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Distance education to GP registrars in Australia

  1. RVTS Grand Round 2025 Keynote Address by Professor Nicholas Talley

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    RVTS Grand Round 2025 Keynote Address by Professor Nicholas Talley

    How is climate change shaping the health of rural and remote communities—and what can GPs do right now to help?  In this special episode of RVTS4GPs, we bring you the keynote address from Professor Nicholas Talley, recorded at the 2025 RVTS Grand Round: On the Frontline – Rural GPs Caring for Communities in a Changing Climate.    Professor Talley speaks with passion and urgency about the health impacts of climate change, highlighting the challenges for rural practice and issuing a powerful call to action for GPs everywhere.  Whether you’re climate-conscious, climate-curious, or simply committed to being the best GP you can be, this episode is packed with insights and inspiration you won’t want to miss.  More about Professor Talley:  Distinguished Laureate Professor Nicholas Talley is a world-leading neurogastroenterologist, clinician and educator with a research interest in disorders of gut-brain interactions and eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder. Nick is currently Head, Discipline of Medicine at the University of Newcastle, an NHMRC Leadership Fellow, and Chief Investigator of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Digestive Health in Newcastle. His undergraduate textbook Clinical Examination (now 9th edition) won 1st place in the British Medical Association Book Awards in 2018. He is currently the Board Chair of Doctors for the Environment Australia, and he is very active in advocating about the serious health impacts of climate change, and promoting adaptation and mitigation by the health system and the community.  Want to keep exploring?  Doctors for the Environment Australia - Green College Guidelines -   Climate and Health Alliance  Green Hospitals  Journal of Climate Change and Health  National guide to preventive health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Fourth Edition ( Chapter 21: Health Impacts of Climate Change )   Carbon Positive Australia

    39 min
  2. 11/11/2024 · VIDEO

    RVTS : The "Secret Sauce" for Successful Rural and Remote Workforce Retention and GP training

    Welcome to this very special podcast episode where we discuss in-depth the recent Medical Journal of Australia supplement collection of five research articles highlighting the successes of the RVTS programme. I am joined by RVTS CEO Dr Pat Giddings and Assoc. Professor Belinda O’Sullivan from the University of Queensland who conducted the research that led to the publications.   This episode will be of interest to anyone concerned about General Practice rural workforce shortage, those wanting to know how to support GP registrars in rural and remote areas, the special ingredients required in a successful remote supervision model, the training and support of Overseas Trained doctors to gain GP fellowship and providing meaningful First Nations Cultural training and support for GP registrars.     This is a long episode, so grab your coffee or plug-in as you drive to and from work to hear the research findings detailing what has made RVTS so successful in achieving impressive workplace retention as well as fellowship success for the past, nearly 25 years.   Timestamps are noted below in case you want to fast forward to an area of special interest but I thoroughly recommend you taking the time to listen to the whole episode as there are many hidden gems.   Have a great day.  Dr Meryl Nicol    The link to the MJA supplement is here and a published editorial in Insight+ is here    Time  Notes  00.16  Introductions  1:41  How did the publication come about?  3:10  How is RVTS different as a GP training provider?  5:23  Location-based training - benefits to communities and participants  5:39  500 doctors to 350+ communities  6:02  Research results - reported benefits of communities and participants  7:38  Policy maker gains - Closing the Gap, Rural work force and Cruck review  8:52  Overseas trained doctors or IMG's and keys to success  11:03  Comfort  11:42  Confidence  12:15  Competence  13:21  Belonging and face to face workshops  14:01  Bonding  15:25  RVTS support, Overseas trained doctor satisfaction  20:57  RVTS supervision model  25.32  RVTS - how cost effective is it?  29.12  Retention years of return  30.14  Years of service in the community of RVTS registrars  34.08  Hidden costs of locums  36.15  70% of registrars are inland not coastal  37.53  Targeted recruitment model - rural workforce solutions for remote and very remote locations  46.56  Contribution to First Nations Health and Reconciliation Action Plan  49.48  RVTS Reconciliation Action Plan  52.21  Cultural mentor research findings  53.05  Surprises for the evaluator -multilayered support  55.22  Cumulatively, NOT a small programme  56.29  Scalability  57.41  Best practice model for supporting doctors especially IMG's in resource-poor environments,  58.26  Transferable model to other disciplines  58.47  Making a difference  59.25  Wonderful to work with the team at UQ  1.00.36  Final comments from Assoc Prof Belinda O’Sullivan  1.02.38  Final thanks

    1 h y 3 min
  3. 28/01/2024 · VIDEO

    Filling out Certificates: "Life Extinct" and "Death"

    Filling out certificates seems to constitute an increasing part of a GP's job. The variety and sheer number of different forms to be familiar with can be difficult for GP registrars starting out in General Practice in Australia. Certificate completion requiring a degree of urgency, can occur unexpectedly in the middle of an already busy day. Certificates can be time-consuming and challenging, especially if you are not exactly sure what your obligations are, and what you can and cannot write!! In this episode, in response to questions from our GP registrars, we explore the issue of writing "Life Extinct" and "Cause of Death" certificates. We dived into the webinar archive and have combined edited excerpts from two different webinars.   The first half of this episode is taken from a webinar from 2019, presented by one of our very own medical educators, Dr Mike Eaton. This part covers “Life extinct” and “Death certificates” and what you can get paid for! The second half, ( from 11:41 ) contains edited excerpts from a recent 2023 webinar given by two Medico-legal Advisers with MDA National, Dr Libby Harris and Dr Julian Walter. They presented a webinar for our first-year registrars looking at many common medicolegal problems that GP’s face, and this excerpt about Death Certificates has been extracted from that presentation.   To maintain privacy and full participation by registrars in our webinars, all comments made and questions raised by registrars during these webinars, have been fully edited out. Please like and subscribe to our podcast, on the podcast app of your choice, to ensure you don’t miss out on further published educational content. Have a great day! Dr Meryl Nicol

    21 min

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