16 April 2021


Help us find an insurance solution for you and your practice

We’re exploring opportunities to provide insurance options tailored to suit your professional and personal needs.

To help us develop a personalised insurance product that’s meaningful to you, we want to know how you feel about professional insurance for GPs and general practices.

Complete our insurance questionnaire to share your thoughts and experiences. (Please note: You’ll need to log in using your RACGP username and password.)

Your feedback will help us work with insurers to create the most suitable options for GPs.

The questionnaire should take approximately 15 minutes to complete and is open until Monday 26 April 2021.


Shape our media and political advocacy – take the Health of the Nation survey

Add your voice to the RACGP’s advocacy efforts by completing the 2021 General Practice: Health of the Nation survey.

RACGP Fellows will be invited by email to complete the survey on Tuesday 20 April.

Your knowledge, experiences and feedback will contribute to our 2021 General Practice: Health of the Nation report and help our political leaders to understand and value the vital role GPs play in every Australian community.

As a thank you for participating, on completion of the survey you’ll have the chance to win one of two digital registrations for GP21.


Webinar: Understanding children’s behaviour as communication

Date: Thursday 6 May
Time: 7.00 pm (AEST)

Parents often feel their child is not behaving in an expected or desired way and perceive the child to be the source of the problem.

Presented by RACGP Specific Interests Child and Young Person’s Health and Emerging Minds, this webinar will explore how GPs can have conversations with parents about their children’s behaviour to help them understand what might be happening for the child and reflect on the broader circumstances of the family.

Register for the webinar on our website.


Primary care practice viability survey

We want to know how the pandemic has affected your practice’s financial viability.

GPs, practice managers, practice nurses and/or practice owners are invited to complete a short online survey that aims to understand the impacts of the pandemic on your practice and future financial viability.

The survey will take approximately eight minutes and will close on Friday 16 April 2021.

This research is commissioned by Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network and implemented by a GP-led research team from the University Technology Sydney, which includes a representative from the RACGP.

Complete the survey now.


Do you refer patients to clinical trials?

If not, would you consider it? What  barriers have you met?

ClinTrial Refer is conducting a GP survey to find out the answer to these questions and to hear about your experiences and interest in clinical trials. They’d particularly like to hear about any challenges you face with referrals or access to current clinical trial information.  

Take the two-minute survey.


RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health – position statements

RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health is undertaking a review of our position statements.

You’re invited to complete a short online survey that aims to understand your views on priorities for action in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

You’re also welcome to contact the faculty with your feedback via email at aboriginalhealth@racgp.org.au.

Complete the survey now.  


Practice Based Research Network webinar

Date: Thursday 29 April
Time: 7.00–8.00 pm (AEST)

Are you interested in contributing to general practice research? This seminar will introduce the RACGP Research Strategy, describe the roles of Practice Based Research Networks, and outline opportunities to contribute to research to inform clinical practice, public health response and policy.

Register for the webinar on our website.


Practice Owners National Conference

Date: Saturday and Sunday 19–20 June 2021

The Practice Owners National Conference is back.

Held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre and via our digital platform, the conference will deliver education on the topics that you want to see.

Program highlights include:

  • financial structures of billing for current practice owners

  • hitting the ground running – the 101 of getting started for aspiring practice owners

  • planning to succeed – business planning and setting strategic targets for practice managers.
     

View the rest of the program and register now.


The Cardiac Connection: Blackouts, Faints and Syncope in General Practice

Date: Thursday 6 May 2021
Time: 7.00–8.00 pm (AEST)
 
Presented by Dr Bradley Wilsmore, this webinar will review the latest Syncope Guidelines as a framework to identify cardiac syncope risk factors and explore strategies to help diagnose unexplained syncope.
 
Register for the webinar on our website.  


FAQs on mental health training and education

Visit the General Practice Mental Health Standards Collaboration (GPMHSC) website for a selection of GP resources and information on mental health topics, including a range of frequently asked questions (FAQs).

The FAQs on mental health education and training provide details of continuing professional development, whereas the FAQs on the Medicare Benefits Scheme aim to address key questions asked about item numbers used for the provision of primary mental health care.

For additional information, please contact the GPMHSC Secretariat on 03 8699 0556 or email gpmhsc@racgp.org.au.

Visit the GPMHSC website.


Rural GPs: Boost your point-of-care ultrasound skills

Point-of-care ultrasound is an increasingly effective diagnostic tool, particularly in areas with limited access to specialist services. Boost your skills with a full-day workshop delivered by rural doctors and sonographers.

Workshops will be held in Coffs Harbour, Bendigo, Toowomba, Port Lincoln, Cairns and Busselton between May and November.

Capped at 30 participants to make workshops as hands-on as possible, you’ll learn basic techniques using advanced, high-end mobile ultrasound equipment provided by our sponsor, Philips.

This event attracts 40 CPD points and is approved for all categories of the Rural Procedural Grants Program.

Find out more on the RACGP website.


Rural GPs: Emergency medicine workshop

Date: Saturday 8 May 2021
Time: 1.00–5.00 pm (AEST)

Designed and run by experienced rural GPs and emergency specialists, the Emergency Medicine for Rural GPs workshop aims to enhance rural emergency medicine skills using case scenarios that reflect rural and remote challenges.

Held via Zoom, the workshop will provide four small-group interactive case-scenario discussions and explore the critical considerations involved in managing rural emergency cases, packaging patients for retrieval, communicating effectively with retrieval teams, debriefing and self-care.

The workshop costs $95 for RACGP members and attracts 40 CPD points. All the scenarios are written by experienced rural GPs from actual cases.

Register on the RACGP website.


Media enquiries

Journalists and media outlets seeking comment and information from the RACGP should contact:

John Ronan

Senior Media Advisor