Heaps of training and professional development opportunities.... No Images? Click here November 2 2017 Whopping GP registrar workshopThe biannual GP registrar workshop is being held (November 1-4) in Alice Springs with a whopping 51 GP registrars attending. Workshop organiser Rachel Baldwin says “this workshop has some real draw cards for GP registrars, particularly specialist Joshua Tidswell from Elite physiotherapy on his musculo-skeletal session and Dr Paul Rivalland from Family Planning about his women’s health session”. The next workshop will be held in Darwin in April 2018. Joshua Tidswell and keen onlookers during his musculo-skeletal session. All the GP registrars at the Alice Springs workshop GP17The GP17 conference was held in Sydney October 26-28, with over 2000 delegates attending. This year NTGPE had a booth which attracted many visitors. It was heartening to hear interest from the national GP community to work in the NT. Richard Fejo, Dr Bambi Ward and Dr Frank Meumann presented on the value of the Balint method for issues or challenges relating to working with Indigenous patients. Arguably one of the stand out moments of the conference from an RTO perspective was the announcement by the federal Health Minster about the planned takeover of GP training by the colleges by 2022. Please read below for a message by NTGPE CEO Stephen Pincus about the takeover. NTGPE was the sponsor of the National Faculties Evening hosted by RACGP Aboriginal Torres Strait and Islander Health, RACGP Rural and RACGP Specific Interests. At the NTGPE booth L-R Dr Natalia Rhode, Silvia Bretta, Dr Sarah Barklay, Dr Shivon Jain, Dr Rosemary Wyber, Dr Natasha Pavlin, Anna Greer and Stephen Pincus. NTGPE CEO message about future GP training delivery"NTGPE has a contract with the Department of Health for the delivery of GP registrar education and training until the end of 2018. Although there has been no formal announcement, I expect that NTGPE will also be contracted to deliver GP training in the Northern Territory over the 2019-2021 period. The federal Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt, announced at the RACGP GP17 conference on October 27 that ACRRM and RACGP would take over the training from 2022 but did not provide any information about the form that the training will take after that, including the role of the RTOs. Until we have further information, NTGPE will continue to work closely with our GP registrars, supervisors, training posts and other stakeholders to ensure we continue to train GP registrars and support their learning environment in the context of the needs of the NT community". NTGPE CEO Dr Odette Phillips winner of Health Professional of the Year award - GP categoryOdette has spent the last 10 years working for Katherine West Health Board and describes an unfaltering desire to practice medicine in remote Australia. “I waited until my last kid had turned 18 and I looked for a remote job. GP NT, as it was called at the time, offered me work at Katherine West and I really enjoyed it. I would come during the New Zealand winter and then I started to get brave and come in the wet season as well. For the first eight years with Katherine West, I would come for short and long-term locum positions. Since early 2015 I have been in the NT full time as the Senior Medical Officer for Katherine West". Odette Phillips (centre) at a GP supervisor professional development workshop in Katherine NTGPE curriculum planning dayEvery year NTGPE pulls together the education team and RLOs to review the education program against the college's curricula to determine if it is delivering the correct content in the best possible format. This year's education team was represented by: Dr Graham Emblen, Dr Hubert van Doorn, Dr Erin Bryce, Dr Bronwyn Carson, Dr Lina Zbaidi, Dr Kishan Pandithage, Christine Heatherington-Tait, Dr Olivia O'Donoghue and RLOs Dr Winnie Chen and Dr Georgina Taylor. The meeting for this year was held in Alice Springs on October 31 and was a larger review than normal because RACGP has released a new curriculum that addresses the five domains of general practice and is now an outcomes based document. The team came away feeling confident about NTGPE's education program and how it is being delivered. Some areas were identified that need development for example, custodial care and considering approaches to provide RTO based education for those more advanced registrars (PRR/GPT 3-4). GP registrars and GP supervisors have access to a curriculum map in myGPcommunity, this is heat mapped so they can see what areas are being covered through their term tasks. NTGPE discuss the colleges curriculum with the GP registrars and at orientation and workshops to understand where we are mapping their education from. GP supervisor training for new recruitsFoundation workshop for new GP supervisors in the Alice Springs region was held November 2. The workshop provides GPs with an introduction to supervision and covers topics on formal and informal teachings, teaching and learning resources and an overview of NTGPEs training program and requirements The presenters were Graham Emblen, Hubert Van Doorn, Tranh Tran and Christine Heatherington-Tate. Training and professional development opportunities$40,000 grants for GPs to train in anaesthetics or obstetricsAttention GPs practising in ASGC-RA 2-5 locations: you have been invited to apply for grant funding to further education in Advanced Rural Skills Training in Anaesthesia or gain the qualification DRANZCOG Advanced (anaesthetics component managed by ACRRM and obstetrics by RANZCOG). Successful applicants will receive a total of $40,000 over a two-year period under the General Practitioner Procedural Training Support Program (GPPTSP). For selection criteria and guidelines for the anaesthetics component visit the GPPTSP page on the ACRRM website and information about the obstetrics component visit the RANZCOG website. Applications will open on Monday 23 October 2017 via the ACRRM website Applications must be received by COB Thursday 23 November 2017 For more information contact gpptsp@acrrm.org.au. Did you miss the ACRRM REST in Darwin?For your diary, the next REST in the NT is: March 3-4 2018 Practice managers and staff burn out eSeminar – Alice Springs and DarwinDelivered by Australian Association of Practice Managers, Burn out: Your risky self, is aimed at practice managers and practice staff to examine and support the team to avoid burn out in general practice. The learning outcomes for this session are:
A practice support networking lunch will start after the eSeminar from 12.30 – 1:00pm. Thursday, 16 November: Register for Darwin For more information practicesupport@ntphn.org.au For health professionals in Katherine and Gove, please register and let the team know that you wish to access the eSeminar on the email address above. GP palliative approach workshopNT PHN invites GPs to the GP palliative approach workshop on Wednesday November 15 in Darwin. The aim of the workshop is to develop an understanding of the palliative approach to care and its application in general practice. For more information events@ntphn.org.au Spirometry training courseNT PHN and the National Asthma Council Australia as part of the Asthma Best Practice for Health Professionals Program invites GPs and practice nurses to the Spirometry Training Course on November 18 in Darwin. This course provides comprehensive training in the application, measurement and interpretation of expiratory spirometry in general practice. The interactive workshop includes hands-on components to allow participants to apply their new knowledge in a practical setting. For more information events@ntphn.org.au |