Wellbeing weekend
Designed by GPs for GPs, the Wellbeing weekend offers you the opportunity to relax and rejuvenate, while learning new skills and connecting with other like-minded GPs.
The weekend features a variety of educational workshops and sessions focusing on ways to minimise day-to-day stress and optimise the health, self care and wellbeing of you and your patients.
Set in the historic spa town of Hepburn Springs the program offers opportunities for networking as well as optional activities such as yoga, bushwalking and music performance.
Our keynote speakers include Dr Leanne Rowe, GP and co-author of 'Every Doctor: Healthier Doctors = Healthier Patients', and Dr Caroline Johnson, RACGP Victoria 2019 GP of the Year.
Topics include:
- Mindfulness and self compassion
- Taking the stress out of medico-legal
- Time management
- Helping patients to cope
- Embracing new ways – practice ownership
- Imposter syndrome and GP burnout
Bring your family to share the weekend with you and experience the many opportunities on offer at Bellinzona and Hepburn Springs.
| Date: |
Saturday and Sunday 14–15 March 2020 |
| Venue: |
Bellinzona Resort, 77 Main Road, Hepburn Springs VIC 3461 |
| Cost: |
RACGP members: $300
RACGP Registrar members: $250
Non-members: $350 |
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Legal Aids
| Date: |
Saturday 21 March 2020 |
| Time: |
1.30 - 4.30 pm |
| Venue: |
RACGP House, 100 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne VIC 3002 |
| Cost: |
RACGP members: $35
Non-members: $50 |
The RACGP Victoria International Medical Graduate (IMG) Committee present ‘Legal Aids’.
The workshop will help you identify and understand practice, professional and personal risks and develop strategies that can be implemented to manage them.
Specialist legal and clinical practitioners will provide practical strategies for manage common legal risks that are faced by new and overseas-trained GPs.
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Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence (MATOD)
MATOD module 1 Safer Opioid Prescribing – Online and face-to-face workshops
RACGP Victoria is now offering Medication Treatment for Opioid Dependence (MATOD) module 1 online and via face-to-face workshops.
MATOD module 1 focuses on evidence-based practice and consultation approaches designed to help prevent, identify and manage problems arising from opioid prescribing.
This training is a prerequisite for prescribers who want to attend MATOD module 2.
Module 1 can be completed online with your RACGP membership number or you can register for a workshop by clicking on the date links below.
More information
Module 1 face-to-face workshops
| Sunday 1 March 2020 |
Ibis Styles, Sale |
| Wednesday 29 April 2020 |
Novotel Geelong |
MATOD module 2
MATOD module 2 is now delivered via a blended approach:
Module 2: Part A – Online training will allow practitioners to learn about opioid use disorder and the pharmacology of buprenorphine and methadone.
Module 2: Part B – Face-to-face workshop is a four-hour interactive session of case-based discussion presented by MATOD specialist GPs.