GP Continuing Professional Development
Ramsay Health Care has been a trusted provider of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for General Practitioners and the medical community since 2000. Partnering with specialists and healthcare professionals, we deliver interactive, hands-on education across diverse medical and surgical specialties, focusing on innovation and practical skills.
The Medical Board of Australia requires all health care practitioners to undertake 50 hours of CPD annually. The requirements are specified for each of the below categories:
- 12.5 hours Educational Activities (EA)
- 25 hours Reviewing Performance (RP) and Measuring Outcomes (MO) (minimum 5 hours each)
- 12.5 hours free choice across any category.
Note: The RACGP requires Basic Life Support every three years.
Explore our tailored CPD programs designed to meet these requirements and support your ongoing professional growth.
Upcoming education events will be published here. If you are interested in some tailored GP education, please contact the GP Liaison Officer.
Mood Disorders Unit Grand Rounds- Schema Therapy
Please note - all timings are AWST
7.15am Breakfast meeting in the Hollywood Lecture Theatre, or
7.30am via Zoom
Presented by Dr Andrew Jackson and the Schema Therapy team
*Please note on your registration if you will be attending via Zoom
Presenters
Dr Andrew Jackson - Psychiatry
Event Details
| When: | 20 Aug 2026 07:15 AM |
| Where: | Hollywood Lecture Theatre Hollywood Private Hospital Entrance 5,Monash Avenue,Nedlands,WA,6009 |
| RSVP: | 20 Aug 2026 |
75 Seats available
Bite-Size Psychiatry Lunchtime Zoom: Esketamine in TRMDD
A one-hour Zoom webinar providing attendees with the latest information to enable them to:
- Recognise patients with major depressive disorder who may have treatment-resistant depression and warrant specialist assessment.
- Explain the role, mechanism of action and evidence base for esketamine in the treatment of TRMDD.
- Identify key patient selection criteria, contraindications, precautions and adverse effects associated with esketamine.
- Describe the practical considerations for initiating and monitoring esketamine treatment in a specialist setting.
- Apply this knowledge to determine when referral for esketamine assessment is appropriate and how the GP can support ongoing patient care.
Presenters
Professor Brian Power - Psychiatry
Event Details
| When: | 23 Sep 2026 12:00 PM |
| Where: | via Zoom |
| RSVP: | 23 Sep 2026 |
98 Seats available
GP Symposium | The silent crisis: Addressing mental health needs in your older patients
Register your interest to attend this event.
Presenters
Dr Pri Wettasinghe - Psychiatry
Event Details
| When: | 13 Oct 2026 06:30 PM |
| Where: | Online |
| RSVP: | 13 Oct 2026 |
74 Seats available
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Course - Face To Face
The Refresher / Advanced Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Course is a 2-day 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.
Details
This session will be delivered face-to-face in Sydney.
- Dates: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2026
- Time: 8:00am – 5:00pm AEDT (Sydney time)
- Venue: Ramsay Clinic Northside, St Leonards NSW Australia
- Cost: $2,100 AUD + GST
- RANZCP endorsed 17 Hours CPD
- Audience: All welcome however most suited to Psychiatrists, Psychiatry Registrars, Mental Health Nurses and Academic Researchers with an interest in ECT.
The Face -to-face course 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.
Proceeds from this course go to supporting our research program.
Contact: education.rcn@ramsayhealth.com.au
Presenters
Professor Colleen Loo - Psychiatry
Event Details
| When: | 12 Dec 2026 08:00 AM |
| Where: | 2 Frederick St, St Leonards NSW 2065 |
| RSVP: | 09 Dec 2026 |
6 Seats available
17 - RANZCP endorsed
