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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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Privacy and managing health information in general practice
Use and disclosure of health information
Patients are often unaware their health information might be used for training and education purposes.
Without consent, it might be unreasonable for GPs to expect patients to permit their health information to be used. However, this expectation might be influenced by the nature of the training activity. For example, filming a family therapy session is highly likely to require express consent. In contrast, GPs are more likely to rely on implied consent for activities more closely linked to the provision of healthcare services, such as reflective discussion with peers or for training registrars.
Ideally, information should be de-identified before it is used for training, quality assurance or audit exercises. GPs should consider whether to include consent for training and education purposes on their patient registration forms to avoid this becoming an issue.
Your practice is encouraged to include information about these activities and clinical audits in your practice policy on privacy and managing health information. If a practice intends to use de-identified information, it is still important to notify patients of this in your privacy policy.
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