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Mental health
skills training
for GPs
Barwon Medicare Local
has collaborated with
Barwon Health, local GPs,
psychiatrists, consumer and
carers to provide support to
our local GPs in providing
interactive mental health
skills training. This online
mental health skills training
available nationally consists
of 18 units, taking
approximately six hours.
Benefits of the training
Provide a ‘cycle of care’ for people with a mental illness.
Provide a structured framework for GPs to undertake early intervention,
assessment and management of patients and mental illness.
Assist with coordination of care and provide a referral pathway to mental health
service providers.
Allow the GP to actively involve the patient and where possible their carers in
their treatment.
GPs who have completed GPMHSC accredited mental health training will be
able to access higher schedule fee MBS items to develop a GPMHTP utilising
MBS Items 2715 or 2717.
All GPs are able to access the mental healthcare MBS items to prepare a GP Mental
Health Treatment Plan (GPMHTP). Although not mandatory, it is strongly recommended
that GPs complete appropriate mental health training (in addition to general medical
training), particularly those endorsed by GPMHSC.
Available courses
Mental Health Skills
Training (MHST)
Long Acting Injectable
(LAI) Antipsychotics
An 18 unit course that can be completed
in 6 hours (approx 20 minutes per
module). The course has been approved
by the RACGP as Category 1 Activity
and by Medicare. Once completed and
approved via Barwon Medicare Local a
higher Medicare rebate for mental health
items is payable.
A 90 minute course for GPs, psychiatry
registrars and mental health clinicians.
The Course has four twenty minute
modules covering Schizophrenia, the
pharmacology of LAI’s, recovery in mental
health and managing the metabolic effects
of atypical antipsychotics. GPs may
obtain category two RACGP points by self
recording this activity. Once completed,
log onto or contact RACGP to register
points for this activity.
Part 1: Assessment Skills
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Demand for Mental Health Services
Mental Health History Taking
Drugs and Alcohol
Mental State Examination
Risk Assessment
Module 1:
An Introduction to Schizophrenia
and LAI’s
GPs who have not completed the training must develop a GPMHTP under MBS items
2700 or 2701.
Part 2: Major Mental
Health Disorders
Module 2:
Module 3:
Getting started
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STEP
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STEP
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STEP
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Go to http://campus.educadium.com/Barwon
Register with the system to create a new account. Ensure you enter
your name and CPD details accurately as these will be used to
confirm completion of training with the RACGP and Medicare.
Select the course: Mental Health Skills Training (MHST). Once you have
enrolled in the course (no cost) you can begin the training modules.
Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Personality Disorders
Psychosis and Schizophrenia
Somatisation and
Psychosomatic
Disorders
Part 3: Care and Support
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Consumers and Carers
The Mental Health Treatment Plan
Referring On
The New Mental Health Act (Victoria)
Part 4: Treatment
On completion of the course you will be emailed a certificate which also gets sent to
Barwon Medicare Local. The CPD Officer will upload your attendance to RACGP.
You are able to claim from Medicare from the date you completed the online activity but
cannot process the claims until you have received a letter of approval from Medicare.
This process usually takes approximately 4 - 6 weeks.
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Non Pharmacological Therapy
Antidepressants
Antipsychotics and Mood Stabilisers
Benzodiazepines
The Pharmacology of LAI’s
The Recovery Approach to Mental Health
Module 4:
Managing the Metabolic Effects of LAI’s