GP CPD Education
The Liver Foundation funds research, informs and supports patients and their families, educates GPs, advocates for increased government funding for screening and treatment, and strives for a world free of liver disease. There is a wide range of evidence-based patient information available on the Your Liver and Living Well sections of this website.
Accredited CPD Courses for GPs
With one in three Australians having some form of liver disease, you will see a lot of it in your practice. We have condensed the latest evidence and turned it into actionable, GP centred education. All courses are fully accredited with RACGP and ACRRM and are offered free of charge on the ThinkGP platform. We update each course as new evidence or clinical guidelines are developed, so you can rest assured that the education is always current. Read on to learn more.
Liver Foundation – GP Education
Over 12,500 GPs have enrolled in our CPD courses over the past three years, with 8,000 patients reviewed through the MAFLD clinical audit. With so much evolution in diagnostics and treatments across the spectrum of liver disease and liver cancer, we are taking a few months to completely update our Advanced Course, short courses and MAFLD Clinical Audit. Please check back in October 2026 for our refreshed content, or sign up to our newsletter and we will notify you when the new content is live.
Sydney University MAFLD Online Education
A free nationwide education program for assessment and management of MAFLD including specialist referral of patients with MAFLD in Australian general practice. The learning activity has been co-designed by GPs and specialists with evidence-based and up-to-date clinical information and delivered in self-paced, bite-sized and problem-based e-learning modules. Learn more and access the course here.
Basic: 4 hours & Advanced: 10 hours. Endorsed by the GESA and CPD accredited by the RACGP ACRRM and AMA.
Haemochromatosis Australia – GP Education
For GPs with an interest in Haemochromatosis, you can find a series of five CPD modules on the Think GP platform. These modules were created by Haemochromatosis Australia.
Rare Voices Australia – GP Education
Many liver diseases are rare or ultra-rare. These patients face unique challenges. Rare Voices Australia have created a fully RACGP accredited online course, Rare Diseases 101. It aligns with the National Recommendations for Rare Disease Health Care and covers:
- Common challenges
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Respectful and effective communication
- The ‘diagnostic odyssey’
- Genetic and genomic testing
- Coordinated care
- Patient advocacy groups
- Research and new therapies
Useful resources for GPs
This website is full of practical, evidence based information for your patients. It is written with clinical expert, nurse and patient input and prepared at an accessible reading level. Please direct patients to the Your Liver tab for disease information and the Living Well tab for information about living well with liver disease at all stages.
Nurse-led Support Line for Primary Liver Cancer 1800 841 118. You can refer patients to the support line via our referral form.
7-Minute Hepatology Podcast Bite-sized (7 minutes or less) clinical discussions on all things hepatology — designed for trainees and any clinician looking for quick clinical pearls you won’t find in textbooks. Australian-based, expert-led education that covers the questions we all want to ask the specialists.
Liver Health Pod Three Hepatologists with a wealth of knowledge host this podcast on how you can improve your liver health. In this series, they discuss all aspects of keeping your liver healthy and aim to build on your understanding of common conditions that affect the liver. Useful for patients.
GESA Guide to Understanding Liver Tests 2024
GESA High Protein-High Energy Diet for People with Advanced Liver Disease
Reviewed December 2025