In Practice: Practical pain management A new webinar will present practical ideas GPs can implement with patients experiencing chronic pain.
In Practice: Rural workforce incentives An upcoming webinar will answer questions about Rural Advanced Skills WIP payments, including eligibility requirements and how to apply.
Raising the prestige of general practice: A student’s perspective The culture that exists within medical student placements needs to shift if the GP workforce is to improve, writes hospital intern, Dr Phoebe Blaxill.
In Practice: Long COVID support for GPs The RACGP is hosting a CPD-approved session to keep GPs up to date with effective diagnosis and management for often complex long COVID conditions.
Misconduct management must be ‘strong and robust’: RACGP A college submission into professional sexual violations by health practitioners says laws must ‘strike the right balance’ between patient protection and procedural justice.
In Practice: Celebrate International Women’s Day Be part of the conversation surrounding equal opportunities for women at one of the RACGP events being hosted in all capital cities and online.
Patient violence in general practice not ‘just part of the job’ With violence against healthcare workers increasing, Professor Leanne Rowe details steps GPs can take to protect themselves and their colleagues.
‘Extremely agitated’ patient pulls gun on GP The RACGP is urging members to seek out support after police shot and killed a man who had held a GP hostage for parts of a ‘terrifying’ two-hour stand-off.
As the temperature rises, so do rates of domestic violence Domestic, non-domestic and sexual violence will likely rise as temperatures increase, according to Macquarie University researchers.
In Practice: Demystifying Medicare The RACGP has prepared responses to a broad range of questions around the MBS, which members can access via the college website.