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, Pharmacists, Nurses – 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 - closed for review and re-accreditation. Revised version will be released in March.
- 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 accredited for 2 (Category 2) points in the RACGP QI & CPD Program for the 2017 –2019 triennium.
- Blood pressure: measure, manage and monitor – Activity number: 92377
- Diagnostic imaging in ankle and knee injuries – Activity number: 91659
- Intensifying treatment in type 2 diabetes – Activity number: 92188
- Navigating inhaled medicines management in COPD – Activity number 93567
- Optimising statin therapy – Activity number 99732
- Otitis media: Clarifying the role of antibiotics – Activity number: 92212
- PPIs: reviewing treatment for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease – Activity number: 133040
- Practical tools for osteoarthritis management – Activity number: 109389
- Preventing fractures: where to start with osteoporosis – Activity number: 92242
- Tailoring initial treatment in depression: Re-examining the options – Activity number: 92227
- Taking action for acute low back pain – Activity number: 141990 **NEW**
- Urinary tract infections: exploring antibiotic treatment – Activity number: 92381
Each activity has been approved for 1 Core point in the ACRRM PD Program for the 2017 – 2019 triennium.
- Blood pressure: measure, manage and monitor – code 9090
- Diagnostic imaging in ankle and knee injuries – code 7247
- Intensifying treatment in type 2 diabetes – code 7273
- Navigating inhaled medicines management in COPD – code 7553
- Optimising statin therapy – code 9538
- Otitis media: Clarifying the role of antibiotics – code 8176
- PPIs: reviewing treatment for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease – code 12954
- Practical tools for osteoarthritis management – code 10301
- Preventing fractures: where to start with osteoporosis – code 9081
- Tailoring initial treatment in depression: Re-examining the options – code 7907
- Taking action for acute low back pain – code 14092
- Urinary tract infections: exploring antibiotic treatment – code 8215
Each activity has been accredited for 1 hour of Group 1 CPD (or 1 CPD credit) suitable for inclusion in an individual pharmacist's CPD plan which can be converted to 1 hour of Group 2 CPD (or 2 CPD credits) upon successful completion of relevant assessment activities.
- Optimising rheumatoid arthritis treatment – Accreditation number: GN1802001
- PPIs: reviewing treatment for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease – Accreditation number: GN1807002
Each activity is endorsed by ACN according to our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Endorsed Course Standards. It has been allocated 1 CPD hour according to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia –Continuing Professional Development Standard.
Self-directed CPD
It is recommended that 1 hour CPD be recorded for the purposes of self-directed CPD.
- 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