Dr Alice Fitzgerald grew up and went to medical school in Adelaide before she decided she needed a change of scenery and moved across to Perth to complete her internship at the Royal Perth Hospital. She is now based in the far northern Western Australia town of in Kununurra, located at the eastern extremity of the Kimberley Region.

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The College continues its advocacy and involvement in consultations regarding rural and remote maternity services. In a recent press release, College President Dr Ewen McPhee urged the Commonwealth and State governments to prioritise the needs of rural women and their families and act to improve access to rural and remote maternity service.

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This week over 30 of our Independent Pathway Registrars came to Brisbane for their week-long face to face education workshop.

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From a childhood of moving from one small town to another, FACRRM Dr Antoinette Mowbray experienced life in rural and remote towns from an early age. She now works in Bairnsdale, Victoria where she works as a VMO GP with procedural obstetrics

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There is no better time to start your journey to Fellowship on the Independent Pathway. With ACRRM allocating non-VR support of $15,000 towards the education program fee, there is now just a $9,955 balance for registrars. You can pay up front or in instalments. The choice is yours.

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The College has responded to the announcement from Health Minister the Hon Greg Hunt MP, that from 1 April a new MBS item for heart health checks will support General Practitioners and patients in assessing cardiovascular risk.

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From now until 30 June 2019, patients in Queensland flood affected areas can access Medicare rebated video consultations with a GP or non-specialist medical practitioner.

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Medicare-registered GP providers of Focussed Psychological Strategies (FPS) can now claim for the provision of mental health services via videoconference to patients in MMM areas 4-7.

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Tele-Derm users have exclusive access to the upcoming ACRRM skin cancer webinar presented by Ophthalmologist Prof Tim Sullivan and Plastic Surgeon Dr Dan Kennedy.

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Last weekend saw the ACRRM Registrar Committee gather in Brisbane for its inaugural 2019 face-to-face meeting.

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ACRRM is leading a project to design and deliver a high-quality education package for GPs in Drug and Alcohol Addiction Training.

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The College supports initiatives to assist doctors impacted by flooding in North Queensland and encourages members to provide assistance where they can.

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Are you working in a drought declared area? Six new Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items have been introduced to enable GPs and non-specialist medical practitioners to provide general mental health and well-being support services by video conference to patients in drought-affected areas.

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The Maternity and Neonatal eHandbooks is now maintained by Safer Care Victoria. You can access this suite of clinical guidance through their website.

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ACRRM President Dr Ewen McPhee and CEO Marita Cowie have presented the College’s priority issues to key stakeholders in Canberra in the first week of Federal Parliament.

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ACRRM is convening a respectful workplaces working group to provide advice on College operations and activities as part of our continuous quality improvement toward promoting and upholding respectful workplaces.

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Phase 3 of the Childhood Immunisation Education Campaign – ‘Get the Facts’ has launched to encourage Australian parents and carers to get their kids vaccinated.

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The College has joined the National Children’s Digital Health Collaborative, a transformative, national partnership established on behalf of the Australian Digital Health Agency.

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The World Organisation of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations (WONCA), the peak international body for family doctors, this month signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the World Health Organization (WHO) to strengthen collaboration between the two organisations.

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The College has developed a unique set of standards and an audit tool to ensure that small rural hospitals are provided with the minimum resources they need to deliver emergency care to people living in remote areas.

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