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Byron Kaye and Andrew Bracey

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Proposal to triple CPD for supervising students

Proposal to triple CPD for supervising students

MORE GPs may soon be prepared to offer their services in training medical students, after RACGP members voted to have the college review and potentially triple the number of continuing professional development (CPD) points they can self-claim for teaching. The motion to have the RACGP council consider increasing teaching CPD points from 10 to 30 was voted in convincingly by about 100 attendees in a convocation session at the college’s GP11 conference in Hobart last week. “GPs who are willing to take the time to teach students and do it well are a scarce commodity,” University of Western ...

Online GP promo videos the way of the future?

OPERATORS of a novel web video-based approach for US doctors to spruik their services have called on GPs to revolutionise the way they make initial contact with and earn the trust of prospective patients.

GPs to enlist patients to fight mental health cuts

POLL Would you enlist your patients in a campaign to overturn budget cuts? MILLIONS of Australians will be enlisted by their GP to help overturn the Federal Government’s Budget plan to slash Medicare rebates for mental health consultations. A nationwide campaign involving posters in GP waiting rooms and discussions with patients on the cuts is expected to begin shortly, after a recent crisis meeting of United General Practice Australia (UGPA) members – the umbrella group for Australia’s six peak GP bodies. The AMA has already written to all federal MPs and senators urging them ...

Public asked to join battle against mental health cuts

MILLIONS of Australians will be enlisted by their GP to help overturn the Federal Government’s Budget plan to slash Medicare rebates for mental health consultations. A nationwide campaign involving posters in GP waiting rooms and discussions with patients on the cuts  is expected to begin shortly, after a recent crisis meeting of United General Practice Australia (UGPA) members – the umbrella group for Australia’s six peak GP bodies. The AMA has already written to all federal MPs and senators urging them to reject the cuts and seek alternative savings from GP super clinic and Medicare Locals funding. ...

Calls for mental health rebate cuts to be reversed

FEDERAL Parliament has been urged to seek savings in programs such as the GP super clinics and Medicare Locals in order to save rebates for GP mental health plans which were slashed significantly in the recent Budget. In a letter to all Federal MPs and senators, the AMA has today requested the rebate cuts be axed, arguing that the decision was made with no prior consultation with the profession and would undermine the Government’s own push to bolster mental health services. The letter came as Mental Health Minister Mark Butler today repeated his claims that GPs were ...

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