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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The Australian Digital Health Agency is seeking applications, through a Request for Tender process, for suitably qualified, experienced, and interested individuals to join a group of expert advisors who will support the Agency’s program of work.

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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) announces Dr Dan Halliday will lead the College as President from October 2022. Dr Halliday will succeed Dr Sarah Chalmers whose presidency ends at the College’s 2022 Annual General Meeting.

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The ACRRM College Council has endorsed a policy position statement on Rural and Remote Urgent Care Centres (UCCs).

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ACRRM is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 ACRRM President’s Prize, Lucinda Colbert and Lisa Altmann. Lucinda and Lisa are fourth-year medical students with a passion for rural generalism and improving the healthcare needs for rural and remote communities.

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In a move to support Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) registrars, supervisors and training posts in Tasmania, the College and General Practice Training Tasmania (GPTT) have agreed to an early transition to the ACRRM Fellowship program. The date for transition of GPTT training delivery to ACRRM has been brought forward from February 2023 to 30 September 2022.

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Today marks the first successful transition of the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) program to the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) with AGPT registrars in NSW and ACT transferring from Regional Training Organisation (RTO) GP Synergy to the College.

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ACRRM members are invited to take part in a short trial to review the iRefer imaging guidelines developed in the UK by the Royal College of Radiologists. The trial will collect data to indicate how these guidelines can support health care practice in Australia.

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