General practitioners (GPs), practice nurses (PNs) and practice staff have a key role in promoting healthy lifestyles and reducing the impact of lifestyle risk factors. The implementing lifestyle change series has been developed by the National Heart Foundation of Australia and The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, through funding from the NSW Health Department, to increase awareness of the adverse impact of smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy weight, unhealthy nutrition and excessive alcohol consumption on patient health and to assist GPs and practice nurses in influencing individuals to adopt healthy behaviours.
The implementing lifestyle change series will provide GPs, PNs and other Health Professionals with practical tools to help them identify individuals who are ready to make lifestyle changes and to educate patients about the importance of healthy eating, regular physical activity and the avoidance of smoking and excess alcohol.
The complete implementing lifestyle change series consists of five segments:
- smoking cessation
- physical activity
- weight
- nutrition
- alcohol
Participants may choose to register for the online series by completing the registration form and returning it to the RACGP with the prescribed fee (please retain a copy of the form, as this form is also a tax invoice).
Following the completion of each module you may print out a certificate of completion, which you can take to your professional body to apply for continuing education credit points.
In addition to the online education modules, the Heart Foundation and The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners are pleased to provide education resources to allow Divisions and other Training Providers the ability to run workshops on the implementing lifestyle change series. The education resources are free of charge. Please use the links below to download the facilitators guides and respective PowerPoint files.
Please note that the Lifescripts CDRom is recommended for use in the above presentations. This CDRom may be obtained free of charge from the health.gov.au website.
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