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Dr Michael Connellan – RDAA Rural Doctor of the Year

We are pleased to announce that Dr Michael Connellan has been awarded RDAA Rural Doctor of the Year at the RMA19 conference for improving access to quality healthcare for his community. This highly deserved accolade recognises Michael’s strong commitment to rural medicine, contribution to his community, the passion he has for teaching and the mentorship…

Dr Peter Barker – ACRRM/RDAA Peter Graham ‘Cohuna’ Award

Dr Peter Barker is the 2019 recipient of the Peter Graham ‘Cohuna’ Award from the RDAA and ACRRM. This award recognises a practitioner that has provided outstanding advocacy and medical service to their community. The award’s namesake, the late Dr Peter Graham, worked in Cohuna for nearly 50 years. Peter has been a Rural Generalist…

Dr Kate Davey – RACGP Brian Williams Award

Dr Kate Davey has received the RACGP Brian Williams Award – which recognises practitioners whose guidance and support enables rural GPs to ‘safely dedicate themselves tot heir patients, their families and their communities’. A message from Kate follows (as published by the RACGP): ‘I had never really thought that I was doing anything particularly special…

Dr Rita McMorrow – RACGP Best First-Time Presenter at GP19

Dr Rita McMorrow has been awarded Best First-Time Presenter at the GP19 conference by the RACGP. Rita is undertaking an academic placement at The University of Melbourne and in her final year of GP training. At GP19 she presented her quantitative research project on the impact of retrospective continuous glucose monitoring on health service utilisation…

Dr Roisin Bhamjee – RACGP Foundation Charles Bridges-Webb Memorial Award

Congratulations to Dr Roisin Bhamjee on being awarded the 2019 RACGP Foundation Charles Bridges-Webb Memorial Award. This grant is awarded to GP registrars to assist with research costs associated with conducting any study which has ethics approval and determined to be relevant to general practice, health care, health outcomes or health professional education. Roisin has…

Dr Anna Proietto – Richard Clinton Gutch Medal

Dr Anna Proietto has won the 2019.1 RACGP Richard Clinton Gutch medal, awarded to the GP candidate in Victoria who received the highest pass score in each examination on their first attempt. Anna is a registrar in our Metro West region and is currently completing her GPT3 placement.

Dr Dan Wilson – Victorian Junior Doctor of the Year

We are so proud to announce our Dr Dan Wilson has been recognised as Victoria’s Junior Doctor of the Year 2019 by the Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV) and Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils (CPMEC). A message from Dr Dan follows: I’m Dr Dan Wilson. I’m floored and proud to be announced as…

GP Insight – July

This edition of our supervisor and practice manager e-news discusses: NAIDOC Week Culcha Camp and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Provider number reminder End of term payment reminder For more details, click here.

GP Insight May

This edition of our supervisor and practice manager e-news includes: Information about GPTEC 2019 A feature on the new MCCC-wide Practice Manager Liaison Officer (PMLO) Jen Flakemore Important dates and upcoming events reminders To read the full GP Insight, click here.

PEP – May 2019

The May PEP e-news covers important program information including: Multi-source feedback (MSF) assessment Change of circumstances and/or leave form requirements PEP policy reminder Cultural competency training invitation Information about study groups, learning plans and log books. Read the full edition here.