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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 […]
Meet Dr Georgina Mills
The opportunity to provide personalised medical care with responsibility for the health and wellbeing of regional communities inspired Dr Georgina Mills to become a rural GP. A desire for her children to grow up in country Australia added to the appeal. “In a rural town as a Rural Generalist the medicine is more personal, you […]
End of Year Greetings….
Hello! Well, that’s another year done and dusted. Although we didn’t have last year’s horrible fires to contend with, COVID’s ramifications have been felt by us all, including our pregnant women. It has been another unpredictable and challenging year, thanks to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, both here in South Australia and globally. 2021 has challenged […]
Happy New Year | Welcome to 2022….
Welcome to the first January 2022 edition of the GP Obstetric Shared Care Newsletter. We hope that you are staying safe and well during this latest wave of COVID. The year may not have started the way we all may have wanted or planned, but we remain hopeful and we are continuing to plan our CPD […]
End of Year Greetings…
Hello! It has been another unpredictable and challenging year, thanks to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, both here in South Australia and globally. 2021 has challenged us all to stay close as we keep our distance, to communicate with our eyes as we mask our breath, and to follow the experts as they build new evidence […]
Updated Advice for the Care of Pregnant Women
Dear Obstetric Shared Care GPs, Connecting you with the news you need for GP obstetric shared care. Pregnant? Getting Vaccinated is still recommended Following the opening of the South Australian borders, there is expected to be some community transmission of COVID-19, and during the early phase of 2022 this will likely be the delta variant. […]
Updated Advice for the Care of Pregnant Women
Dear Obstetric Shared Care GPs, Connecting you with the news you need for GP obstetric shared care. Pregnant? Getting Vaccinated is still recommended. Bringing you the latest news delivered straight to your inbox. SA Health has now released the COVID-19 Health System and Primary Care Response Strategies outling the system-wide plan for the management and […]
Self-collected HPV swabs for cervical cancer screening – why might people prefer this screening method?
Cervical cancer is preventable! It is saddening to think that in 2021 people are still dying from cervical cancer. Unfortunately, many people are not participating in the National Cervical Screening Program, and currently more than 50% of eligible participants in Australia are overdue for cervical screening. Here are some of the reasons why many women […]
GPEx acknowledges role of GPs in achieving COVID-19 Vaccination Milestone
GPEx would like to acknowledge the role GPs, GP registrars and GP clinics have played in achieving South Australia’s 80% double dose vaccination milestone, and thank them for their incredible work in protecting our community against COVID-19. “Achieving this milestone would not have been possible without GPs and GP clinics, many of whom are accredited […]
Teaching a registrar takes a village
GPEx is pleased to release preliminary findings from its research into the financial costs and revenue associated with teaching and supervision in Australian general practices. This research has been undertaken in association with the University of Adelaide and GPSA, and has been funded through an RACGP Education Research Grant. Preliminary findings have revealed that there […]
