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Legal and illegal drugs in sport
Evaluate the issues around use of drugs in sport and determine a clinical approach applicable to athletes
Overview
What you will learn
- Recognise key clinical features and subtypes
- Develop practical treatment plans using topical, systemic and procedural options
- Identify triggers, patient factors and long-term management strategies
- Apply evidence-based approaches in everyday clinical practice
Course contents
Meet your presenter
Dr Joe Kosterich
MBBS
Lecturer, Curtin Medical School
Dr Joe Kosterich is a general practitioner, speaker, author, media presenter and health industry consultant. He writes for numerous medical and mainstream publications and is a regular on radio and television. He is often called to give opinions in medico legal cases, is clinical editor of a medical magazine, adjunct professor (teaching) at UWA and a lecturer at Curtin Medical School.
Dr Kosterich has a special interest in plant-based therapies, men’s health, chronic disease and mental health. He has self-published two books and maintains a website and blog with health information and commentary. Through all this, Dr Kosterich continues to see patients as a GP each week.
CPD hours
Accreditations
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
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