ADHD Unmasked

Adult ADHD CPD Course for Australian GPs

Why this course

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Know when you can manage adult ADHD – and when to refer.

Adult ADHD is now one of the highest-volume presentations in Australian primary care. The literature is extensive. Practical clinical workflows are harder to find. The patient in front of you is informed, articulate, and expects clear answers.

ADHD Unmasked – Adult ADHD CPD Course for Australian GPs is the course that fills the gap.

  • Five modules.

  • Approximately 6 CPD hours, including 4.5 hours of recorded content and pre-course audit and summative assessment.

  • Designed and delivered by Dr Ananta Kolesky, Specialist GP and Rural Generalist, with extensive clinical experience across primary care and integrative medicine.

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Structured for the clinical questions you face on a Tuesday afternoon, not the questions a guideline committee imagined – diagnosis under uncertainty, comorbidity, masking, women across the reproductive lifespan, the cardiovascular assessment, prescribing decisions, and the patients the standard frameworks may miss.

By the end of the course, you will have a structured clinical workflow for adult ADHD assessment that holds up in the consulting room and is ready to implement the very next morning.

This course supports clinical decision-making within the practitioner's scope and local regulatory framework.

ADHD Unmasked – Adult ADHD CPD Course for Australian GPs is the clinical framework that grew from using the Kolesky-ADHD-EFA® in practice. The course is comprehensive on its own. Practitioners who want to use the assessment in their own clinic do so under a separate practitioner licence.

What you will learn

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Module 1

    • How adult ADHD actually presents in primary care, beyond the textbook

    • Why the diagnostic load has shifted to Specialist GPs and what that means for your workflow

    • DSM-5-TR criteria, applied

    • The patients the standard frameworks may miss – women across the reproductive lifespan, high achievers, those with comorbid anxiety, those who have spent decades compensating

Module 2

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    • A structured pre-consultation workflow you can implement in your practice next week

    • Collateral informants – who, how, why

    • Differential diagnosis: thyroid, sleep, mood, autistic spectrum, trauma, substance use

    • The Kolesky-ADHD-EFA® instrument: clinical interpretation in practice

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Module 3

    • Anxiety, depression, autistic spectrum, eating patterns

    • Why women are under-diagnosed and what that has cost

    • The hormonal story across the menstrual cycle, postpartum, and perimenopause

    • HRT and stimulant interactions

    • Sleep architecture and ADHD

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Module 4

    • Stimulant medications: classes, mechanisms, side-effect profiles, contraindications

    • Non-stimulant options: when, why, and how

    • The cardiovascular workup, done properly

    • The first-script protocol – practical, structured, and regulator-aware

    • Common prescribing pitfalls and how to avoid them

    • The MBS billing landscape for ADHD assessment and ongoing care

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Module 5

    • Non-pharmacological strategies with demonstrated benefit, ranked by evidence

    • Sleep, exercise, structure, body doubling

    • Nutritional support: where the evidence is real and where it is not

    • Counselling, coaching, and what to refer for

    • Long-term follow-up and shared care

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Format

  • Online and self-paced – completed at your own speed

  • Accredited for 6 CPD hours in total

  • Five modules of presented slides with audio narration

  • Each module ending in a short knowledge check

  • Final assessment and certificate of completion

  • Twelve months access from enrolment, with re-enrolment available at a reduced rate

  • Hosted on Thinkific – works on any device

Investment: $795 (incl. GST)

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Accreditation

CPD accreditation has been granted by ACRRM. Accreditation is currently in progress with RACGP, ACNEM and AMA CPD Home.

ADHD Unmasked – Adult ADHD CPD Course for Australian GPs has been built to meet the structural requirements of accredited CPD activities across these colleges. Accreditation submissions are currently under review.

If you are a college member and accreditation matters to you, sign up below to be notified the moment accreditation is granted. Anyone enrolled at the time of accreditation will receive their CPD certificate retrospectively.

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For whom

This course is designed for:

  • General Practitioners and Specialist GPs in Australian primary care

  • Rural Generalists

  • GP Registrars approaching ADHD assessment for the first time

  • Psychiatrists, psychiatric registrars, and other specialists who want a structured primary-care view of the workflow

  • Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses working in mental health or primary care, within their scope of practice

  • Allied health professionals working in mental health, ADHD coaching or related fields who want clinical depth

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Frequently asked

  • ADHD prescribing, regulatory frameworks and clinical evidence all shift quickly. Twelve months access ensures you are working from the current version of the course. Re-enrolment is offered at a reduced rate so currency is affordable.

  • For ACRRM, CPD hours will be submitted to the College on completion of the course. Once accreditation is granted by any of RACGP, ACNEM or AMA CPD Home, all enrolled learners – including those who completed the course before accreditation was confirmed – receive their CPD certificate. Until then, you can self-claim CPD hours through your college's general learning category.

  • It is built primary-care first, but the content is clinically substantive. Psychiatrists, registrars, nurse practitioners and allied health professionals working in this space are welcome and have been considered in the course design.

  • Yes. ADHD Unmasked is the first KME course. Further courses are in development across the clinical areas where Australian practitioners most often report inadequate education. Sign up to the mailing list at the bottom of the home page to be told when each is released.

Pricing

$795 (inc. GST)

Single payment. Twelve months access. Re-enrolment available at a discounted rate to keep your knowledge current.

Refund policy

Once you have accessed any course content, the course is non-refundable. Your statutory rights under the Australian Consumer Law are unaffected.

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