The College has partnered with Macular Disease Foundation to provide a new online course that will introduce Rural Generalists and General Practitioners to two topics; age-related macular degeneration and diabetic eye disease. This will contribute towards greater GP knowledge of Macular Disease. 

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QLD members are invited to submit expressions of interest to join and actively participate in the Clinical Advisory Group (CAG) membership for the development of Maxillofacial Surgery CPC or Dermatology CPC.

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If there is someone who epitomises the remote in 'rural and remote medicine' it has to be Dr Patrick Owens, Royal Australian Navy Medical Officer.

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Today, Tasmanian AGPT registrars, supervisors and training posts contracted with General Practice Training Tasmania (GPTT) officially transition to College-led Training with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM).

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The Australian Society for Psychological Medicine (ASPM) has one more Focused Psychological Strategies Skill Training ‘Level 2’ series available in 2022. Delivered online by GP’s for GP’s.

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With the election of a new Federal Government, a critical shortage of rural doctors, and a conference in the nation’s capital, this year’s Rural Medicine Australia conference (RMA22) was always going to have a strong political flavour – and those attending this year’s conference will not be disappointed.

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The Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Health Care has invited the College to nominate a representative to contribute to the development of resources and messaging to alert rural and remote medicine practitioners of a sustained increase in community-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI)...

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The hunt is on for GPs and nurses who want to make the change, one-day-a-week at a local high school. Victoria has 100 government secondary schools that benefit from the Doctors in Secondary Schools program, where students can access safe, quality health services.

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Intimate partner violence is the leading preventable contributor to death, disability and illness in women of reproductive age.

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The Coalition of Peaks met in August to progress its work in actioning the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. The Coalition is a representative body of over 80 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled peak organisations and members...

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Sexual violence affects all people, but it does not impact all people equally. Women living in rural areas are more likely to experience interpersonal violence, including sexual violence, than those living in urban settings. Find out more...

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Rural doctors from across Australia are dusting off their travel bags and getting ready to descend on the nation’s capital, with the first face-to-face Rural Medicine Australia conference in three years being held next month.

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Ahpra and the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) have accepted all 16 recommendations made by the independent review of medical practitioners who perform cosmetic surgery. Read more...

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The hunt is on for GPs and nurses who want to make the change, one-day-a-week at a local high school. Victoria has 100 government secondary schools that benefit from the Doctors in Secondary Schools program...

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On Monday 15 August 2022, senior representatives from RACGP and ACRRM met in Melbourne with the GP Training Cultural Educators and Cultural Mentors Network (CECM Network) Governance group.

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The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is seeking applications from experts in medicine, science, and consumer perspectives and issues, to fill upcoming vacancies across seven statutory advisory committees.

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MedicMall does all the hard work for you by bringing all the products and services you need to run your busy healthcare business, together, in one convenient, intuitive and easy to use marketplace.

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The hunt is on for GPs and nurses who want to make the change, one-day-a-week at a local high school. Victoria has 100 government secondary schools which benefit from the Doctors in Secondary Schools program where students can access safe, quality health services.

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A range of information and resources, including the ‘Voluntary Assisted Dying: Essential information for health professionals’ eLearning program is now available on the WA Department of Health website.

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The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is seeking a nomination from the College for a senior representative to join the ACSQHC Emergency Triage Education Kit (ETEK) Project Advisory Group.

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