Case studies
Our interactive case studies present clinical scenarios with questions to help you reflect on your medical decision-making skills and improve patient care. Our online case studies provide:
- an engaging and flexible learning experience
- choice of access on computer or tablet, with seamless switching between devices
- immediate feedback from experts and peer comparisons to challenge your thinking
- best practice points to apply to your care of patients.
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Target audience: GPs
Open to: GPs, Pharmacists, Nurses, Students
Cost: Free
CPD points: GPs – view details
Topics available
View the topic summaries and learning outcomes here or click on a title below to start a case study.
- Asthma: optimising control in children
- Blood pressure: measure, manage and monitor
- Diagnostic imaging in ankle and knee injuries
- Intensifying treatment in type 2 diabetes
- Navigating inhaled medicines management in COPD
- Optimising rheumatoid arthritis treatment
- Optimising statin therapy
- Otitis media: Clarifying the role of antibiotics
- PPIs: reviewing treatment for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
- Practical tools for osteoarthritis management
- Preventing fractures: where to start with osteoporosis
- Tailoring initial treatment in depression: Re-examining the options
- Taking action for acute low back pain
- Urinary tract infections: exploring antibiotic treatment
CPD points
Continuing professional development
Each activity has been approved for 2 points (CPD Activity) under the RACGP CPD Program for the 2020-2022 triennium.
- Asthma: optimising control in children – Activity number:200973
- Blood pressure: measure, manage and monitor – Activity number: 201858
- Diagnostic imaging in ankle and knee injuries – Activity number: 191584
- Intensifying treatment in type 2 diabetes – Activity number: 191588
- Navigating inhaled medicines management in COPD – Activity number 192618
- Optimising statin therapy – Activity number 192619
- Otitis media: Clarifying the role of antibiotics – Activity number: 192613
- PPIs: reviewing treatment for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease – Activity number: 192621
- Practical tools for osteoarthritis management – Activity number: 192620
- Preventing fractures: where to start with osteoporosis – Activity number: 192615
- Tailoring initial treatment in depression: Re-examining the options – Activity number: 192614
- Taking action for acute low back pain – Activity number: 192622
- Urinary tract infections: exploring antibiotic treatment – Accreditation pending
Each activity has been accredited for 1 hour under the educational activity category in the ACRRM PD Program for the 2020-2022 triennium.
- Asthma: optimising control in children – activity code 20159
- Blood pressure: measure, manage and monitor – code 20168
- Diagnostic imaging in ankle and knee injuries – activity code 19403
- Intensifying treatment in type 2 diabetes – activity code 19457
- Navigating inhaled medicines management in COPD – activity code 19464
- Optimising statin therapy – activity code 19465
- Otitis media: Clarifying the role of antibiotics – activity code 19458
- PPIs: reviewing treatment for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease – activity code 19467
- Practical tools for osteoarthritis management – activity code 19466
- Preventing fractures: where to start with osteoporosis – code 20164
- Tailoring initial treatment in depression: Re-examining the options – activity code 19459
- Taking action for acute low back pain – activity code 19468
- Urinary tract infections: exploring antibiotic treatment – activity code 19460
Self-directed CPD
It is recommended that 1 hour CPD be recorded for the purposes of self-directed CPD.
- Asthma: optimising control in children
- Blood pressure: measure, manage and monitor
- Diagnostic imaging in ankle and knee injuries
- Intensifying treatment in type 2 diabetes
- Navigating inhaled medicines management in COPD
- Optimising rheumatoid arthritis treatment
- Optimising statin therapy
- Otitis media: Clarifying the role of antibiotics
- PPIs: reviewing treatment for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
- Practical tools for osteoarthritis management
- Preventing fractures: where to start with osteoporosis
- Tailoring initial treatment in depression: Re-examining the options
- Taking action for acute low back pain
- Urinary tract infections: exploring antibiotic treatment
Last modified: Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 2:07 PM