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Practice Experience Program is a self-directed education program designed to support non vocationally registered doctors on their pathway to RACGP Fellowship
RACGP offer courses and events to further develop the knowledge you need to develop your GP career
2022 RACGP curriculum and syllabus for Australian general practice
The Abuse and violence: working with our patients in general practice provides the best-available current evidence for GPs
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Download the Standards for general practice (5th edition) - a benchmark for quality care and risk management in Australian general practices
Coronavirus (COVID-19) resources for general practitioners
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Advice and guidelines for GPs and practice teams to help protect general practice information systems
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Read all of the RACGP reports and submissions on various healthcare topics
Read all of the RACGP position statements on various healthcare topics
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Infection prevention and control guidelines
2. Hand hygiene
Video demonstration of hand-hygiene technique using alcohol-based handrub: Johns Hopkins Medicine. Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control. Hand Rubbing Steps Using the WHO Technique
Video demonstration of handwashing technique using soap and water: Johns Hopkins Medicine. Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control. Hand-washing Steps Using the WHO Technique
Hand hygiene. In: NHMRC. Australian guidelines for the prevention and control of infection in healthcare (2019)
National Hand Hygiene Initiative user manual (2019)
The National Hand Hygiene Initiative
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare Alcohol-based handrubs and eLearning modules, which include:
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. GP Standard 4. Criterion GP4.1 – Infection prevention and control, including sterilisation. In: Standards for general practices. 5th Edition. East Melbourne, Vic: RACGP, 2020.
AS 1071 – Placement and presentation of hand hygiene materials in relation to the basin in healthcare settings
European Standard EN 1500 – hygienic handrub
European Standard CEN-EN 12791 – surgical hand disinfection
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