Facetoface: challenging cases in medical practice

This DVD is designed to be a resource for doctors and provides guidance about some of the most common, professionally challenging situations doctors face in medical practice in Australia.

The DVD features registered medical practitioners in consultation with patients, played by actors, in a range of scenarios. The scenarios explore issues that are frequently involved in complaints to medical boards, including blurred boundaries, drugs of dependence, patient confidentiality, terminating doctor-patient relationships, sexual misconduct, medical certificates and consent for young people.

Each scenario is followed by an expert panel discussion that analyses the important issues in managing the consultation and provides clear guidance for doctors.

(2009/9780869062968)
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Safety every time – our general practice checklist

The Safety every time checklist has been developed by the RACGP to assist GPs and their practice teams minimise these sorts of risks and prevent adverse outcomes in general practice. The checklist is based on the Correct Patient, Correct Site, Correct Procedure protocols developed by the Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS).

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General practice – a safe place: tips and tools

This booklet covers practical strategies to assist general practices to minimise ricks of violence such as creating a safe physical environment, flagging files of patients with a history of violent behaviour within a practice, assertively clinically manage patients at risk of violent behaviour, working with other services to reduce the future risk of violence and supporting the general practice team after experiences of violence. This booklet can be used as a tool to encourage discussion within general practice teams about appropriate responses to manage the risk of occupational violence, and comes with an A4 poster.

(2009/9780869062937)
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Rebirth of a clinic: a design workbook for architecture in general practice and primary care

Discover how the design and architecture of your practice can improve patient outcomes and the wellbeing of the practice team. Developed in partnership with RMIT Architecture, the workbook includes case studies and practical advice on working with an architect or designer, and reveals how general practices can be made safer, greener and more efficient in the pursuit of innovation and better health care. The workbook has been designed as a scrapbook in which GPs, the practice team and their architects can write notes, draw models and share ideas.

(2008/9780869062890)
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10 tips for safer health care poster

This '10 tips' poster has been developed by the ACSQHC to assist patients to become more actively involved in their health care. It explains why things can go wrong, and how patients can work in partnership with their GP to get the best possible care. One poster is available free to general practices where an RACGP member is employed.

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General practice management toolkit

The toolkit is designed by GPs for GPs. It is full of contemporary, relevant information that includes the gems and pitfalls of practice management. It aims to engage those involved, or about to begin, in this field. This practical resource provides activities and further information to fine tune your practice management. The toolkit is also useful for allied health professionals and consultant specialists in private practice.

(2007/9780869062869)
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GPCG computer security checklist

How safe is the computer system in your practice? Expensive hardware could be at risk from insufficient preparation. If exposed to unauthorised access, sensitive patient and business data could have serious legal and financial implications. This checklist will help to identify any areas of potential weakness.

(2004)
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Private billing kit

Assess the likely benefits and costs of private billing versus bulk billing, according to the particular circumstances of your practice. The kit allows for a simple, accurate comparison taking into account financial, personal, continuing education and clinical and practice goals.

(1st edition/2003)
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The RACGP employment kit

Employees, employers, contractors and registrars seeking a fair contract will benefit from the kit’s straightforward advice on what to expect from an employment contract in general practice, and how to negotiate one.

(2nd edition/2006/0869062603)
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Using near misses to improve the quality of care for your patients

'Near miss' situations – those where adverse outcomes are narrowly avoided – can be valued as positive learning experiences. The structured methods for analysing error provided in this publication can help GPs and practice staff to learn from near miss experiences, and improve the quality of care patients receive in general practice.

(1st edition/2005/0869062719)
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Keeping the doctor alive

This guidebook provides medical practitioners with information and resources on strategies for self care as an essential element of their professional life. It aims to encourage medical practitioners to recognise and discuss the challenges facing them, promote self care as an integral and accepted part of the professional life of medical practitioners, and assists medical practitioners to develop useful strategies for self care.

(1st edition/republished 2006/0869062662)
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Working in Aboriginal health DVD

This DVD includes 4 X 15min (approx) programs titled Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services, Aboriginal Health Workers, Cross Cultural Awareness and Doctors in Aboriginal Health. The DVD provides a tool to assist health professionals working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in their understandings of the history, culture, health and health care in these communities. The DVD is presented by the RACGP in association with the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation.

(2009/9780869062951)
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Smoking cessation pharmacotherapy: an update for health professionals

In 2007 (reviewed in 2009), the RACGP produced a pharmacotherapy update for health professionals that can be used in conjunction with the 2004 smoking cessation guidelines (online). This 12 page booklet contains a useful 1 page desk card and enables health professionals to provide up-to-date advice to patients on medicines to assist smoking cessation.

(1st edition/2007/9780869062883)
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Computing and information management in general practice

This handy publication will save you time by covering the fundamentals of computing practice and information management in one easy reference, keeping you up to date with your professional and legislative responsibilities.

(2nd edition/2007/9780074717776)
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