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Rural Doctors Association Australia
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25.01.2022 If you have been into the hotspot areas, you have to be extra careful as you return to your community, to avoid being a super-spreader into a rural town. Be extra cautious when you return home. Do your best not to mingle until 14 days have passed, and if you have any symptoms at all, go and get a COVID test. Read more: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1346
25.01.2022 We welcome the cohort of interns and resident medical officers taking up their new positions! Training years are a wonderful opportunity to try new things: not just fields of medicine but locations too. No matter what area of medicine you end up in, or where you end up practising, spending some time in rural medicine will make you a better doctor.... Read more: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1345
24.01.2022 Having a great Rural Generalist info session in Darwin with the one and only Dr Marco Briceno! #destinstionrural #gorural ACRRM RACGP Northern Territory General Practice Education
23.01.2022 Are you a member of your state RDA? By referring a new member to join, you can accumulate RDA$$ to redeem for next year's membership fees, some state conference registrations or other special deal. They just need to mention your name on the online form when they join.
23.01.2022 Exciting progress is being made towards the rollout of the Commonwealth-funded Rural Generalist Training Pathway in the Northern Territory, with key milestones being achieved! RDAA will be hosting a #DestinationRural event in Darwin on Wednesday evening, outlining the new RG Pathway and what that means for for interested medical students and junior doctors. More information and registration to attend can be found at https://www.rdaa.com.au/events/category/northern-territory... Read more: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1301
22.01.2022 Last week’s surprise outbreak of a COVID cluster in Adelaide combined with the re-opening of more state borders makes it critical that Australians do not let their guard down on coronavirus. Together with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM), we are warning today that, as restrictions are eased, there is potential for coronavirus to spread quickly again if Australians simply think the crisis is over and don’t take the necessary precautions. Read our... joint statement: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1304 Australian Government Department of Health Mark Coulton MP Greg Hunt MP National Rural Health Alliance
21.01.2022 Election proof good health #QldVotes2020 Rural Doctors Association of Queensland - RDAQ Join us and call good health beyond the election cycle for rural & remote Queenslanders https://www.rdaa.com.au//rural-doctors-take-the-party-poli
21.01.2022 With Sydney working hard to contain a COVID hotspot, the last thing we need is people bringing COVID home back to their rural communities that have so far been protected. Consider your personal responsibility you really don’t want to be the one person who brings it home and causes an outbreak in your home town among your friends and family! Read more: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1342
17.01.2022 Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for 2021 from the RDAA Board & Staff. Stay safe and look after yourself through out the festive season. To all the doctors, nurses, allied health, operational and administration staff who are working through out the holidays to provide health care to our rural communities - we can not thank you enough.
16.01.2022 Welcome back to the Regional Health Ministry David Gillespie MP!! And a huge thanks to outgoing Minister Mark Coulton for his outstanding work in the role for the past 2 years #DestinationRural #RuralHealth
16.01.2022 Rural medical practices should be empowered to attract and retain the right medical trainees into their areas. We need registrars to be able to nominate where they want to train, and allow these practices accept these registrars if they want. Read more: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1300
15.01.2022 Join the RDAV team tonight at 8pm AEST for the VRHC21 Virtual Speaker series - Rural Medical Workforce, focusing on solutions. There is still time to register for the webinar https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_bBOsgw3lScOn5WvufHMgqw Hear from Dr Paul Mara on the Murrumbidgee model, RDAQ President Dr RT Lewandowski on successful recruitment & retention, Therese Tierney from a CEO perspective and the important perspective of a RG (Rob Phair) and even more important perspective from junior doctor (Dr Jess Paynter).
15.01.2022 Check out RACGP webinar Wed 30 June 2021 at 7.30pm Choosing Advanced Rural Skills. Register here:https://www.racgp.org.au//become-a-rural-gp-webinar-series In time to help make decisions for AGPT2022 intake application final round. #DestinationRural
14.01.2022 RDAA Board members Dr John Hall (President) and Dr Simon Quilty (Chair of RDAA Specialist Group) met with MInister for Rural Health Mark Coulton in Canberra regarding the need for generalist specialist services in the bush.
14.01.2022 With a Spring that has been full of pollen, and warmer days but cooler nights, you could be forgiven for thinking you have hayfever or even just the common cold rather than COVID-19. But as more Australians get out of the house (and lockdown), and socialise and travel again, getting tested for COVID is crucial in preventing another wave of the pandemic, the Rural Doctors Association of Australia and Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) have warned today. ...When it comes to COVID, the right thing to do by your family and community is to keep ensuring you are being COVID safe - and to get tested if you have any symptoms. Read our media statement: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1279 Australian Government Department of Health Greg Hunt MP Mark Coulton MP National Rural Health Alliance
13.01.2022 Looking for a new career opportunity as a rural doctor, or a rural practice that's for sale? Look no further than our Jobs Board at www.rdaa.com.au (click on the Rural Careers tab). Make yours a #DestinationRural!
13.01.2022 Speaking to the National Rural Press Club today, the new National Rural Health Commissioner, Adj Prof Ruth Stewart, has supported the critical role of rural maternity services and their healthcare teams in providing safe and quality care for rural women and babies - and decreasing the likelihood of premature birth and its complications. Commissioner Stewart rejected as an ‘urban myth’ the argument that rural maternity services are less safe than larger units drawing on nume...rous international and Australian studies that demonstrate they are at least as safe, and potentially safer. Read an RDAA media statement following Commissioner Stewart's address here: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1288 Mark Coulton MP Greg Hunt MP National Rural Health Alliance Australian Government Department of Health Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM)
13.01.2022 We are excited to welcome Alice Springs consultant specialist, Dr Simon Quilty, to our Board as we advocate strongly for more training opportunities and supports for consultant specialists in rural and remote Australia. We greatly appreciated the recent opportunity for Simon and our President, Dr John Hall, to meet with the Federal Minister for Regional Health, Mark Coulton MP, in Canberra to discuss these and other issues. Read our media release here: ... https://rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1236 ABC Alice Springs Centralian Advocate The NT News ABC Darwin ABC Rural Katherine Times
12.01.2022 Our President, Dr John Hall, and Associate Professor Forbes McGain from Western Health (Melbourne) are on site at Warwick Hospital and talking about the McMonty COVID protection hood!
12.01.2022 The 2020 edition of our Annual Roundup e-magazine has just hit the stands! Read all about our work - and the achievements of rural doctors from across Australia during 'the year that was' - right here! Please feel free to share with friends and colleagues Thanks to MDA National for their great support again in 2020, and to all the members and stakeholders with who we work so closely.... Wishing you all the best for the holiday season ahead. Click here to read our latest e-magazine: www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1340 Mark Coulton MP Greg Hunt MP Australian Government Department of Health Australian Digital Health Agency Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association National Rural Health Alliance
12.01.2022 Rural Doctors Association of Queensland - RDAQ calls to bring back local birthing as keystone to rural health! #QldVotes2020 Read more here: https://www.rdaq....com.au//rural-birthing-remains-hot-electi Rural Doctors Association Australia Steven Miles - Health & Ambulance Services Minister & MP for Murrumba Ros Bates MP Deb Frecklington MP Annastacia Palaszczuk MP Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) RACGP
11.01.2022 UPDATE: It has just been announced that South Australia will go into a six day period of restrictions from midnight tonight. More details here: https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/response ________________________ Country South Australians should ensure they are doing everything they can to be COVID safe and avoid unnecessary travel to Adelaide following the jump in cases in the city, we have warned today with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM).... There is no need to panic about the increase in COVID cases in Adelaide, but if you live in rural SA now is a good time to ensure you haven’t become more relaxed in your approach to COVID safety over the past few months RDAA President, Dr John Hall, said. Read our joint statement here: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1292 Rural Doctors Association of South Australia Mark Coulton MP Greg Hunt MP Australian Government Department of Health SA Health Stephen Wade MLC
11.01.2022 With the warmer weather now well and truly here, snakes are out and about! Those living in rural Australia should ensure they know what to do to stay safe around snakesand also have a snakebite first aid kit prepared and ready in case it is needed. Tragically, already this snake season, we have seen a death from snakebite our President, Dr John Hall, said in a media statement issued today.... It is critical that rural Australians know how to minimise the chance of getting bitten by a snake, and what to do if they are bitten. And for those who live on farms, work in more remote areas - or even just live in rural towns where ambulance response times can be longer due to distance - it is incredibly important to have the first aid equipment needed to initiate treatment, as it could help save your life. Read our statement (and find some information links) here: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1305 Australian Government Department of Health Mark Coulton MP Greg Hunt MP National Rural Health Alliance Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM)
10.01.2022 Life saving dialysis best delivered locally! Rural Doctors Association of Queensland - RDAQ put today's spotlight on call for 1st class facilities for rural & remote Queensland. Election-proof good health #QldVotes2020
10.01.2022 Great to see WIN News Toowoomba and 7NEWS Toowoomba at our launch of the McMonty COVID protection hoods rural pilot program at Warwick Hospital today. Tune in tonight to see their stories!
08.01.2022 WIN News covering the launch of the small rural hospitals McMonty Ventilation Hoods pilot at Warwick Hospital. An exciting initiative co funded by RDAQ Foundation, DDHHS and RDAA - wanting to demonstrate a new equipment to help protect our communities and health care workers against COVID. Australian manufactured, developed here and an inexpensive option to negative pressure rooms which in most small rural hospitals don't exist. https://fb.watch/2HyqSp38ZY/
08.01.2022 We are very excited to be working to extend medical access to rural and remote people by providing support for the charities Sandpiper Australia and Rocketship! Our Board felt that both Sandpiper and Rocketship were already closely aligned with RDAA and we were pleased to be able to formalise these MOUs at our AGM last night. Read more: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1246... Sandpiper: https://sandpiperaustralia.org/ Rocketship: https://www.rocket-ship.org/ See more
06.01.2022 Together with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM), we're sorry to advise we have made the difficult decision to cancel our #RMA20 conference. But...the GREAT news is we’re heading to Perth for #RMA21 (20-23 October 2021)! We really hope to see you there. Read more & express your interest in attending - https://bit.ly/3oxXxNC
06.01.2022 We welcome the Federal Government announcement of a new model of delivering health care to communities in the Snowy Valleys! These great little communities, in one of the most beautiful spots in the country, have been suffering health service shortages for some time. The innovative Snowy Valley’s health care model will trial an approach that will build a team of GPs, nurses and allied health professionals to deliver integrated health services across all these connected commun...ities. Read more: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1293
06.01.2022 There is still time for the Darwin based medical students and junior doctors to register to attend the NT RG Pathway information evening 6pm Wednesday 25 November 2020 The Vibe Hotel Darwin. Register here https://www.rdaa.com.au/events/category/northern-territory Reps from NT Rural Generalist Support & Coordination Unit, ACRRM, NTGPE, NT PHN and RDAA will be there to answer all your questions. ... Food and refreshments will be served. You are welcome to turn up on the night, but pre-register will help to ensure we have enough food for everyone.
06.01.2022 Thunderstorm season is hitting hard and fast across Australia and warnings are out for the high risk of asthma attacks. At-risk patients should make sure they have enough medication to hand and get up to date with their Asthma Plan. Visit your rural doctor to sort it out asap!... Read more: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1280
05.01.2022 Not every doctor is trained in emergency care. This is a skill that is maintained by Rural Generalist doctors that allows them to provide high-quality care in the hospital. Recruitment and retention of Rural Generalists is essential to the maintenance of rural hospitals and the services provided by them, and local innovative solutions need to be facilitated to address these challenges. Read more: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1227
04.01.2022 Happy new year. RDAA team is now back in the office - first edition of Rural Doc for 2021 was emailed out yesterday & now to get crackin' on the a big agenda of work for the year.
04.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS to Rural Doctors Association of NSW member Dr Duncan MacKinnon (from Bega NSW) for receiving the RACGP GP of the Year Award 2020 & Rural Doctors Association of Tasmania member Dr Jim Berryman (from Wynyard, Tasmania) for receiving the RACGP Supervisor of the Year Award 2020. Jim's practice was also named the RACGP General Practice of the Year! Great national recognition for two highly deserving rural doctors! Mark Coulton MP Greg Hunt MP Australian Government Department of Health
04.01.2022 Congratulations to Dr Rob Phair who was elected RDAV President at last night's AGM! Dr Phair is a GP Anaesthetist who currently provides emergency and anaesthetic services in central and east Gippsland and has been RDAV Vice President for the past 2 years. Read more: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1256... Rural Doctors Association of Victoria - RDAV
04.01.2022 Very different budget experience this year for the peak bodies. It was great for RDAA President Dr John Hall and Chair of RDAA’s Rural Specialist Group Dr Simon Quilty to meet with Minister for Regional Health Mark Coulton the day after budget. Talked budget but also discussing May 2021 plans and the amazing training environments for all streams of medicine that rural and remote Australia can offer. #destinationrural
02.01.2022 Dr Megan Belot, a Rural Generalist doctor working in rural Victoria, is the new President Elect of RDAA following our AGM last night! Megan is currently Rural Doctors Association of Victoria - RDAV President, and works as a GP Anaesthetist and Visiting Medical Officer at Echuca Hospital, a GP Anaesthetist at Cohuna Hospital, and a GP at the Northern District Community Health Medical clinic at Kerang. Congratulations and welcome Megan! We are excited to have you :)... #destinationrural#gorural #ruralhealth Read more: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1245
02.01.2022 If all the rural incentives and programs available were actually delivering support to rural medical training and practices, then rural would be a premiere medical training pathway and a career of choice. There is well over $1 billion invested in rural medical training and workforce initiatives each year, but the majority of this isn’t making it out any further than large regional centres. We need to ensure that Government support for rural, goes rural. It shouldn’t be fritte...red away by city-based organisations with funds being chewed through in administration and duplication. Rural intended funds should be invested in truly rural and remote areas that means reclassifying rural to be recognised as MMM 3 to 7 communities not MMM 2 to 7 as currently applies across many government programs. Read our media statement today: https://www.rdaa.com.au/documents/item/1303 Australian Government Department of Health Greg Hunt MP Mark Coulton MP Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM)
02.01.2022 So often we focus on the issues rather than solutions but not so at the recent #VRHC21 medical workforce webinar - some great leaders in this space giving their insights and perspectives to building a strong rural medical team. Thanks to all those who attended & your questions https://youtu.be/2e99xr2Nbqw
01.01.2022 Goondiwindi Medical Centre is currently advertising for a VR doctor to join their amazing team. GMC has a commitment to the local community as well as the education & training of the next generation of rural doctors. Click here for more info https://www.rdaa.com.au//general-practitioner-vocationally
