Dr John Urie from Bairnsdale, Victoria, is a recipient of an Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) 2022 Honorary Fellowship Award for providing a significant contribution to the field of rural generalism.

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Timor Leste, Afghanistan, remote mine sites, ships, prisons and regional hospitals are just some of the locations decorated former army medic, Dr Dan Pronk, has explored the concept of resilience, which he will share with almost 1000 delegates at Rural Medicine Australia 2022 (RMA22), Australia’s peak rural doctor conference.

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The critical issue of mental health and wellbeing in the bush – both for rural health professionals and their patients – will be a significant focus of this year’s Rural Medicine Australia conference (RMA22), and a timely one given World Mental Health Week is also underway this week.

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Medical practitioners and registered nurses who are considering playing a formal role in the voluntary assisted dying (VAD) process can now access the Tasmanian Approved Voluntary Assisted Dying Training.

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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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