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Your 2009-2010 membership at a glance

RACGP members can access a range of clinical resources and educational services to support their daily clinical practice and continuing professional development.

The 2009 - 2010 RACGP membership package includes:

• the RACGP Quality Assurance & Continuing Professional Development (QA&CPD) Program, valued at $399. (incl GST)
• 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.
• gplearning - the college’s highly interactive, easy-to-use online QA&CPD service with over 300 activities valued at $214.50. (incl GST)
• 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.
• National Rural Faculty (NRF) membership
• 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.#
• GP Support Program – Free 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.
• College classifieds - an online advertising service to find GPs, locums, practice staff and practices valued at over $300.
• National call centre and member helpline – a freecall service from anywhere in Australia, and other service-specific helplines.
• Access to valuable RACGP Research Foundation grants and scholarships
• RACGP website at www.racgp.org.au with access to member only access areas
• Fridayfacts - a weekly news update via fax or email.
• 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)

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).

• Standards for General Practices - member discount for hardcopy purchases.
• Australian Medicines Handbook products – significant members discounts on hardcopy, CD-ROMs, packages and PDA and online versions of AMH.
• Therapeutic Guidelines products - members receive a 10% discount on Therapeutic Guidelines books and eTG complete.
• Clinical guidelines and practice resources including:
• General practice management toolkit (1st edition)
• Computing and information management in general practice (2nd edition)
• The RACGP Steriliser Record System
• Infection control standards for office based practices (4th edition)
• Medicolegal handbook for general practice (1st edition)
• Reaching a fair deal: the RACGP employment kit (2nd edition)
• General practice publications - including Professor John Murtagh’s books.
• Faculty and national events – including access to selected educational seminars and workshops.
• GPDirect™ - an electronic system for ordering practice consumables, vaccines and medical equipment.
• RACGP health records - despite the computerisation of general practices and patient records, many practices choose to also maintain hard copy patient records.
• Clinical Emergency Management™ Program – designed to build knowledge, skills and confidence in managing medical emergencies in both rural and urban settings. The workshops have been approved by the RACGP QA&CPD Program for Category 1 points.

^{* available to RACGP members who are Australian registered medical practitioners
# some services are only available to registered medical practitioners
^ some resources available online only via MyGeneralPractice and the RACGP website}

RACGP members can access a range of member benefit partner products, each with features and benefits which provide further value for your membership. The college has negotiated special rates and discounts with a diverse range of corporate partners to benefit RACGP members in their professional and personal lives, including access to a range of clinical guidelines and practice resources, finance and insurance products; and travel and lifestyle benefits.

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The RACGP Education Department develops and maintains the standards for quality practice, education and research in Australian general practice. From undergraduate education to early postgraduate years, general practice registrar training, pathways to RACGP Fellowship, and the continuing professional development of general practitioners within the RACGP QA&CPD Program, the college is committed to supporting members’ ongoing educational requirements.

Publication Date: 11 May 2009
Authorised By: Membership