Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Programme for General Practitioners – January – June 2017

Since January 2017, CPD workshops have been conducted by DCFM on the fourth Saturday of every month at the Conference Hall, Faculty of Medicine. The purpose of these workshops is to update knowledge on primary care practice among general practitioners in Jaffna.

 

Date

Topic

Resource Person(s)

24/06/2017

Evaluation    and    management    of    behavioural problems among     children and adolescents in

primary care

Dr. S. Sivayogan, Consultant Psychiatrist

27/05/2017

Evaluation and management of headache in primary care

Dr. T. Kumanan, Consultant Physician, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna

22/04/2017

Lower urinary tract symptoms in primary care

Dr. D.C. Ambalavanar, Consultant Surgeon, Teaching Hospital Jaffna

25/03/2017

Excellence in Primary Care for primary care physicians

Prof. N. Shreeharan, Visiting Professor, King’s College London

28/01/2017

Teaching primary care and improving primary care practice

Prof. Datuk Dr. Daniel Mahendran Thuraiappah, Professor of Family Medicine, MAHSA University Malaysia