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In Practice: Wound awareness
Hard-to-heal wounds cost Australia $6.6 billion each year, but medical professionals can reaffirm best practice via a series of free webinars.
More than 450,000 Australians live with hard-to-heal wounds.
This week’s In Practice also includes details on the scheduled closure of the COVID-19 Vaccination Training Program, information on RACGP Foundation PhD top-up scholarship grants, and two surveys seeking GPs’ feedback.
Wound Awareness Week webinars
Each year, more than 450,000 Australians live with hard-to-heal wounds – at a cost to health and aged care budgets of $6.6 billion.
To mark Wound Awareness Week, Wounds Australia has produced a free, on-demand webinar series for medical professionals aimed at reaffirming wound care best practice that draws on the resources of a multidisciplinary care team to caring for an ageing population.
More information is available on the Wounds Australia website.
COVID-19 Vaccination Training Program set to end
From 1 October, the Department of Health and Aged Care (DoH) will no longer be producing new COVID-19 Vaccine Training Modules and the COVID-19 learning platform will close.
After this point, healthcare providers will no longer need to complete the COVID-19 Vaccination Training Program (CVTP) in order to administer COVID vaccines; however, CVTP completion will remain a mandatory requirement up to and including Saturday 30 September.
COVID-19 reference resources, including the COVID-19 Vaccines in Australia and ATAGI Recommended COVID-19 Vaccines Doses posters, will also continue to be updated and available.
For continued access to learning resources for COVID-19 vaccines, GPs can visit the DoH website.
Clinical questions regarding COVID-19 vaccine administrations can be directed to the Vaccine Operations Centre via 1800 318 208 or COVID19VaccineOperationsCentre@Health.gov.au.
RACGP Foundation PhD top-up scholarship grants are now open
The RACGP Foundation, in partnership with university departments of general practice, is offering two PhD top-up scholarships designed to support outstanding GPs and GPs in training who are seeking to undertake PhD research in 2024.
Recipients will have a chance to take their careers to the next level and become trailblazers in the world of general practice, and a live webinar featuring more information about the opportunity will take place on Wednesday 13 September.
Register online.
For more information and to apply for the grants, visit the RACGP Foundation website. Enquiries can be sent to foundation@racgp.org.au or Sue Byrne, Foundation and Research Administrator, on (03) 8699 0335.
Survey on Australian Quality Standard for Rheumatoid Arthritis
The Australian Rheumatology Association is developing a standard to improve the quality of care for people living with rheumatoid arthritis.
GPs are being asked to provide their opinion on:
- the selection of priority areas
- the content of quality statements.
The survey will be open until 20 September.
Lumos feedback
The Lumos program, which is designed to give insights on the patient journey through the NSW health system, is seeking evaluation from participating general practices.
Funded by the Federal Government under the Health Innovation Fund, the program uses de-identified data from general practices linked with other health service data to give a more comprehensive view of patient pathways and identify opportunities for improving patient outcomes and experiences.
The survey, which closes on 29 September, is aiming to help program organisers enhance their understanding of the needs of GPs and takes approximately five minutes to complete.
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