Female leadership in general practice with Dr Nicole Higgins In this special episode for International Women's Day, The Good GP interviews RACGP President Dr Nicole Higgins on the topic of female leadership in general practice.
IWD: Dr Penny Burns on the ‘significant changes’ to general practice The 2021 Rose-Hunt Award recipient shares insights from four decades in medicine and reflects on why being a GP remains a great career for women.
IWD: Dr Karen Nicholls on the journey towards equality The RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Chair celebrates women who show leadership in challenging the systems in which they work.
IWD: Dr Nicole Higgins on the power of mentorship To mark International Women’s Day, the RACGP President reflects on general practice as a career and how to level the playing field.
Four in five believe ‘vexatious’ complaint made against them A survey shows many GPs think they have been a victim of improper use of the system – but definitions remain a grey area, as does the overall impact.
IWD a chance to ‘come together to focus on the positives’ Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, current female leaders in the RACGP share what it means to them.
In Practice: What is general practice? The RACGP Standards Committee is seeking feedback on the draft definition of a general practice to inform its implementation.
An unsettling case: The impact of a drawn-out audit on the vulnerable Is a ‘rigid, inflexible’ compliance approach experienced by GPs treating some of society’s most at-risk patients damaging health equity?
‘A cultural issue’: Minister calls for attitude shift to general practice ‘We’ve got to get away from this idea that general practice is somehow a B grade,’ the Federal Health and Aged Care Minister has said.
Crackdown on ‘unsafe’ online prescribing underway The Medical Board of Australia has already imposed restrictions on some individuals against issuing prescriptions through telehealth.