Surgical Office Skills for GPs

Click here for A/Prof. Maurice Brygel’s upcoming 2023 Course Calendar.

The following documents will be useful for those GP’s who are just about to attend, or who have recently attended, the practical component.

A special welcome to those GP’s from Victoria who will be attending the courses. They will find the following three PDF documents useful.
The PDF Document on “Informed Consent” may be accessed here. It addresses such topics as sutures, scarring, dressings, infection, bleeding, pain, and informed financial consent. Additionally, some preliminary reading may be accessed here.

Topics addressed are “Preparation prior to surgery”, “Anaesthetic techniques”, “Mechanism of action of local anaesthetics”, “Agents in local anaesthetics”, “Complications” and “Key Concepts and Practical Tips”. A short document on “Digital Block for Ingrowing Toenail” can be found here.

Topics addressed are “Anatomy”, “Appropriate volumes”, “Method of administration” and a “Summary of key points”. NB: For General Practitioners only. Please note, graphic images contained within, may not be suitable for general viewing. Our patient information handouts are PDF files suitable for printing.

STEP-BY-STEP OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES

Office Surgery for Ingrown Toenails Click here for a PDF

Excision of Anal Tag

Sebaceous Cyst Forehead

Giant Recurrent Infected Sebaceous Cyst Shoulder

Thrombosed Lateral Haemorrhoid – Removal in Office under Local Anaesthesia

Melanoma

Keratoacanthoma

Keratoacanthoma: Left Forehead

PATIENT INFORMATION SHEETS

•	Patient Information for Procedures	PDF
•	Ingrown Toenail – Wedge Resection	PDF
•	Haemorrhoids, Sigmoidoscopy & Colonoscopy	PDF
•	Sebaceous Cysts	PDF

•	Anal Fissures	PDF
•	Rubber Band Ligation for Haemorrhoids	PDF

FORTHCOMING SKILLS WORKSHOPS: 2023

Associate Professor Maurice Brygel and colleagues will be conducting a series of surgical skills “hands-on” workshops that he has designed for GPs in 2021. They are conducted on behalf of the following educational bodies:

ARIMGSAS & THE MELBOURNE HERNIA CLINIC PRESENT:

Free Zoom Presentations:

Wednesday 22nd of February, 7.00pm to 8:30pm — All about Hernias. Click here to register.
Wednesday 1st of March, 7.00pm to 8:30pm — Skin Lesions. Click here for further information and to register.

These are visual & interactive workshops demonstrating clinical, surgical and investigative methods.

COURSE AIM:

To enhance the GP’s skill in the clinical and procedural skills required in the office setting.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

All GP’s who would like to update or undertake surgical procedures in their office.

COURSE DESIGNED & CONDUCTED BY:

A/Prof Maurice Brygel MBBS, D.A, FRACS, Director, Melbourne Hernia Clinic, Melbourne Haemorrhoid & Rectal Bleeding Clinic.

For enquiries please email mbrygel@netspace.net.au, or call (03) 9525 9077.

HealthCert Clinical Office Procedures Workshops:

These workshops are designed and conducted by Maurice Brygel on behalf of HealthCert and are on the following dates:

27 May, 2023 Melbourne

11 November, 2023 Brisbane

These workshops are suitable for GPs, overseas trained doctors, newly arrived doctors seeking to work in rural networks, nurse practitioners and VR doctors who wish to further develop their surgical office-based skills. Participants are able to practice their suturing and procedural techniques in a supportive environment. Please click here for more information.

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