GP AUSTRALIA

The latest edition of Going Places magazine is now available – the magazine that puts the spotlight on general practice, and the variety of careers it offers.

Highlights of this edition include:

• Dr Ginni Mansberg – discussing combining a career as a GP with her work in broadcasting and publishing, while still finding time to be a devoted mother of three.
• Professor Michael Kidd, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Flinders University, discussing his involvement with HIV patients from the start of the 1990s, and the many roles he has held in the GP arena.
• Handy tips, case studies and the ever-popular “Confessions of a 21st century intern”…

Click here to read an electronic copy of the latest edition, or look out for the magazine in your workplace soon …

The MJA has published recent findings from the ongoing MABEL study – Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life – which show high levels of professional satisfaction among GPs. Read on…

Applications for the Remote Vocational Training Scheme’s 2011 intake close at 5pm on 9 July 2010. RVTS offers an alternative Read on…

Applications for the Remote Vocational Training Scheme’s 2011 intake are now open.

Additional places and new eligibility criteria will allow more doctors to access this Commonwealth funded program, Read on…

At 9am this morning the online application portal was opened for the 2011 places in the AGPT program. The portal will close at 9am on 16 June 2010.

Where to find further details for AGPT applications about: Read on…

General Practice Education and Training Pty Ltd have released the Applicant Guide for the 2011 intake of GP Registrars into the Australian General Practice Training program.
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Watch Kevin Rudd meeting GPRA delegates during Breathing NEW Life

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This is the speach given by The Hon Nicola Roxon MP at the 2010 General Practice Registrars Australia Conference.

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From the Department of Health and Ageing

Analysis by the Department of Health of the Government’s $632 million investment to train 1200 new GPs a year has shown that the move will deliver around five million extra GP services across Australia.

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