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Bulletin: Tuesday 12 April 2016 www.mccc.com.au Bulletin: Tuesday 12 April 2016 MEDICAL EDUCATION NEWS More expertise for our Med Ed team MCCC GP Training is pleased to announce a range of new appointments to our Medical Education team: Medical Educators Dr Dominic Blanks, Dr Sue Hookey, Dr Ruth Sutherland, and Dr Anthony Weller will join our Medical Education team in the North West. Registrar Medical Educator Dr Evan Schuch (North East) Registrar Liaison Officers Dr Radhika Sheorey (Metro West), Dr Xavier O’Kane (North East), Dr Carolyn Siddel (North West), Dr Myuri Kantharajah (South West) Our new RME and RLOs will join Dr Romarna Dichiera (RME Metro West). Thanks and farewell to outgoing RLOs, Dr Preeya Alexander (RLO Metro West) and Dr Liz Walker (RLO North East) who have made great contributions. Preeya and Liz are organising a handover to our new RLOs. TIP: Visit our website calendar for information about upcoming workshops that will be delivered by the MCCC Medical Education team. New Supervisor Liaison Officer (SLO) We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Helen Dooley to the position of SLO. Helen will act as conduit for information exchange between GP Supervisors and MCCC GP Training, represent the views of GP Supervisors to MCCC GP Training, facilitate communication and provide support to Supervisors. Our SLO also participates in the Supervisor professional development program. GP REGISTRAR UPDATE Are you planning to Fellow this year? If you are working towards Fellowship through RACGP, it is an RACGP requirement to have a current CPR which meets the Australian Resuscitation Council Guidelines. Read more here College membership reminder All Registrars, including hospital Registrars, must be a financial member of their respective College during GP Training. Note: RACGP will not count training time for anyone who is not a member. If you have questions about this requirement please contact your nearest MCCC office: Metro West: Jennifer Estrada North East: Jo Hamilton North West: Cathy Ward South West: Jenny Smith PRACTICE SUPPORT Apply now for Australian General Practice Training 2017 intake Do you know someone interested in joining the AGPT programme next year? Applications are now open. Read more here. MCCC is hosting information sessions about GP Training at locations across our region. Visit the website for details about these sessions. We’ve also added a new section to the MCCC website to showcase all accredited GP training practices in our region. “Where you can train” includes links to individual practice websites and a google map feature to highlight practice locations. Opportunity for Supervisors – register now for popular webinar GPSA is offering MCCC GP Supervisors an opportunity to register for an “Identifying and Supporting Registrars at Risk” webinar scheduled for Thursday 28 April between 89pm. A new guide will be released simultaneously with the same title as the Webinar and participants will receive the first look at this guide during the webinar. The presenter is Dr Konrad Kangru. A maximum of 100 'seats' are available in the webinar licence. Registrations for a GPSA webinar last month closed at 150 registrations the Monday prior to the webinar. Register here

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Page 1: Bulletin: Tuesday 12 April 2016 - MCCC · 2017-12-13 · Title: Microsoft Word - MCCCGPTrainingUpdateIssue8(12 April 2016).docx Author: Mary-Anne Scully Created Date: 4/12/2016 12:24:05

Bulletin: Tuesday 12 April 2016

www.mccc.com.au  

Bulletin:  Tuesday  12  April  2016    MEDICAL  EDUCATION  NEWS  More  expertise  for  our  Med  Ed  team  MCCC  GP  Training  is  pleased  to  announce  a  range  of  new  appointments  to  our  Medical  Education  team:      Medical  Educators  Dr  Dominic  Blanks,  Dr  Sue  Hookey,  Dr  Ruth  Sutherland,  and  Dr  Anthony  Weller  will  join  our  Medical  Education  team  in  the  North  West.    Registrar  Medical  Educator  Dr  Evan  Schuch  (North  East)      Registrar  Liaison  Officers  Dr  Radhika  Sheorey  (Metro  West),  Dr  Xavier  O’Kane  (North  East),  Dr  Carolyn  Siddel  (North  West),  Dr  Myuri  Kantharajah  (South  West)    Our  new  RME  and  RLOs  will  join  Dr  Romarna  Dichiera  (RME  Metro  West).      Thanks  and  farewell  to  outgoing  RLOs,  Dr  Preeya  Alexander  (RLO  Metro  West)  and  Dr  Liz  Walker  (RLO  North  East)  who  have  made  great  contributions.  Preeya  and  Liz  are  organising  a  handover  to  our  new  RLOs.    TIP:  Visit  our  website  calendar  for  information  about  upcoming  workshops  that  will  be  delivered  by  the  MCCC  Medical  Education  team.    New  Supervisor  Liaison  Officer  (SLO)    We’re  pleased  to  announce  the  appointment  of  Dr  Helen  Dooley  to  the  position  of  SLO.  Helen  will  act  as  conduit  for  information  exchange  between  GP  Supervisors  and  MCCC  GP  Training,  represent  the  views  of  GP  Supervisors  to  MCCC  GP  Training,  facilitate  communication  and  provide  support  to  Supervisors.  Our  SLO  also  participates  in  the  Supervisor  professional  development  program.    GP  REGISTRAR  UPDATE  Are  you  planning  to  Fellow  this  year?  If  you  are  working  towards  Fellowship  through  RACGP,  it  is  an  RACGP  requirement  to  have  a        

   current  CPR  which  meets  the  Australian  Resuscitation  Council  Guidelines.  Read  more  here    College  membership  reminder  All  Registrars,  including  hospital  Registrars,  must  be  a  financial  member  of  their  respective  College  during  GP  Training.  Note:  RACGP  will  not  count  training  time  for  anyone  who  is  not  a  member.  If  you  have  questions  about  this  requirement  please  contact  your  nearest  MCCC  office:  • Metro  West:  Jennifer  Estrada  • North  East:  Jo  Hamilton    • North  West:  Cathy  Ward    • South  West:  Jenny  Smith      PRACTICE  SUPPORT  Apply  now  for  Australian  General  Practice  Training  2017  intake  Do  you  know  someone  interested  in  joining  the  AGPT  programme  next  year?  Applications  are  now  open.  Read  more  here.      MCCC  is  hosting  information  sessions  about  GP  Training  at  locations  across  our  region.  Visit  the  website  for  details  about  these  sessions.  We’ve  also  added  a  new  section  to  the  MCCC  website  to  showcase  all  accredited  GP  training  practices  in  our  region.  “Where  you  can  train”  includes  links  to  individual  practice  websites  and  a  google  map  feature  to  highlight  practice  locations.      Opportunity  for  Supervisors  –  register  now  for  popular  webinar  GPSA  is  offering  MCCC  GP  Supervisors  an  opportunity  to  register  for  an  “Identifying  and  Supporting  Registrars  at  Risk”  webinar  scheduled  for  Thursday  28  April  between  8-­‐9pm.    A  new  guide  will  be  released  simultaneously  with  the  same  title  as  the  Webinar  and  participants  will  receive  the  first  look  at  this  guide  during  the  webinar.  The  presenter  is  Dr  Konrad  Kangru.      A  maximum  of  100  'seats'  are  available  in  the  webinar  licence.  Registrations  for  a  GPSA  webinar  last  month  closed  at  150  registrations  the  Monday  prior  to  the  webinar.  Register  here    

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Bulletin: Tuesday 12 April 2016

www.mccc.com.au  

Bulletin:  Tuesday  12  April  2016    Pivotal  update  We  appreciate  your  patience  with  initial  teething  issues  experienced  during  the  introduction  of  Pivotal,  our  new  online  administration  system.  If  you  have  questions  or  need  assistance  with  using  Pivotal,  please  contact  your  nearest  MCCC  office.    EMPLOYMENT  OPPORTUNITIES  MCCC  is  keen  to  hear  from  talented  and  motivated  people  who  want  to  contribute  to  GP  Training  in  our  region.  Here’s  some  current  and  upcoming  opportunities:    Medical  Educators:  we  are  seeking  to  recruit  additional  MEs  to  support  GP  Training  in  the  North  West.  Contact  NW  Regional  Manager,    Cathy  Ward  for  details.    Supervisor  Liaison  Network:  we  will  soon  invite  expressions  of  interest  from  Supervisors  who  are  interested  in  joining  a  new  network  that  will  represent  the  views  and  interests  of  Supervisors  across  our  diverse  training  catchment.  The  new  network  will  comprise  a  representative  from  each  of  our  four  sub  regions.  Members  will  be  paid  to  meet  quarterly  (via  teleconference)  with  our  SLO.        TIP:  Visit  the  MCCC  website  here  for  latest  information  about  employment  opportunities  with  MCCC  GP  Training  and  a  list  of  GP  career  opportunities  in  our  region.    PARTNERSHIP  NEWS    MCCC  recently  held  its  first  Aboriginal  Health  Advisory  Committee  meeting.  Thanks  to  all  who  contributed.      The  work  of  this  Committee  underpins  our  Strategic  Plan.  The  group  is  Chaired  by  Linda  Moon  and  has  representation  from  the  MCCC  Board,  a  Community  Representative,  our  Regional  Managers,  a  Cultural  Mentor,  Cultural  Educator  and  our  Aboriginal  health  Liaison  Officer.  The  Group  will  meet  quarterly.    BECOME  A  MEMBER  OF  MCCC  Thanks  to  practices  in  our  training  region  who  have  already  nominated  a  representative  for    

   membership  of  MCCC.  These  nominated  individuals  will  have  voting  rights  at  our  inaugural    AGM  this  Thursday  14  April  and  can  nominate  for  election  as  a  director  at  the  AGM  from  2017.      It’s  not  too  late  to  join!  Download  a  nomination  form  from  the  MCCC  website,  then  complete  and  send  the  form  to  Company  Secretary,  Mr  Greg  McMeel  [email protected]  or  by  fax  to:  03  5560  5581    REGIONAL  ROUND  UP    • Metro  West:  Thanks  to  the  GPRA  Ambassador  

at  Western  Health  and  members  of  the  Medical  Workforce  team  who  helped  spread  the  word  about  a  recent  GP  info  session  held  at  Footscray  Hospital.  MCCC  enjoyed  meeting  twenty  plus  potential  applicants  who  attended  the  session.    

• North  East:  In  response  to  requests  from  Practice  Managers,  the  North  East  recently  held  video  conference  sessions  (Go  To  webinars)  to  share  tips  for  use  of  the  new  Pivotal  system.  These  sessions  were  well  received  and  will  continue  in  future.    

• North  West:  Welcome  to  new  Med  Educators  joining  the  team  in  North  West.  Congrats  to  Horsham  Hospital  who  recently  hosted  a  GP  info  session  for  interns  for  the  first  time  ever.  Thanks  to  North  West  GP  Supervisors  and  Registrars  who  contributed  to  this  session  and  another  held  at  Echuca  Hospital  last  week.  

 • South  West:  Recent  Supervisor  and  Registrar  

workshops  have  gone  very  well.    We  hosted  GP  information  sessions  at  South  West  Healthcare  and  Barwon  Health.      

 COMING  UP    14  April:  MCCC  inaugural  AGM  14  April:  GP  info  session  at  Ballarat  Health  20  April:  GP  info  session  at  Mildura  Hospital    26  April:  GP  info  session  at  Ballarat  Health  28  April:  GPSA  Identifying  and  Supporting  Registrars  at  Risk  webinar  from  8-­‐9pm.