Workshop
This cadaveric workshop for General Practitioners focuses on medical emergencies and improvising with ‘everyday’ equipment that can be substituted for medical equipment, especially in rural and remote areas. This enables the provision of a greater level of service to patients and the community living in these areas.
Suitable for: General Practitioners and GP Registrars. Limited participant places for Nurse Practitioners. Theatre Nurses are welcome in the role of assisting the GPs. Limited places are available for Observers.
Dates
Available (doctor)
Available (nurse)
Available (observer)
Thursday, 28 May 2026 to Friday, 29 May 2026
Participant and Theatre Nurse Assistant Places FULL. Observer positions available.
About
Workshop Content
This two day hands on workshop offers:
Presentations and Cadaveric Practical Sessions:
- Penetrating eye/orbit injury
- Lacerated eye lid
- Lateral canthotomy
- Nasal packing
- Nasal cautery
- Drainage of quinsy
- Surgical airway
- Cricothyroidotomy
- Tracheostomy
- Haemostasis and burns skills
- Vascular shunt
- Ultrasound spinal scanning
- Venous cutdown, Intraosseous infusion
- Compartment syndrome and fasciotomy
- Suprapubic catheter insertion
- Pelvic binding
- Reducing a posterior dislocation
- Intercostal catheter, thoracotomy
- Burr hole and base of skull fracture
- Mini-Craniotomy
- Local anaesthetic infiltration (dental)
Presentations & Simulation Practical Sessions:
- Surgical airway
- Cricothyroidotomy
- Tracheostomy
- Facial fractures reducing to secure airway
- Spinal tap
- Lumbar puncture
- Intraosseous infusion
Presentations:
- Inhaled foreign body/removal
- Dental reimplantation and stabilisation
- Stabilisation of jaw
- Dental emergencies
Training Grants
The Australian Government is offering training grants of $2000 per day to rural and remote procedural and emergency medicine GPs to maintain their respective skills. For further information please contact:
RACGP National Rural Faculty
1800 636 764
rural.procedural.grants@racgp.org.au
2026 Fee
WA GP, GP Registrar: $3110
Non-WA GP, GP Registrar: $3520
WA Nurse Practitioner: $1600
Non-WA Nurse Practitioner: $1850
Observer: $200
Theatre Nurse: $35
Workshop content, date and convenors may be subject to change or cancellation due to unforeseen circumstances.
Convenors
Accreditations or CPD Approvals
Reapproval will be sought in the ACRRM and RACGP CPD Programs for 2026 to 2028 Triennium
Testimonials
"As good as you can get.
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"As close as to the real thing as possible. "
"This is the most realistic way to demonstrate these procedures apart from on a live patient."
"( The workshop featured) excellent discussion with indication, risk and when to perform."
"Awesome faculty. Thank you."
- 2025 Workshop Participants
Venue
CTEC
The University of Western Australia
Entrance No.2
Hackett Drive, Crawley
Perth, Western Australia
For more information contact
Elisha Thompson
Senior Course Coordinator
T +61 8 6488 8695
E elisha.thompson@uwa.edu.au
CTEC acknowledges the support of the following:
