
Aim
To enhance the capacity of healthcare practitioners to recognise risk factors and key indicators of aggression and violence in patients, identify early warning signs of burnout, and implement practical strategies for preventing and managing burnout in general practice settings.
Speaker
Simon Gould, Associate Degree in Adult and Vocational Education and Training, Diploma Paramedical Science, Certificate IV Workplace Training and Assessment
Save the date and check your Friday CPD email, Practice Pulse, or the CPD Events Calendar for registration details.