Welcome to the latest issue.

Welcome to our new doctors

NCGPT welcomes two new doctors to the Support Towards Fellowship Program. We hope that you are confident in pursuing your learing plan goals and we will support you along the way.

A reminder to everyone else that if you are seeking support, resources, information on upcoming courses and workshops that we can be contacted by phone on

02 66815711 or email sharync@ncgpt.org.au

Congratulations

Congratulations  to Dr Cain English who was successful in completing the Fellowship of Australian College of Rural and Remote Practitioners assessments recently. It is always great to hear of another  one of our program members achieving their goal.

ACRRM Members

RRMEO

About RRMEO: rrmeo@acrrm.org.au

Rural and Remote Medical Education Online (RRMEO) is a world first, developed by ACRRM, and is the first online learning platform designed and built specifically for rural doctors. It is a suite of powerful electronic tools that assists doctors, ACRRM and associated medical education providers, in the management of information, administration and professional education requirements.

RRMEO is easily accessible from any location via your Internet browser with no need to download any additional plug-ins or applications . RRMEO is a powerful tool for organisations and is simple to learn. It is intuitive, and requires only basic computer knowledge.

Northern Child Health Network Paediatric Update

What: Northern Child Health Network Paediatric Update for NSW Regional and Rural Clinicians

When:  25 & 26 August 2011

Where:  Tamworth NSW

Registration:  Registrations close 31 July 2011 and places are limited to 120
Contact Louise Austin
T: (02) 4939 2469 or E: louise.austin@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au

Neonatal and Paediatric resuscitation training will also be held on Saturday 27 August.

Articles of Interest

Chronic Disease Care: A piece of the picture

The Bureau of Health Information, NSW
This report provides information about two chronic conditions that affect patients in NSW: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure (CHF).

It focuses on potentially avoidable admissions (PAAs) for COPD and CHF. PAAs are hospital admissions that could have been avoided either through disease prevention, or more timely or improved care processes.
See: www.bhi.nsw.gov.au/ publications

Educational Resources

A reminder of some useful resources that will assist you in your studies.

Education Support and resources available to you include:

1. RACGP Curriculum for General Practice 2008 www.racgp.org.au/curriculum

2. ACRRM Teaching, Learning and Resources www.rrmeo.com

3. The RACGP John Murtagh Library. Full details of services and resources available at: www.racgp.org.au/library. 
• gplearning www.gplearning.com.au
• MyGeneralPractice www.racgp.org.au/mygeneralpractice

4. Other RACGP Resources:
• Australian Family Physician (AFP)
• Continuous Home Evaluation Clinical Knowledge (CHECK) program.
• CHECK on CHECK
• Clinical atlases (dermatology, radiology, ECGs etc)
• General Practice by John Murtagh
• These resources may be purchased at most medical book suppliers. Some are available through the RACGP at a discounted rate for members. They may also be available for limited loan through the RACGP John Murtagh Library, undergraduate and postgraduate libraries.

To order RACGP publications, download an order form from http://www.racgp.org.au/publications/orders  

Conference

33rd John Murtagh Annual Update Course for General Practitioners

Topic areas of the program for 2011 have been chosen from suggestions by past participants and will embrace a range of popular areas of such as dermatology, ophthalmology, neurology as well as mental health. Updates will also be provided on breast cancer, prostate disorders and clotting disorders among other things. All in all, a program not to be missed and we would encourage you to register to ensure your place, as soon as possible.

Date: Nov 2nd  - Nov 4th 2011
Location: Melbourne VIC
Convenor: School of Primary Health care and the Department of General practice at Monash University
Contact: Faye Alphonso
Phone: +61 3 9902 4444
Fax: +61 3 8575 2233
Email: faye.alphonso@monash.edu
Website: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/general-practice/conf/update-course.html

BEACH Data

General Practice Activity in Australia

10 year data tables
BEACH
Bettering the Evaluation And Care of Health

The historical and most up to date report and can be accessed at:

http://www.fmrc.org.au/beach.htm