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ACRRM President’s End-of-Year Message: Reflecting on 2024 and Looking Ahead
Dec 19, 2024Read ACRRM President Dr Rod Martin's end of year message -
Sponsored: Your insights are important to us!
Dec 12, 2024Quit Centre wants to hear about your experiences with providing smoking and vaping cessation care. The unique insights of rural medical practitioners are important to us, and we welcome participation and feedback from rural and remote general practitioners. -
ACRRM receives positive annual report card from AMC
Dec 12, 2024This month ACRRM received the findings of its annual report to the AMC on its Fellowship programs. The report commended the work of the College in a number of key areas and confirmed that ACRRM continues to substantially meet its accreditation standards. -
Medical specialists warn: Quality healthcare shouldn't depend on your postcode
Dec 5, 2024Ahead of the December 6 Health Ministers' Meeting, the Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC) warned that the proposed fast-track registration of Specialist International Medical Graduates (SIMGs) risks exacerbating a two-tier healthcare system in which the quality of specialist care Australians receive could be determined by their postcode. -
Rural Doctors Gear Up for Emergency Week in Brisbane
Dec 4, 2024More than 100 Rural Generalists and 20 course facilitators have converged in Brisbane for ACRRM’s Emergency Week, a critical professional development program equipping doctors with specialist skills to support rural, remote, and First Nations communities. -
PBS Update December 2024
Dec 4, 2024The PBS update for December 2024 covers :PBS Website Update, PBAC Recommendations for amendments to COVID-19 oral treatment restrictions, Expanded access to dapagliflozin for type 2 diabetes patients with high cardiovascular risk, New API for PBS schedule data -
ACRRM training outperforms national averages in key areas, survey reveals
Dec 3, 2024ACRRM continues to deliver high-quality registrar training experiences, as evidenced by the latest results from the 2024 Medical Training Survey (MTS). -
Policy and Advocacy Update
Nov 28, 2024The ACRRM College Council convened in Darwin on 23 October and considered a number of policy and advocacy issues prior to the RMA conference. -
Australian Antarctic Division launches doctor recruitment drive - Doctors wanted for Antarctic stations
Nov 28, 2024The Australian Antarctic Division is looking for four medical practitioners keen to spend a year working at one of Australia’s four Antarctic and sub-Antarctic stations. The doctors will work at Casey, Davis, Mawson or Macquarie Island over the 2027 winter. Training starts in June 2026, with successful candidates travelling south between November 2026 and April 2027. -
ACRRM has updated the Assessment Eligibility Policy, limiting assessment attempts to four.
Nov 25, 2024ACRRM has recently endorsed an important update to the Assessment Eligibility Policy, limiting the number of attempts for all assessments to a maximum of four per modality. This policy, effective January 2025, will bring ACRRM into alignment with other medical colleges and set a consistent framework for registrars, Specialist International Medical Graduates (SIMGs), and ACRRM staff. -
Sponsored: Save the date for Healthed face-to-face seminars in 2025 – See you there?
Nov 21, 2024ACRRM members are invited to attend Healthed’s selection of in-person seminars across the country in 2025. All dates have now been announced for Australia’s most popular one-day seminar for GPs. -
Submission to AMC Draft Standards for nationally consistent training site accreditation
Nov 20, 2024The College has provided a submission to the national consultation on the AMC draft standards and procedures for training site accreditation. These documents are intended to provide a model, outcomes-based framework for all medical colleges to promote consistency of standards for Fellowship training. -
Submission to the Review into regulatory complexity
Nov 20, 2024The College has provided a submission to the Independent Review of Complexity in the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS). ACRRM’s submission follows an earlier submission and several consultations with the review team. -
National Council of Primary Care Doctors - Urgent Care Centres Position Statement
Nov 19, 2024The National Council of Primary Care Doctors* (the Council) supports and strongly advocates to increase access to general practice services for all Australians, including during after-hours periods. -
Sponsored: The end of the year approaches – Earn last minute CPD with a free upcoming webcast from Healthed
Nov 14, 2024Australia’s largest private provider of CPD for GPs is hosting their next free webcast and ACRRM members are invited to join thousands of GPs on Tuesday 26th November 7pm AEDT and register for the next online webcast. -
ACRRM Welcomes Dr Sarah Chalmers as RDAA President Elect
Nov 13, 2024The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) is delighted to welcome Dr Sarah Chalmers, former ACRRM President, as the President Elect of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA). -
Sponsored: Does your indemnity provider support you when it matters most?
Nov 7, 2024In the ever-evolving world of healthcare, the support of your indemnity provider is more important than ever. -
Improving outcomes for people with a concussion: the AUS-mTBI study and app using HeadCheck
Nov 7, 2024The Australian Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (AUS-mTBI) study is a national endeavour that is developing an online tool to improve care and recovery for people who suffer a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or concussion. -
ACRRM Response to Final Scope of Practice Report
Nov 5, 2024The release of the Federal Government’s final report on the Scope of Practice review is missing the mark on rural and remote community need, according to the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM).