Welcome to the March edition of our newsletter.
Mad March is finally upon us with the Fringe Festival and Adelaide 500 in full swing. I hope you enjoy this lovely time of year and make the most of the exciting events happening in our backyard.
Your specialist in life: The latest phase of the RACGP’s community awareness campaign
Recently, many new changes have been made to the RACGP website. Not only has the general layout changed, but the latest phase of the RACGP’s now well-known ‘Your specialist in life’ campaign has also been launched. The campaign aims to improve community awareness of the RACGP, and the breadth and impact of the role of specialist GPs in the community. I encourage you all to have a look at this campaign and explore the new changes to the RACGP website.
Choose AGPT with the RACGP
Expressions of interest are now open for the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) for 2020. AGPT is a leading program for doctors who wish to pursue a career in general practice and has been in place since 1958. Since then, over 23,000 GPs have achieved their Fellowship. For more information, please view the AGPT webpage.
Grants and awards
The 2019 RACGP Foundation Grants and Awards opened recently. RACGP Foundation is passionate about the importance of research in general practice and continues to provide GPs and registrars with the opportunity to conduct research in primary healthcare. If you would like to apply for any of the grants and awards on offer this year, please refer to the RACGP Foundation website for more details.
QI&CPD
You may still need to meet your requirements for the Quality Improvement and Continuing Professional Development (QI&CPD) 2017–19 triennium. RACGP SA&NT will be offering numerous education events during the year. View these events on the RACGP SA&NT events calendar.
I hope you are having a great month.
Dr Zakaria Baig
Chair, RACGP SA&NT