Hunter Postgraduate Medical Institute
Iron Deficiency Without Anaemia: Clinical Assessment and Contemporary Management in General Practice
Free in-practice education for health professionals. Expert-led sessions with CPD approval
Date: Thursday, 23 July 2026
Time: 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Location: Raymond Terrace Family Practice (4 Jacaranda Avenue, Raymond Terrace)
CPD: RACGP & ACRRM (1 hour)
Cost: Free
Coffee provided on request
About this meeting
- Small in-practice learning sessions
- Open to all health professionals
- Led by experienced specialists
- Certificate of attendance available on request
What you will learn
- Interpret iron studies in a range of clinical contexts to identify iron deficiency without anaemia and differentiate it from other iron-related conditions.
- Apply contemporary management strategies for iron deficiency without anaemia, including appropriate use of oral and intravenous iron and investigation of underlying causes.
Speaker
Dr Kate Melville, Director of Haematology / Senior Staff Specialist Haematologist
Dr Kate Melville is a specialist haematologist with a special interest in consultative and malignant haematology. She is dual-trained in clinical and laboratory haematology and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists Australasia.
Kate has completed her haematology training within the Hunter New England and Northern Sydney Health Districts. She currently works at the Calvary Mater Hospital Newcastle as a Staff Specialist in the Haematology Department as well as in private practice at Newcastle Private Hospital. Kate is happy to review your general and obstetric haematology patients, including those with thrombosis and malignant haematological diagnoses.
Kate is currently involved in the education of medical students and junior doctors and is keen to further this with the education of higher levels of medical professionals. She is a Conjoint Lecturer with the University of Newcastle.
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