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EBM journal clubs in general practice.

The context of general practice makes the translation of evidence into clinical practice difficult. General practitioners interested in implementing evidence met at The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' 2006 Annual Scientific Convention. We discussed evidence based medicine (EBM) journal club as a solution to this problem, including keys to success and barriers to overcome. The...

The Australian Quality Assurance and Continuing Education Program as a model for the reaccreditation of general practitioners in the United Kingdom.

A Quality Assurance and Continuing Education Program has been developed in Australian general practice over the past nine years. This effectively integrates audit and education within a coherent strategy for quality improvement. The programme fulfils many of the same aims as current proposals for reaccreditation in the United Kingdom (UK). This report describes the operation of the programme an...

The RACGP Fellowship examination - 10 tips for answering key feature problems.

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Fellowship examination is a route to vocational registration as a general practitioner in Australia.

Submission to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners’ Vision for a sustainable health system consultation paper

Implementing standard setting into the Conjoint MAFP/FRACGP Part 1 examination - Process and issues.

BACKGROUND The College of General Practitioners of Malaysia and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners held the first Conjoint Member of the College of General Practitioners (MCGP)/Fellow of Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) examination in 1982, later renamed the Conjoint MAFP/FRACGP examinations. The examination assesses competency for safe independent g...

A peer support program for international medical graduates.

International medical graduates (IMGs) form a significant part of the Australian general practice workforce. Many experience social and professional problems and perform poorly inThe Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Fellowship Examination. This article reports on a pilot program in Mackay, north Queensland that addressed some of these issues.