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The future of general practice is now
RACGP President Dr Bastian Seidel officially opened the National Academic Session, Fellowship and Awards Ceremony of this college’s 2017 conference for general practice – GP17 – yesterday in Sydney, welcoming 213 New Fellows to their life in general practice.
The RACGP welcomed 213 New Fellows at the 2017 National Academic Session, Fellowship and Awards Ceremony.
In addition to welcoming New Fellows from all over Australia, the session included the presentation of this year’s RACGP awards, including the Rose-Hunt Award, and the best GP, General Practice Registrar, Rural GP, Rural Registrar, General Practice Supervisor and General Practice of the Year, and many others.
Following the awards, Dr Jay Parkinson gave the 46th William Arnold Connolly Oration. A physician from the US, Dr Parkinson is the CEO and founder Sherpaa, the world’s first online medical practice and is keen to challenge the way in which doctors and patients communicate and solve problems. He echoed Dr Seidel’s sentiments that the New Fellows are the future of their profession, but warned them that future will not always come easily. Dr Parkinson challenged these new GPs to ‘create a new status quo’.
‘Change doesn’t come easy, but it’s a lot of fun,’ he said.
Dr Jay Parkinson challenged the new GPs to ‘create a new status quo’.
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