Just a GP

Just a GP hosts Ash and Charlotte are joined by Dr Michael Clements, the RACGP Rural Faculty Chair who joins this episode to discuss what he is doing in that space and his vision for the faculty.

Resources

Practice to Practice: https://www.racgp.org.au/the-racgp/faculties/rural/practice-to-practice

HOPE IT Platform: https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/statewide-programs/prms/hope-platform

Blue Knot Foundation: https://www.blueknot.org.au/

Join the conversation as Dr Annabel Kain shares the plans for her practice with Charlotte.

Annabel is an owner of an inner city Sydney practice that has around 6,000 active patients, 5 full time equivalent doctors, 1 full time equivalent practice nurse, 2 full time equivalent receptionists and a practice manager.

Kean-Seng Lim joins Charlotte to discuss the ideas for how COVID vaccination clinics will run in his practice.

Kean-Seng works in a general practice in Mount Druitt with around 3,500 active patients and 4 full time equivalent doctors.

In this next episode of COVID vaccination clinics Dr Colin Pearce joins Charlotte to discuss the plans for his practice.

Colin works in a rather large general practice in Newcastle which is owned by IPN. They own 3 practices which cover a mixed demographic; these practices are in Charlestown, Redhead and Windale. Over the 3 sites there are around 27,000 active patients, 24 doctors, 10 nurses and 15 reception as well as management staff.

Please note: since the recording took place on 4 March the information has changed and the practice has altered the plans to suit. The main change is that they will only have 400 a week at first and then they will move to longer clinic sessions less often with more doctors to get to 1500 a week.

One of our usual Just a GP hosts, Dr Bek Hoffman joins this episode to discuss with Charlotte her PhD research on how we juggle the role of being a GP along with other priorities that we all have.

Resources:

Junior doctors, burnout and wellbeing: Understanding the experience of burnout in general practice registrars and hospital equivalents

https://www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2018/august/junior-doctors-burnout-and-wellbeing

Parkrun

https://www.parkrun.com.au/

In this episode of Just a GP Ash, Bek and Charlotte are joined by 2020 GP of the year, Dr Duncan Mackinnon.

Duncan joins this episode to discuss his leadership in 2020 which led him to be awarded GP of the year award.

In the third instalment of COVID vaccination clinics Just a GP co-host and Practice Owner Dr Rebekah Hoffman shares the current plans for her practice.

Bek is a practice owner of a general practice in the Sutherland Shire with 10,000 active patients, 12 GPs, 3 nurses, 3 reception staff and allied health staff on site.

Dr Andrew Bonney joins A/Prof Charlotte Hespe to share the planning thoughts of his practice for the COVID-19 vaccine clinic.

Andrew is 1 of 3 practice owners of a general practice in a town of around 3,000 people on the South Coast of NSW. The practice has 2 registrars, 2 practice nurses and 3 reception staff.

Just a GP is running a short, brief series with GPs willing to share their planning thoughts around COVID-19 vaccine clinics.

In this first episode we are joined by Dr Michelle Redford.

Michelle works in a suburban general practice in Newcastle with approximately 12,000 active patients, 16 doctors and around 3.5 practice nurses.

In this episode of Just a GP Ash, Bek and Charlotte are joined by Dr Pamela Douglas, who is not just a GP, but also the founder of Possums and a researcher. Pam joins this episode to talk about finding a passion in medicine, research and development and what it means to create a paradigm shift within the medical field and bringing our own mental health in relation to that.

Resources

Possums: https://possumsonline.com/

PIPPS: https://possumsonline.com/pipps

NDC accreditation: https://education.possumsonline.com/accreditation