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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 2009-2010, including:

• The RACGP Quality Assurance & Continuing Professional Development (QA&CPD) Program, valued at $399. (incl GST ) Find out more.
• check Program^† - (continuous home evaluation of clinical knowledge) - a self education program attracting Category 1 and Category 2 QA&CPD points, valued at $269.50 (incl GST). Find out more
• gplearning - the college’s highly interactive, easy-to-use online QA&CPD service with over 300 activities valued at $365.00. (incl GST) Find out more
• GP Support Program - Free and confidential counselling and support service available to all Australian RACGP members who are registered medical practitioners. Members can access face-to-face and telephone counselling during business hours or counselling for traumatic incidents or crisis situations 24 hours, 7 days a week. 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
• National Rural Faculty (NRF) membership. Find out more
• College classifieds - an online advertising service to find GPs, locums, practice staff and practices valued at $300 per month. Find out more
• National call centre and member helpline – a freecall 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
• online clinical resources – access a vast base of online knowledge with access to member only areas at www.racgp.org.au and www.mygeneralpractice.org.au
• RACGP website at www.racgp.org.au with access to member only access areas
• Fridayfacts - a weekly news update via fax or email. Find out more
• Clinical guidelines and practice resources including:^{^}
• Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice (‘red book') (7th edition)
• Diabetes management in general practice (13th edition)
• Standards for general practices (3rd edition)
• Putting prevention into practice (‘green book') (2nd edition)
• Putting prevention into practice education modules (1st edition)
• Medical care for older persons in residential aged care facilities (‘silver book') (4th edition)
• Abuse and violence: working with our patients in general practice (3rd edition)
• Using near misses to improve the quality of care for your patients (1st edition)
• Pandemic flu kit (1st edition)
• General practice – a safe place (1st edition)
• SNAP guide (1st edition)
• Standards for general practices (3rd edition)
  Find out more

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 General Practice Essentials (GPe).

†From January / February 2010, the check Program will be available online
* 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

Publication Date: 28 October 2009
Authorised By: Membership