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Updated Advice for the Care ofPregnant Women
Dear Obstetric Shared Care GPs, Welcome back to another GP Obstetric Shared Care update. Autumn is drawing to a close, and we think that we can all feel the cold chill of winter descending upon us! But don’t worry GP Partners and the GP Obstetric Shared Care Program has got you covered. It’s time to […]
Meet Dr Michael MacPherson
Born in a small Canadian city, Dr Michael Macpherson spent many days on his extended family’s rural farms growing up, and also experienced remote living as an adult when he worked in rural Canada. Michael had always planned to study medicine, but put his dreams of becoming a doctor on hold for a number of […]
GPEx Registrar’s Research into COVID-19 and Telehealth
The use of telehealth services increased significantly during COVID-19, but there was very little data available regarding patients’ perspectives towards this service. GPEx registrar, Dr Thomas Mathew, set about to change that. Dr Mathew undertook research in his own time into the use of telehealth and Australian General Practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, in order […]
Inspiring Mums
There are many ways that our Mums inspire us each and every day, but for Dr Kate Wheldrake, her mum also inspired her to pursue a career in general practice. “I have had many inspirations, but one of the most important is my mother, who worked for 20+ years as a General Practitioner, and who […]
Meet Dr Tessa Moody
It was during a placement in her 5th year of medical school in Clare, Port Pirie, and Port Augusta, that Dr Tessa Moody (FRACGP) was able to see the impact that a great GP can have on an individual and a community. A placement at the Pregnancy Advisory Centre in her 6th year followed, where […]
Investigation of the adaptability, feasibility and utility of a Patient Encounter Tracking and Learning (PETAL) tool
In 2020, GPEx was awarded an Education Research Grant by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners to investigate the acceptability, utility and feasibility of a Patient Encounter Tracking And Learning (PETAL) tool. This project aimed to understand: GPEx worked collaboratively with Flinders University and RVTS on this project, with GP Explore being used as […]
