Course Description

IMG SOS

IMG SOS is endorsed by the Australian Medical Council (AMC) as a bridging course provider. It offers personalized and online courses that address the specific needs of each student to help them achieve a great result.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    INTRODUCTION TO THE IMGSOS STUDENT RESOURCE LIBRARY

    • Welcome to the library

    • Key contacts at the IMGSOS team

  • 2

    RACGP and other major Australian guidelines

    • RACGP red book (preventive guidelines)

    • Supporting smoking cessation

    • Chronic Kidney Disease guidelines

    • Australian asthma handbook online

    • Prescribing opioids

    • When, how and why to prescribe benzodiazepines

    • General practice management of type 2 diabetes

    • PSA testing and prostate cancer

    • Clinical Guidelines for Stroke and TIA Management

    • Assessment of symptoms that may be Ovarian cancer

    • RACGP Guideline algorithm for Osteoporosis risk assessment, diagnosis and management

    • Bone Density Testing in General Practice

    • Eating Disorders: A Professional Resource for General Practitioners

    • Summary Australian Heart Failure Guidelines

    • NHF Guideline for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in adults 2016

    • Stepwise Management of Stable COPD

    • COPD-X Concise Guide for Primary Care

    • Australian asthma handbook - quick reference guide

    • RACGP Guideline algorithm for Diagnosis and management of hip and knee osteoarthritis

    • RACGP Guideline algorithm for Early diagnosis and management of rheumatoid arthritis

    • National Immunisation Schedule 2016

    • Australian Immunisation handbook

    • RACGP Delirium guidelines - silver book

  • 3

    HOW TO TREAT articles from Australian Doctor Magazine

    • HOW TO TREAT Atopic eczema

    • HOW TO TREAT Chronic hepatitis B

    • HOW TO TREAT Constipation in adults

    • HOW TO TREAT Constipation in children

    • HOW TO TREAT Cushings syndrome

    • HOW TO TREAT Elbow Pain

    • HOW TO TREAT Fecal incontinence and constipation in the elderly

    • HOW TO TREAT Fibromyalgia syndrome

    • HOW TO TREAT Gallstones

    • HOW TO TREAT Gout

    • HOW TO TREAT Hepatitis C

    • HOW TO TREAT inflammatory bowel disease

    • HOW TO TREAT lymphoma

    • HOW TO TREAT Melanoma

    • HOW TO TREAT minor abnormalities in LFTs

    • HOW TO TREAT non alcoholic fatty liver disease

    • HOW TO TREAT Osteoporosis

    • HOW TO TREAT Polymyalgia rheumatica

    • HOW TO TREAT Primary Hyperparathyroidism

    • HOW TO TREAT Psoriasis

    • HOW TO TREAT red eye

    • HOW TO TREAT Rheumatoid Arthritis

    • HOW TO TREAT Rural health

    • HOW TO TREAT Solar keratoses

    • HOW TO TREAT Systemic Lupus

    • HOW TO TREAT The limping child

    • HOW TO TREAT Skin manifestations of connective tissue disease

    • HOW TO TREAT Borderline Haematology Results

  • 4

    AGED CARE resources

    • Dementia and driving AFP 2012

    • NSW Health guidelines Capacity Toolkit

    • Dementia An update on management

    • Evaluation of legal capacity by doctors and lawyers

    • AFP: Elder abuse

  • 5

    CARDIOVASCULAR resources

    • acs-guidelines-mja-summary

    • Approach to chest pain in General Practice - Dr Justin Bowra

    • hypertension-management-of-acute1

    • RESOURCE NHF - ACS therapy algorithm 2011

    • Reducing risk in heart disease - National Heart Foundation

    • Australian Family Physician - Echocardiography in Heart Failure

  • 6

    CHILD & ADOLESCENT HEALTH resources

    • Could it be Henoch Schonlein Purpura? AFP 2009

    • AFP 2011 Australians with Down syndrome

    • Developmental-milestones-0-5-Yr

    • Is my child normal - milestones and red flags for referral

    • NHMRC guidelines on ADHD

    • Problem behaviour in children AFP

    • Struggling at school = a practical approach to the child who is not coping AFP

    • AFP - Assessment of the unwell child

    • GPs Resource for Eating Disorders

  • 7

    DIGESTIVE resources

    • A Guide to the Interpretation of Hepatitis Virus serology CLINIPATH SEROLOGY

    • Understanding Hepatitis B serology IMGSOS VIDEO

    • A practical overview of the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection - Australian Family Physician

    • Diverticular Disease Medicine Today 2015

    • Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome

  • 8

    DRUG & ALCOHOL resources

    • Cannabis Use and Associated Disorders AFP 2016

    • Alcohol screening and brief interventions in primary care – Evidence and a pragmatic practice-based approach AFP 2016

    • Long-term drug treatment of patients with alcohol dependence Australian Prescriber 2015

    • Alcohol-dependence-

    • Alcohol screening and brief interventions

    • AFP Problem drinking

    • AFP Helping smokers to quit

    • IMGSOS study guide - Tobacco use and smoking cessation

    • IMGSOS study guide - alcohol misuse

    • IMGSOS study guide - illicit drugs

  • 9

    EMERGENCY MEDICINE resources

    • MJA Snakebite in Australia

    • AFP Spider bites assessment and management

    • AFP Marine envenomations

    • AFP Management of mammalian bites

  • 10

    ENDOCRINE resources

    • VIDEO Obesity in Australia

    • VIDEO Approach to an obese patient

    • VIDEO Motivational interviewing

    • Guidance concerning the use of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus MJA 2015

    • A guide to thyroid dysfunction - medicine today

    • Addisons disease, a diagnosis not to be missed Medicine Today

    • Cushing's syndrome - Guidelines for investigation

    • Managing the patient with osteoporosis Medicine Today

    • Medicine Today Supplement -OSTEOPOROSIS

    • Modern management of thyroid replacement therapy

    • Osteoporosis and fragility fractures Medicine Today

    • Prediabetes- preventing progression Medicine Today

    • Reducing the complications of Type 2 diabetes - Medicine Today

    • AFP Glucose lowering medications for type 2 diabetes

    • AFP The introduction of insulin in type 2 diabetes

    • AFP Diet and diabetes

    • AFP: Thyroid therapy - tips and traps

  • 11

    ENT resources

    • Hoarseness - An approach for the general practitioner AFP 2016

    • Otalgia - AFP 2016

    • Sinusitis - Australian Family Physician

    • Traumatic nasal injuries in general practice - Australian Family Physician

    • Medicine Today Hearing loss

    • Understanding audiograms

    • AFP ear wax management

  • 12

    EYE resources

    • Common eye infections

    • Medicine Today 2002 Bacterial and viral infections of the eye

    • Medicine Today 2003 retinal detachment

    • Medicine Today 2009 Visual loss

    • Medicine Today 2010 Angle closure glaucoma

  • 13

    GENERAL MEDICINE resources

    • RACGP - Smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity (SNAP)

    • GP2017-april-transgender-patients-journey-to-care

  • 14

    HAEMATOLOGY resources

    • Anticoagulation_ a GP primer on the new oral anticoagulants

    • Deep vein thrombosis Risks and diagnosis

    • How to manage warfarin therapy

    • Warfarin Indications, risks and drug interactions

    • Medicine Today: Interpretation of iron studies - a practical approach

  • 15

    INDIGENOUS HEALTH resources

    • National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

    • Antenatal care for Indigenous women

    • GP2017 Indigenous health - fighting disadvantage

  • 16

    MEN'S HEALTH resources

    • andrology - reproductive years and beyond AFP

    • erectile dysfunction - when tablets dont work AFP

    • male reproductive system overview of common problems AFP

    • Medicine today supplement - androgen deficiency in men

    • RACGP Prostate cancer screening info sheet

    • the role of the GP in managing male infertility Medicine Today

    • STI guidelines for MSM

    • AFP Men and depression

  • 17

    MENTAL HEALTH & PSYCHOLOGY resources

    • mental health risk assessment

    • risk assessment and initial managementof suicidal tenagers

    • safe and effective use of lithium

    • Switching and stopping antidepressants Australian Prescriber

    • Managing panic disorder

    • Risk Assessment Handout - Questions to assess suicide risk

    • Anxiety disorders assessment and management

    • Chronic stress

    • psychological triage in general practice

    • Fact Sheet-Voluntary and Involuntary Admission (1)

    • AFP Emerging psychosis in adolescents

    • AAFP - Recognition and diagnosis of psychosis in primary care

    • AAFP bipolar disorders - a review

    • IMGSOS study guide - violence & aggression

    • IMGSOS study guide - suicide and parasuicide

    • IMGSOS study guide - domestic violence

    • IMGSOS study guide -Mental Health Act and involuntary admission

  • 18

    MUSCULOSKELETAL resources

    • How to approach the patient with a painful swollen joint MEDICINE TODAY 2005

    • The painful shoulder MEDICINE TODAY 2009

    • Initial assessment of the injured shoulder - Australian Family Physician

    • Acute knee and ankle injuries MEDICINE TODAY 2015

    • Ottawa ankle foot and knee rules

    • Musculoskeletal imaging which test to choose MEDICINE TODAY 2011

    • Managing low back pain in primary care AUSTRALIAN PRESCRIBER 2011

    • Nonspecific low back pain MEDICINE TODAY 2012

    • Knee osteoarthritis - management as a chronic disease MEDICINE TODAY 2016

    • Soft tissue rheumatic disorders Part 1 MEDICINE TODAY 2013

    • Soft tissue rheumatic disorders Part 2 MEDICINE TODAY 2013

    • The inflammatory myopathies MEDICINE TODAY 2013

    • Understanding and managing polymyalgia rheumatica MEDICINE TODAY 2014

    • Ankylosing spondylitis - New insights into an old disease MEDICINE TODAY 2016

    • Effective management of osteoarthritis MEDICINE TODAY 2011

    • Psoriatic arthritis MEDICINE TODAY 2010

    • Diagnostic triage for low back pain

  • 19

    NEUROLOGY resources

    • A GP approach to Bells palsy - Australian Family Physician (1)

    • TIA assessment and management

    • Epilepsy in adults 2014

    • Ix of patients presenting with headache

    • migraine in women

    • Chronic daily headache

    • AFP: My hands shake - Classification and treatment of tremor

    • AFP Dizziness - a diagnostic approach

  • 20

    PAIN MANAGEMENT resources

    • Acute low back pain Beyond Drug Therapies Pain Management Today 2014 (1)

    • Australian Prescriber Managing low back pain in primary care

    • Opioid conversion ratios guide

    • Paracetamol for musculoskeletal pain Medicine Today

    • Medicine Today: Pain relief and end of life

  • 21

    PUBLIC HEALTH & TRAVEL MEDICINE resources

    • Advising travellers about management of travellers’ diarrhoea AFP 2015

  • 22

    REFUGEE HEALTH resources

    • Managing psychological trauma in refugees AFP 2010

    • Early health assessment for refugees AFP 2007

    • Beyond resettlement: long-term care for people who have had refugee-like experiences AFP 2014

    • REFUGEE HEALTH ASSESSMENT TEMPLATE

    • Caring for refugee patients in GP

  • 23

    RENAL reosurces

    • Medicine Today: Investigating patients with impaired kidney function

    • Medicine Today: chronic kidney disease the six red flags

    • Medicine Today: Investigating recurrent urinary tract infection

  • 24

    RESPIRATORY resources

    • Diagnosis and management of COPD - Australian Family Physician

    • Pulmonary embolism_ assessment and imaging

    • What is the link between aspirin and asthma

    • Spirometry flipchart

    • Stepwise management of COPD CHART

    • Short summary of the BIG COPD guidelines

    • Guide to thoracic imaging

  • 25

    SKIN resources

    • Melanoma diagnosis

    • Atopic dermatitis in children - Australian Family Physician

    • Chaos and clues AFP

    • Chaos and clues poster

    • Dermatology supplement - Medicine Today May 2016

    • Non melanoma skin cancer

    • Pigmented lesions of the nail bed - Australian Family Physician

    • Skin checks

  • 26

    SOCIAL & LEGAL ISSUES resources

    • Evaluation of legal capacity

    • Assessing fitness to drive Austroads

    • Avant - Assessing testamentary capacity - risk management tips 2014

    • Journal appraisal - Jeanita Wong

    • General practice and public health

    • GOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE - Medical Board of Australia code of conduct

    • Sexual boundaries guidelines for doctors

    • Death certification

  • 27

    VIOLENCE & ABUSE resources

    • Domestic violence Hegarty Australian Doctor 2009 (1)

    • Family violence across the lifecycle Forsdike AFP 2014 (1)

    • Intimate partner violence Hegarty AFP 2011 (1)

    • managing aggressive and violent patients

    • Child abuse

    • AFP: Elder abuse

    • GP2017 recognising family violence

  • 28

    WOMEN'S HEALTH resources

    • IUGR diagnosis and management

    • decreased fetal movement

    • Investigation and management of an ovarian mass

    • Assessment of symptoms that may be Ovarian cancer

    • Late pregnancy bleeding

    • Bleeding in early pregnancy

    • Routine Antenatal Assessment

    • Cervical cancer screening in Australia: past present and future

  • 29

    CLINICAL EXAMINATION resources

    • Examination videos

    • Examination of the cardiovascular system

    • Measurement of blood pressure

    • Examination of the respiratory system

    • Examination of the gastrointestinal system

    • Examination of the hand

    • Examination of the shoulder

    • Examination of the cervical spine

    • Examination of speech

    • Examination of cranial nerve 2,3,4 and 6

    • Examination of cranial nerve 5

    • Examination of cranial nerve 7

    • Examination or cranial nerve 8

    • Examination of cranial nerves 9-12

  • 30

    RACGP public exam reports for AKT/KFP OSCE course

    • 2018.2 OSCE exam report

    • 2018.2 AKT exam report

    • 2018.2 KFP exam report

    • 2018.1 KFP exam report

    • 2018.1 AKT exam report

    • 2018.1 OSCE exam report

    • 2017.2 OSCE exam report

    • 2017.2 KFP exam report

    • 2017.2 AKT exam report

    • 2017.1 OSCE exam report

    • 2017.1 KFP exam report

    • 2017.1 AKT exam report

  • 31

    Extension readings for AMC MCQ course

    • Week 1 Acute coronary syndrome pathway - Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital

    • Week 1 VIDEO: A finger on the pulse: acute coronary syndromes

    • Week 1 Reducing risk in heart disease - National Heart Foundation

    • Week 1 Australian Resuscitation Council protocol Adult Advanced Life Support

    • Week 1 Australian Resuscitation Council guideline Managing Acute Dysrhythmia

    • week 1 COPD-X Concise Guide for Primary Care

    • Week 1 Stepwise Management of Stable COPD

    • Week 1 - inhaler technique

    • Week 1 - spirometry flipchart

    • week 1 Australian asthma handbook - quick reference guide

    • Week 1 Précis of the COPD guidelines (summary and explanation)

    • Week 1 Respiratory problems Occupational and environmental exposures

    • Week 1 Guide to thoracic imaging

    • Week 1 AFP article Hepatitis B serology

    • Week 1 AFP article Update on Hepatitis C treatment

    • Week 2 New technology in type 1 Diabetes

    • Week 2 AFP Glucose lowering medications for type 2 diabetes

    • Week 2 AFP The introduction of insulin in type 2 diabetes

    • Week 2 AFP Diet and diabetes

    • Week 2 AFP: Thyroid therapy - tips and traps

    • Week 2 RACGP Guideline algorithm for Osteoporosis risk assessment, diagnosis and management

    • Week 2 RACGP Guideline algorithm for Diagnosis and management of hip and knee osteoarthritis

    • Week 2 RACGP Guideline algorithm for Early diagnosis and management of rheumatoid arthritis

    • Week 3 AFP: My hands shake - Classification and treatment of tremor

    • Week 3 AFP Dizziness - a diagnostic approach

    • Week 3 Medicine Today: Investigating patients with impaired kidney function

    • Week 3 Medicine Today: chronic kidney disease the six red flags

    • Week 3 Medicine Today: Investigating recurrent urinary tract infection

    • Week 3 AFP: Elder abuse

    • Week 3 Medicine Today: Pain relief and end of life

    • Week 4 Pain Management Today: Acute low back pain Beyond Drug Therapies

    • Week 5 Medicine Today Hearing loss

    • Week 5 Understanding audiograms

    • Week 5 Medicine Today: Visual loss - is it serious?

    • Week 5 Australian Doctor - How To Treat the Red eye

    • Week 6 Melanoma: an aide memoire to assist diagnosis Cancer Council Australia

    • Week 6 MJA Snakebite in Australia

    • Week 6 AFP Spider bites assessment and management

    • Week 7 Royal Childrens Hospital - 10 top things about growth charts

    • week 8 AFP - Assessment of the unwell child

    • week 9 AFP Emerging psychosis in adolescents

    • week 10 AAFP - Recognition and diagnosis of psychosis in primary care

    • week 10 GPs Resource for Eating Disorders

    • Week 11 GP2017 recognising family violence

    • Week 11 AFP Problem drinking

    • Week 11 AFP Helping smokers to quit

    • Week 11 Cervical cancer screening in Australia: past present and future