Choosing the right path Recently graduated medical student Dr Daniel Straw is looking forward to the possibilities and flexibility of a career in general practice.
New round of PEP positions for non-VR doctors The RACGP has announced a second intake for its new Practice Experience Program, with a further 200 places to become available.
Worth the weight Dr Hester Wilson writes on how gentle questions over the long term can help patients with chronic disease make changes.
Become a GP The RACGP launches its ‘Become a GP’ campaign, which highlights the benefits of choosing general practice as a career.
Avoidable presentations clog EDs as general practice waits for funding Close to three million emergency presentations last financial year were ‘avoidable’, a Productivity Commission report has stated.
Practice Experience Program has launched to support non-VR doctors The RACGP program is designed to provide non-vocationally registered doctors with the support they need to attain Fellowship.
Future GP workforce: Strategies to get ahead of the crisis curve Examining a recent discussion warning that supply is set to worsen due to recruitment failures and the impacts of casualisation.
It takes a team to deliver quality rural maternity services Dr Ayman Shenouda outlines a possible solution to a growing issue.
GP and novelist: Dr Joanna Nell A passion for women’s health and the ageing population were catalysts for Dr Nell’s first novel.
Treating occupational cancers in general practice Even in the face of greater awareness of preventive measures, Australia’s rates of occupational cancers have not declined.