PM flags increase in funding for GPs (Sky News Australia)
Sunday, March 14th, 2010Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has flagged a ‘very significant’ increase in funding for the training of GPs and specialists.
Medical Board Responds To AMA Call For Recognition Of Vocationally Registered GPs As ‘Specialist GPs’, Australia (Medical News Today)
Friday, February 26th, 2010The AMA welcomes the decision by the Medical Board of Australia to include vocationally registered GPs on the Specialist Register of the new national registration scheme that takes effect from 1 July 2010. AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said the AMA last week wrote to the Board recommending that vocationally registered GPs be given Specialist General Practitioner status. “The Board has made the …
AMA Urges Medical Board To Recognise Thousands Of Vocationally Registered GPs As ‘Specialist GPs’, Australia (Medical News Today)
Monday, February 22nd, 2010The AMA is urging the recently established Medical Board of Australia to ensure that the new national registration arrangements for doctors do not discriminate against 11,000 vocationally registered general practitioners. The Board is currently finalising the criteria that will determine which GPs will be included on its specialist register. The AMA has welcomed the decision by the Board to …
GoBandit HD Tracks Your Extreme Sporting With GPS (Gizmodo Australia)
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010If you don’t quite think you have what it takes to GoPro , now you have another option: GoBandit. This waterproof, GPS-enabled videocam can capture your finest moments in HD and then overlay the footage with location, speed and altitude data. (more…)
Chief Medical Officer Mobilises GPs To Support Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza Vaccinations (Medical News Today)
Monday, February 8th, 2010Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Jim Bishop, is calling on GPs to promote vaccination against the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza to their patients before the flu season begins in Australia . Professor Bishop has enlisted the support of his GP Roundtable, which includes representatives of the AMA, RACGP and the GP Network and he is writing to all GPs in Australia to ask them to …
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