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No Wins Lasts Forever

Almost the End of Winter 2022…. Hello! Well, here we are almost at the end of August 2022 and still it has continued to be quite chilly and wet, but fortunately it’s warm in our office! Spring is just around the corner! Hopefully this signals the end of the current COVID wave, and a general return […]

Sitting the RACGP CCE soon? Here is what you need to know!

Since 2021, the final exam on the pathway to RACGP fellowship is the Clinical Competency Exam (CCE) Like all RACGP Fellowship exams, the CCE aims to assess your competency for unsupervised general practice in Australia. The exam attempts to replicate a consultation or clinical scenario to allow candidates to demonstrate their clinical skills, communication skills […]

Five mistakes to avoid making in the RACGP Clinical Competency Exam (CCE)

After each exam cycle and once results have been released, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) publishes a report outlining exam psychometrics (e.g., mean and standard deviation of the candidate cohort) and feedback to candidates regarding common candidate pitfalls.  Reviewing past exam reports is a very important, but often overlooked, part of Clinical […]

AKT/MCQ Exam Tips and Techniques

AKT & MCQ Exam Tips and Techniques If you are currently studying, or preparing to study, for the RACGP or ACRRM Fellowship exams, you will be aware that there are several written exams that you need to complete. For RACGP Fellowship candidates, these are the Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) and the Key Feature Problem (KFP) […]

How are your motivational interviewing skills?

How are your skills in motivational interviewing? Brush up on this important skill for the RACGP CCE. Have you ever had a patient struggle to make lifestyle changes to improve their chronic condition or health in general? GPs must not only apply multiple clinical guidelines to patients with complex, chronic multimorbidity, but also provide information […]

When can teenagers make their own treatment decisions?

When can teenagers make their own treatment decisions? When practising cases for the Clinical Competency Exam (CCE), candidates are often required to reflect on what they would do in various clinical scenarios.  Many find scenarios involving medico-legal issues to be the most difficult. Recently, our Medical Educators were asked the question: “What should I do […]

Updated Advice for the Care ofPregnant Women

Dear Obstetric Shared Care GPs, With several States plunged into lockdown, it’s back to working from home and Teams meetings for us here at GP Partners and increasing telehealth consultations for many of our GPs. But hang in there! Please take care of yourselves and each other through this current period of lockdown and we’ll […]

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 […]

NIPT Mackenzie’s Mission

Updated Advice for the Care of Pregnant Women Dear Obstetric Shared Care GPs, Welcome back to another GP Obstetric Shared Care update. March celebrates International Women’s Day and the message for 2021 proclaims that ‘a challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change’. We can all choose to challenge! Celebrate women’s achievements. Raise […]

COVID vaccination for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women Webinar

Updated Advice for the Care of Pregnant Women Dear Obstetric Shared Care GPs, Welcome back to another GP Obstetric Shared Care update. The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has begun and I suspect that we are all a little awestruck at the rapid pace of scientific discovery and the incredible community engagement that has bought us to […]