RACGP revenue beats all other medical colleges by $60 million margin
The RACGP is breaking away from all other medical colleges in terms of income, with $135 million in revenue last financial year. The college’s finances…
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Physicians’ college to review paediatric exam after trainees complain of racial bias
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians is reviewing its clinical examination for paediatric trainees after candidates complained it was plagued by racial bias. In a…
‘Discrimination from the start’: Top GP’s despair at treatment of IMGs
Australia is lucky that doctors from overseas want to work here, yet IMGs are treated like they are the ones who must show gratitude, says…
The ‘hidden curriculum’ in medical schools undermines general practice, says top dean
The RACGP and ACRRM have failed to fill training positions, and a generation of GPs are nearing retirement — so it is no surprise alarm…
The new CPD regime and taming the unruly beast of our perfectionism
We are in the era of continuous improvement. Planning and documenting CPD in ways we previously did not. Standards and guidelines for almost everything. In…
You can now join a CPD home for just $299 — should the RACGP be worried?
The first question when the Medical Board of Australia announced its CPD home revolution was whether it meant GPs could abandon their colleges en masse.…
Aussie GP treated as an IMG reveals her battle with the college to work in her own country
As an Australian medical graduate, Dr Corinne Glenn says she was staggered by the IMG bureaucracy she was forced through to work as a specialist…
My real-world UCAT questions for students wanting to get into medical school
I have a 15-year-old who is a beautiful kid. Funny, hard working, empathic and always challenging, he has proudly announced his intentions to get into…
KFP and AKT will stay paper based ‘for the foreseeable future’
The RACGP is sticking with pens and paper for two of its fellowship exams, the Key Feature Problem and Applied Knowledge Test, having decided computer-based…
Fund new MBS item for contraceptive counselling, says Senate inquiry
A new Medicare item for contraceptive counselling and better funding for GPs to insert and remove IUDs are among the key recommendations from a federal…
