Australia Permanent Healthcare and Medical Courses

This session outlines an overview of the assessment of a patient presenting with abdominal pain, highlighting the salient points in history taking and examination in order to formulate an appropriate diagnosis and management plan.

This session aims to give an overview of the aetiology of abdominal masses and consider how they might present. It will provide a structured approach to diagnosis and a general strategy towards management of these patients.

This session will cover the surgical principles associated with a change in bowel habit including definitions, aetiology, assessment and investigation.

Upper gastro-intestinal bleeding is a common and sometimes life threatening problem. This session discusses the symptoms, causes, resuscitation, scoring and further management of these patients.

This session will describe the approach to the patient with suspected lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage including immediate management, investigation, aetiology and definitive treatment.

This session outlines the aetiology, investigation, and management of common and serious conditions causing bleeding originating from the rectum and anus. It also revises the 2 week-wait referral guidelines for suspected lower GI cancer.

This session outlines important principles in the definition, causes, assessment and investigation of dysphagia, a significant symptom which warrants urgent evaluation.

This session outlines the presentation, investigation and management of causes of dyspepsia.

This session will cover the identification and investigation of jaundice. It will describe the underlying causes and the implications for surgery.

This session outlines the key features required to fully assess a patient presenting with a breast lump.<br>It also outlines treatment options for breast cancer including surgery to the breast, axilla and adjuvant therapies.