Impact of proposed older GP health checks revealed New data shows 3142 GPs could undergo an AHPRA assessment for GPs aged over 70, leaving the RACGP concerned this could worsen workforce shortages.
‘No evidence’ for older GP health checks: RACGP The college says an AHPRA plan for mandatory checks on 70-year-old GPs diminishes experience and will lead to extra red tape and early retirements.
In Practice: Award nominations extended The RACGP has extended nomination deadlines for its 2024 state, national, rural, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health awards.
IWD: Dr Penny Burns on the ‘significant changes’ to general practice The 2021 Rose-Hunt Award recipient shares insights from four decades in medicine and reflects on why being a GP remains a great career for women.
GPs with double lives: Authors part 2 Dr Jacinta Halloran and Dr Leah Kaminsky discuss how writing not only provides a fulfilling alternate career but can be a form of self-care.
GPs with double lives: Medico-legal advisers When doctors face the complexities of a medico-legal issue, Dr Sara Bird and Dr Owen Bradfield use their GP credentials to make it digestible.
GPs with double lives: Musicians Dr Simon Pilbrow and Dr Tu Pham inhabit parallel careers writing and composing music that not only brings them joy, but can also be therapeutic.
GPs with double lives: Authors Dr Melanie Cheng and Dr Joanna Nell talk about becoming writers, balancing this parallel career and how being a GP complements their creative lives.
‘The phrases that made me’: Dr Cameron Loy In an inspiring speech on being presented with the RACGP’s Rose-Hunt Award, Dr Cameron Loy recalls the sayings that have shaped his GP career.
Be an agent of progress rather than a victim of change Associate Professor Chris Hogan offers some advice for medical students considering a career in general practice ahead of their final year.