TO: Projects and CPD Program Coordinators
Divisions of General Practice

FROM: Bernard Denner
Projects Manager

RE: CPD Program - 4 points (under review for 5 points per hour)
ENGAGING AND UNDERSTANDING MEN AND ADOLESCENTS
(To be an Endorsed Session under new RACGP guidelines)

We are writing to you to bring to your attention our CME Program and seeking endorsement CPD 2002 (See RACGP Notification attached).

The Program provides GPs and other Health Practitioners with a better understanding of the issues faced by men and adolescents, based on 6 years of work by CAMH across 5 States and Territories and this year in Canada.

The Program Session/s offer the opportunity to explore new, or enhance existing skills in dealing with or engaging with men and adolescents as New Clients. Our Programs …Encourage men into the Health System in order to support them to reduce their health risks (Early Intervention) or support them in time of crisis. At the same time providing Practitioners with additional skills to support men as new clients.

The sessions help Practitioners to better engage the Client based on a greater understanding of men and adolescents issues.

The CME Program has been going for 3 years now and conducted for Divisions in 3 States in urban and rural/remote areas and for Allied Health Workers in rural South Australia. The Program will also be introduced into British Columbia, Canada in May.

Program costs are based on the extent of the sessions required as the Program has 3 components of 2 hours each or can be presented in one 2 or 3 hour sessions.

Components are:

Men's Health Programs - Value of Men's Health Program
Engaging Men and Adolescents into your Practice
Understanding Adolescents

Costs vary in relation to distance, travel and living expenses. CPD Programs and men's health sessions start from $750.

We have conducted the program across wide areas such as Central Rural Queensland, Canada and working with GPs at a Central Queensland Coal Mine in support of their work with miners. Also with GPs in their communities with Indigenous men.

The program supports collaboration within the local health system, effective referral protocols, cultural and systematic system changes for local health agencies in supporting GPs and their clients.

Our program also offers Allied Workers especially in rural areas a better way of Engaging New Clients (men and women) in an Early Detection Process that provides GPs with a qualified and referred client. Our Preventative Health Model for Heart Disease and related health issues is highly regarded.

The Programs incorporates Pre and Post tests, provision of Presentation and Group Work styles of learning as well as community involvement with option of screening sessions, community information sessions and adolescent sessions in the classroom. The proposed program meets the new RACGP guidelines with an evaluation process that reviews 'how well the learning objectives were met'.

If you would like to discuss aspects of our work or if you would like to know more either ring Bernard Denner direct or check out our website: www.mannet.com.au which attracts between 75 to 95,000 hits per month. Membership benefits are available on the site for resources.

Our MAN Model Programs have been developed in Canada in May 2001 with Doctors, local Practitioners, men and women in the community and adolescents in schools in British Columbia.

Hoping that our Program is of interest to you in supporting your efforts to provide your GPs with an ongoing CPD Program under the new RACGP guidelines.

Regards,

BERNARD DENNER

P.S. Other Programs that we have successfully developed and can be developed as a CPD Program are:

• Early Intervention Heart Disease (Preventive Screening Process)
• Workplace Health Programs
• Farm Safety with local Practitioners and Primary Schools
• Lifeskills program for Adolescents

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