Program officer

Helene Gilmore, 5222 0800

Program summary

The Mother & Baby Program aims to provide knowledge and skills to GPs in Antenatal Care, Women's Heath and Paediatrics.

Antenatal Supervised Clinical Attachment Program

(40 Category one Points)

The Antenatal Clinical Attachment program is a 6 week program that provides GPs with an opportunity to participate in shared antenatal care upskilling and as well as an opportunity for GPs to familiarise themselves with the current maternity care, hospital guidelines and protocols. GPs are required to attend for one, 3.5 hour session a week, for 3 weeks, with an optional extra session with a consultant.

Part of the program requires you to be accredited to the hospital as a "GP to antenatal shared care program". It will be necessary for you to complete a form which is then taken to the "Credentials Committee" of the hospital for ratification. This is mainly to satisfy the legal requirements for indemnity through the hospital system whilst attending the clinics.

Barwon Health Credentialing Form

Women's Health Small Group

(40 category one points)

Group meets monthly. Wednesday evenings 7.30pm at GPAG.

Members alternate facilitator role.

Resources

• Early Parenting Breast Feeding Service Information Brochure
• MBS fact sheet for Non-Directive Pregnancy Support Counselling Services
• MBS Explanatory Notes for Non-Directive Pregnancy Support Counselling Services
• Frequently Asked Questions about the New MBS For Non-Directive Pregnancy Support Counselling Services
• Family Services Directory
• Medication for Increasing Breastmilk Supply Domperidone (Motilium)
• Breastfeeding - Low Breastmilk Supply
  
• Breastfeeding Suppression

CPD activities

• Antenatal Supervised Clinical Attachment Program
• Women's Health small group - monthly Wednesday evenings
• Paediatric ward round - Multidisciplinary meeting 7.45am-10am Weekly
• Educational meetings

Links to other websites

• Having a baby in Victoria - has anything and everything for maternity care
• Better Health Channel for translated material, fact sheets etc.
• RWH for clinical practice guidelines
• Genetic Health
• 3 centres for test and investigations