GP Continuing Professional Development

The Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Course 2 is an interactive program that aims to provide Psychiatrists, Psychiatry Registrars and Nurses with the evidence base, knowledge and practical tools for treating patients with ECT for depression and other disorders. The course comprises both theoretical and practical components covering the foundations of ECT treatment, latest research findings including insights into ultra-brief and bifrontal ECT as well as anaesthetic strategies to optimise treatment.

Ramsay Clinic runs this course twice a year with different delivery modalities to suit participants. Check Course 1 for online

Course 2 - 11-12 December 2026- Face-to-face in Sydney, Australia.

Course start time: 08:00 AM
Course end time: 05:00 PM

17 hours total (2 consecutive days, 8.5 hours each)

The Face -to-face course (course 2) requires a minimum number of participants to go ahead. Please proceed with registering for the course, and we will inform you via email as soon as the minimum quota has been reached to prompt you to organise travel if required. In the unlikely event that the course must be cancelled, fees will be fully refunded.

Please read before booking:
The team will contact you to arrange payment.

Accreditation :  17 Hours CPD

Program:  9.00am - 2.00pm

Presentations:

• Evidence based pharmacological and psychological treatment for Acute Stress Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress disorder and Complex PTSD                                 
• Personality Disorders                       

Workshops in:

• Incorporating creative therapies as a communications tool 
• Addiction as coping: Practical screening and support strategies for GPs
• Treatment options for complex patients
• Trauma, meaning & recovery: How GPs can support veterans, first responders and their families

Panel Discussion – Managing the Complex Patient 

Lunchtime CPD

We welcome Dr Giovanni Martinotti, Professor of Psychiatry at the “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti–Pescara and Lecturer in Psychiatry at LUMSA University in Rome.

Discussing how earlier integration of esketamine into treatment pathways may improve functional recovery, drawing on real-world insights from the REAL-ESK study group.

Featuring Dr Phoebe Gao consultation-liaison psychiatrist with expertise in perinatal mental health. She works with women during pregnancy and the post-natal period, including those admitted to the Women’s Recovery Network (Wren) at Ramsay Clinic Albert Road, Melbourne, also consulting at Sandringham Hospital.

Learning outcomes:

• Identify and diagnose common eating disorders in the perinatal period 
• Outline the role of the GP as part of a MDT approach to managing eating disorders in the perinatal period

The Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Course (online) is an interactive program that aims to provide Psychiatrists, Psychiatry Registrars and Nurses with the evidence base, knowledge and practical tools for treating patients with ECT for depression and other disorders. The course comprises both theoretical and practical components covering the foundations of ECT treatment, latest research findings including insights into ultra-brief and bifrontal ECT as well as anaesthetic strategies to optimise treatment.

Course 1 - 26-27 June 2026 Online via MS Teams 

Course start time: 08:00 AM
Course end time: 05:00 PM

17 hours total (2 consecutive days, 8.5 hours each)

Please read before booking:
The team will contact you to arrange payment.

Accreditation :  17 Hours CPD

Breakfast meeting or via Zoom

from 7.15am Light breakfast provided
7.30am Presentation

Psilocybin assisted psychotherapy in the management of depression 
Dr Lucas East, Clinical Psychologist,  and Dr Stephen Proud, Psychiatrist, (The Geographe Clinic)

Please advise in the Remarks section of your registration if you will be attending via Zoom.