Members of the ACRRM College Council travelled to Brisbane for a productive weekend meeting and workshop on May 11-12. The weekend started on a positive note with a successful informal networking reception for College members and a range of representatives from stakeholder organisations including Queensland Health;

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Help us celebrate our doctors working in rural and remote Australia, by nominating them for an award to be presented at our annual conference, Rural Medicine Australia 2019 (RMA19), held on the Gold Coast this October.

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Tele-Derm, ACRRM’s online dermatology education platform, is free for members and rural doctors and includes a series of personal interactive webinars held throughout the year.

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ACRRM Online Learning is the College’s online learning platform that enables members (and subscribers) to maintain and extend their skills from any location in the world and provides fingertip access to education, clinical support, discussion forums and peer support.

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The Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits was updated on 1 May 2019 and the Summary of Changes can be found on the New, Amended and Deleted Items page. A number of updates are now also available via the PBS website.

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ACRRM was very pleased to support the successful Victorian Rural Health Conference (VRHC19) last weekend. The level of energy, enthusiasm and buzz at the conference was a strong indicator of the support for Rural Generalism.

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The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (NSQHS) has released the draft NSQHS Standards User Guide for Medication Management in Cancer Care for public consultation.

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Thinking about becoming a Supervisor, or wanting an opportunity to sharpen your Supervision skills? Our ‘Supervision Essentials’ module is available now on ACRRM Online Learning and is designed to provide the core knowledge and skills required to safely and effectively supervise doctors at all stages in their career.

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Choosing ACRRM for your AGPT career pathway provides you with unique opportunities. Find out more about where rural can take you with Captain (Dr) Robert (Bob) Worswick, Australian Defence Force Medical Officer and ACRRM AGPT registrar.

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Earlier this month the Chair of the MBS Reviews Taskforce, Professor Bruce Robinson, released a statement following the Government’s announcement accepting a number of recommendations put forward by the Taskforce.

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As part of the Close the Gap refresh, an historic Partnership Agreement has been made between the Commonwealth and jurisdictional governments and the Coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peak Bodies to share decision-making going forward on all work toward Close the Gap.

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The National Immunisation Council has advised that following a review of the evidence around the timing of pertussis vaccination in pregnancy, the pertussis-containing vaccine is now recommended as a single dose between 20 and 32 weeks in each pregnancy.

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Are you a GP practising in rural and remote areas? Did you know you can receive $2,000 per day to maintain and enhance your clinical skills through the Rural Procedural Grants Program.

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We know our members are proud Rural Generalists and we know you are connected to our values of being visionary, courageous, experts and inclusive.

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ACRRM Fellow Dr Elise Ly shares her amazing journey and the moment she realised rural was for her. Dr Ly trained on the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) program. If you are considering a career in rural medicine, visit our website to find out more about AGPT. Or discover more about other ACRRM pathways to Fellowship.

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The College is working to respond to the Nurse Practitioner Reference Group report from the MBS Review Taskforce. We would value member input into this report.

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Follow-up services following a GP management plan, health assessment and providing of immunisation or wound care provided on behalf of a medical practitioner.

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ACRRM was pleased to support the Tasmanian Rural Health Conference held in Hobart last weekend (23 & 24 March).

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The College would like to thank Ophthalmologist Prof Tim Sullivan for donating his time to discuss skin cancer in difficult sites with rural doctors at the Tele-Derm webinar hosted earlier this month.

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