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Your free member services and benefits^*

RACGP members will have free access to an expanded range of services and resources in their membership packages for 2008-2009, including:

• John Murtagh’s General Practice Companion Handbook (hard copy)– a free copy for Australian registered medical practitioner members who renew their 2008-2009 membership prior to 30 June 2008. (valued at $75) Find out more
• The RACGP Quality Assurance & Continuing Professional Development (QA&CPD) Program , valued at $385. (incl GST ) Find out more.
• check Program - 12 month subscription distributed with your copy of Australian Family Physician each month. check (continuous home evaluation of clinical knowledge) is valued at $269.50 (incl GST) and attracts Category 1 & Category 2 QA&CPD points. Find out more
• gplearning - the college’s highly interactive, easy-to-use online QA&CPD service with over 200 activities valued at $214.50. (incl GST) Find out more
• MyGeneralPractice - the college’s computer desktop application providing practice focused online resources, evidence based clinical journals, RACGP clinical guidelines and international textbooks to support your daily clinical practice. Find out more
• The RACGP John Murtagh Library – our specialist service with medical resources, online databases, clinical resources and references to health, medical, nursing and psychology journals. Includes free delivery and collection of books, videos, CD-ROMs, kits and slides via courier Australia wide. ^# Find out more
• College classifieds - an online advertising service to find GPs, locums, practice staff and practices valued at over $300. Find out more
• National call centre and member helpline – a ‘free call’ service from anywhere in Australia, and other service-specific helplines. Find out more
• Access to valuable RACGP Research Foundation grants and scholarships Find out more
• RACGP website at www.racgp.org.au with access to member only access areas
• FridayFax - a weekly news update via fax or email. Find out more
• National Rural Faculty (NRF) membership . Find out more
• Clinical guidelines and practice resources including:^{^}
• Medical care of older persons in residential aged care facilities (‘silver book’) (4th edition 2006)
• Putting prevention into practice (‘green book’) (2nd edition 2006)
• Putting prevention into practice education modules (1st edition 2007)
• Guidelines for preventative activities in general practice (‘red book’) (6th edition 2005)
• Using near misses to improve the quality of care for your patients (1st edition 2005)
• Safety every time –our general practice checklists
• SNAP guide (1st edition 2004)
• Diabetes management in general practice (13th edition 2007/2008 edition) ¹
• Standards for general practices (3rd edition 2005)
• Private billing kit (1st edition 2003)
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All RACGP members and Australian general practitioners receive a free annual subscription of Australian Family Physician (AFP), the college’s peer reviewed journal, the bimonthly GPReview/QA&CPD news and GPessentials.

^* available to RACGP members who are registered medical practitioners
^# some services are only available to registered medical practitioners
^{^} some resources available online only via MyGeneralPractice and the RACGP website
¹ the 2008 edition will be released in September 2008. The 2006/2007 edition will be available online until the updated edition is released.

Publication Date: 12 May 2008
Authorised By: Membership