‘The world’s your oyster when you’re a rural GP’ From New Guinea to Nepal, Arnhem Land to Adelaide, an emerging leader in rural medicine says remote practice has been life changing.
‘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.
Vale Dennis Pashen A passionate regional GP and driving force behind the push for formal recognition of Rural Generalist Medicine, the professor died on Thursday.
‘I like to think I’ve made a difference’ For more than two decades, this GP has harnessed a passion for remote health to improve outcomes in disadvantaged communities.
Pharmacy prescribing decision ‘makes no sense’ A pilot program set to dramatically extend pharmacists’ prescribing powers has been expanded, even before the first cohort has completed training.
Supervisor recruitment issues contradict Guild claims about NQ Pilot Recent comments that local GPs are ‘very supportive’ of pharmacy prescribing do not appear to match the reality on the ground.
Remote registrar ‘never felt more supported’ Despite being the only regular doctor physically present in his clinic, the newest member of Armidale’s general practice community is thriving.
RACGP provides further support for remote registrars New guidelines aim to help maintain remote supervision opportunities and enable the placement of registrars in areas of need.
RACGP tours WA to discuss doctor shortage Boosting access to remote medical treatment was the top priority of an RACGP leaders tour of Western Australia.
Regional town set to benefit from supervision program Another rural area in dire need of GPs is set to welcome a registrar under the RACGP’s remote supervision program.