Using data from the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) project Dr Hilary Gorges, an academic registrar supervised by Prof Clare Heal at James Cook University, has recently had the paper Prevalence and Associations of General Practice Registrars’ Management of Impetigo published in Dermatology Practical & Conceptual. Gorges H, ... Read more

We're pleased to announce that we were successful in applying for two RACGP Education Research Grants (ERGs). The projects we'll be carrying out with the grant funding are: What's in a visit? Establishing the content and perceived utility of Clinical Teaching Visits (CTV) in different settings within Australian GP training. A ... Read more

GP Synergy staff and collaborators are proud to have had a paper published recently in Medical Teacher (an international journal of education in the health sciences). The paper examines the content validity and internal consistency of the General Practice Registrar Competency Assessment Grid (GPR-CAG) used by GP Synergy in GP training. Alison ... Read more

We were honoured to present at GPTEC 2019. The conference was held in Melbourne 3 - 5 September 2019 and was a great opportunity to catch up with some of our collaborators and network with participants from across the country. GP Synergy staff presented 19 papers, of which the 10 below were presented by members of the Research and Evaluation ... Read more

Research Assistant, Irena Patsan, presented a poster and oral presentation at the Dietitians Association of Australia 36th National Conference on the Gold Coast, 12-14 August: Presentation: Type 2 diabetes mellitus referrals to dietitians/nutritionists: a cross sectional analysis of Australian GP registrars’ clinical practice, Irena Patsan1,2, ... Read more

In conjunction with our Aboriginal Cultural Education Unit we are pleased to have received the RACGP Foundation Indigenous Health Award funding for the project The diploma in practice management in Aboriginal medical services: Impact on professional and personal development of graduates. GP Synergy's support of the nationally-recognised diploma is ... Read more