COVID, telehealth, rural Australia, the future: Health of the Nation The 2020 edition of the RACGP’s annual report shines a light on general practice in a year like no other.
Largest remote clinical exam in the southern hemisphere goes off without a hitch The COVID pandemic posed real challenges to the RACGP’s traditional clinical exams – but the new digital RCE has performed well, organisers say.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health Hosts Dr Gill Singleton and Dr Billy Stoupas commemorate NAIDOC week and discuss closing the gap with Professor Peter O’Mara.
Brendan Murphy honoured following pandemic response The former Chief Medical Officer has been named ACT Australian of the Year, placing him alongside the seven nominees for Australian of the Year.
KFP and AKT: What is the RACGP doing? Pointed questions from candidates over the cancelled exams have been answered by key college figures in a wide-ranging Q&A session.
Changes to Fellowship exams Hosts Dr Gill Singleton and Dr Billy Stoupas discuss the changes with Dr Tess van Duuren, Acting RACGP Censor-in-Chief, and Dr Krystyna de Lange, Chair of the RACGP National Faculty for GPs in Training.
Practice nurses ‘a conduit between patient and health system’ Nursing in the Community Week is celebrating nurses’ contribution and raising awareness about how they support people to stay safe at home.
Assisting GPs in holistic home-based COVID care A new RACGP guideline aims to support GPs’ provision of care to patients with mild symptoms.
New National Agreement a ‘historic turning point’ For the first time, all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be able to have their say on closing the gap.
New evidence suggests the healthcare gap is slowly closing Greater engagement with health services, including for prevention, has seen a steady improvement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients.