The Readiness Program: RACGP webinar series
In collaboration with the Safer Families Centre, RACGP is hosting a series of family violence webinars based on topics within RACGP Abuse and violence - Working with our patients in general practice (White Book)
Upcoming live webinar
Overcoming barriers for addressing domestic and family violence webinar
This RACGP webinar aims to give participants an understanding of the barriers faced by both survivors and health practitioners and how these may be overcome, as well as outlining the expectations that survivors have from health practitioners and a model for health practitioners readiness to address DFV.
Speakers for this webinar include Dr Jennifer Neil, GP and Educator with The University of Melbourne and Monash University, and A/Prof Laura Tarzia of the Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne.
Tuesday 7th May 2024
12:30-1:15pm AEST
Webinars on-demand available here:
Recognising sexual abuse in people with intellectual disability
Presenters:
Margaret Kyrkou- GP
Recorded 4th October 2023
The role of health care providers in strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families involved in abuse and violence
Presenters:
Dr Elizabeth Hindmarsh- GP Medical Educator
Recorded 12th July 2023
Healthcare providers addressing family domestic abuse and violence in migrant and refugee communities
Presenters:
Dr Elizabeth Hindmarsh- GP Medical Educator
Bijaya Pokharel- Registered nurse and PHD scholar at the school of nursing and midwifery, La Trobe University
Recorded 29th June 2023
Violence and the Law
Presenters:
Professor Heather Douglas AM
Recorded 9th May 2023
Child abuse and neglect: Response and management in general practice
Presenters:
Dr James Best- FRACGP and Chair RACGP Specific Interests Child and Young Person’s Health
Dr Bianca Forrester- Regional GP
Jacqueline Kuruppu- PhD Candidate
Recorded 25th October 2022
Abuse of Older People
Presenters:
Dr Libby Hindmarsh- GP
Prof Dimity Pond- GP and Professor at the University of Newcastle
Recorded 18th August 2022
Recognising and responding to LGBTIQA+ family abuse and violence in general practice
Presenters:
Ruth McNair- Academic and GP
Marina Carman- Director at Rainbow Health Victoria
Recorded 21st July 2022
Dating Violence and Technological Facilitated Abuse: Management in General Practice
Presenters:
Deepthi Iyer and Cynthia Brown, Safer Families Centre
Recorded 25th May 2022
Trauma-informed care in general practice
Presenters:
Johanna Lynch - GP and Senior Lecturer at University of Queensland
Cathy Kezelman - GP and President of Blue Knot Foundation
Recorded 12th October 2021
Risk assessment in a pandemic: Assessing survivors of family violence in general practice
Presenters:
Jenny Neil - GP, Senior Lecturer at Monash University and GP Training Facilitator for Safer Families Centre, University of Melbourne
WEAVER member - Fiona, Expert by experience, Safer Families Centre
Jac Dwyer - Domestic and Family Violence Worker and FV Training Facilitator
Recorded Tue 9th November 2021
