‘Seeing people excited about general practice is the best thing’ One year on from the return of college-led training, newsGP talks to RACGP medical educators to seek their views on the past 12 months.
In Practice: Defect alert for insulin brands The TGA has issued an urgent product defect alert for glass cartridge insulin products on behalf of the manufacturer, Novo Nordisk.
GP Trainee Grant program kicks off Eligible Victorian GPs in training will soon be able to apply for $40,000 in government support, sparking calls for other states to follow suit.
Name change imposed on women’s health qualifications RANZCOG will no longer be allowed to use ‘diploma’ or ‘advanced diploma’ for its courses, but has promised GPs everything else will remain the same.
Queensland receives rural workforce boost More than 100 new rural registrars are expected to help with GP shortages across the state under specialised training.
In Practice: GP input sought for cancer guidelines GPs are invited to have their say on two new draft clinical guidelines for pancreatic cancer, which will inform a national strategy.
In Practice: New digital assignment of benefit form A digital approval form is now available to support electronic assignment of benefit for telehealth services.
In Practice: 1 January MBS changes The new year will bring changes to Medicare Safety Net and smoking cessation MBS items.
Rural Advanced Skills payment now open GPs working outside of Australia’s major cities can earn up to $21,000 extra per year, thanks to a new Federal Government incentive program.
‘I never thought I’d be standing here, let alone be a doctor’ Some wondered why Arrernte man, Dr Corey Dalton, wanted to study medicine later in life – but the RACGP’s GP in training of the year has no regrets.