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New Tax ruling on incentives received by Registrars under GP RIPS

In the last month, some rural workforce agencies, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) and the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) have raised with the Department of Health and Ageing concerns regarding the withholding of tax from incentive payments to medical practitioners under the new General Practice Rural Incentive Program (GPRIP) due to commence on 1 July 2010.

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National Minimum Terms and Conditions for GPT1 & GPT2 Registrars 2010

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AGPT Pathways Discussion Paper

In January 2009 GPET released a briefing paper, AGPT Program Pathways Discussion Paper, for feedback from stakeholders.  Following discussion at the March Advisory Council Meeting with Registrar Liaison Officers from around the country GRPA tabled a “Response Paper”.  This paper triggered feedback and debate from many Registrars, particularly with regards to whether rural training should be compulsory for all Registrars, including those on the General Pathway. 

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AGPT GP Registrar Guide 2010

The 2010 guide for GP Registrars is now available on the AGPT website:

Registrars Guide

General Information

Policies

A hard copy is not available, please download a copy from the website to print.


     
  GPRA Poll  
X-Poll
What are your intention upon completion of the FRACGP exam?
Work as a contractor - 36% / 174 Votes
Work as a contractor
Open own Practice - 24% / 118 Votes
Open own Practice
Work as an employee of a practice - 40% / 193 Votes
Work as an employee of a practice
Total Votes: 485
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  ANNOUNCEMENTS  
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2010 GPRA would like to announce our AGM wlll be held at The Chifley Alice Springs Resort in Alice Springs at 9am on Saturday 11th September 2010. All voting members are invited to attend. Details about the meeting and the proxy form for those unable to attend are attached.

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Proxy form

 

Board Nominations for 2010

GPRA would like to announce that the following nominations have been received for Board Director positions which will be voted at the AGM.

  • Dr Wicky Wong
  • Dr Emily Farrell

As the number of nominations received is fewer than the number of positions available, elections will not be held at the AGM. The new director nominees will be presented to the membership for endorsement and appointed to the GPRA board at the AGM at 9am on Saturday 11th September 2010 at The Chifley Alice Springs Resort in Alice Springs. If any member wishes to review the CVs of the new Director nominees then please email

Allisha.hiscock@gpra.org.au

 

General Practice Registrars Australia Ltd and the General Practice Student Network are pleased to announce the launch of the latest resource for medical students - GPSN Companion, a convenient pocket reference guide to assist medical students to get the most out of their GP rotations. Click Here>

Australian Doctor will be running a seminar on Musculosketal Medicine in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney over the month of August. GPRA registrars will receive the special registration price of $150. Click here for more details. To access this special rate, use this registration form.

 

A new version of the 2010 training year fact sheet is now available from the AGPT website.

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GPRA's Training Time Survey & Discussion Paper

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Challenging Cases Competition

Have you seen a patient so intriguing it reminded you how exciting General Practice can be?

GPRA is running a monthly competition asking you to share your story. The best case each month will receive a $25 Myer gift card and be published in the GPRA and GPSN enewsletter promoting the diversity of General Practice to students.

Submission Tell your case story in 250 words or less

Deadline The 1st of each month

Email enquiries@gpra.org.au

JPEG images may be included and subject to editor's approval

Check out the first submission contributed by Dr Belinda Guest

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