The case for urgent care
On-demand recorded 6 Nov 2019
Dr John Adie, a specialist Urban, Rural & Remote GP & Urgent Care Physician, and Dr Jamie Phillips, a Rural Generalist and GP with advanced specialist training in Emergency Medicine and Immediate Medical Care, discuss the case for urgent care in Australian integrated primary care centres and examine the data behind it.
Presenters
Dr John Adie
Dr John Adie is an Associate Professor in Urgent Care in the School of Health. He is the RACGP Special Interest Group Chair for ‘Urgent and Emergent Presentations to Primary Care’, the RNZCUC Australian Convenor and on the Australian Government Department of Health Urgent Care Clinics Operational Advisory Group. He has presented his research at local, national, and international conferences and published his research in peer-review journals.
John’s clinical work has been as a general practitioner (GP), Rural and Remote GP, and Urgent Care Physician working in General Practices, Urgent Care Clinics, and Emergency Departments in New Zealand and Australia. He currently works clinically on the Sunshine Coast where he is also a medical director.
Jamie Phillips
Rural Generalist and GP
Jamie has advanced specialist training in Emergency Medicine and Immediate Medical Care