Health equity and improving health literacy in rural and remote areas, new technologies including AI scribes, integrating multidisciplinary teams into general practice, perimenopause and menopause care, and much more will be closely examined at GP25.
The Royal Australia College of GPs (RACGP) annual conference GP25 runs from 14–16 November at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, with workshops, seminars and lectures covering a range of topics vital to the future of high-quality patient care across Australia. GPs also have the opportunity to attend pre-conference workshops, including empowering women in rural general practice and dermatology in general practice.
The College's 68th Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 13 November from 5.00 pm (AEST) at the Convention and Exhibition Centre and via Zoom webinar. The conference will conclude with a Fellowship ceremony, which marks the culmination of 11 years' education, training, rigorous assessment, and experience in primary care to become a specialist GP.
RACGP President Dr Michael Wright said that this year's conference held many promising opportunities.
"This year's theme, 'a Bright Future Together', will allow us to explore how best to ensure that all Australians, no matter their postcode, can access high-quality care from a GP who knows them, and their history," he said.
"Through the right investment and planning, we can ensure the sustainability of general practice. I'm looking forward to speaking on the future of general practice care where I'll outline why securing this future is so important for Australia's health, wellbeing, and productivity.
"I'm also looking forward to connecting with members and hearing from the renowned speakers lined up to present at this year's conference."
Keynote presentations will be delivered by:
- Federal Minister for Health, Disability and Ageing, The Hon Mark Butler MP
- Leigh Sales AM, drawing on lessons from her esteemed 30-year career in journalism to examine the way people deal with life's blindsides and uncertainties
- Australia's Chief Medical Officer and past RACGP President Professor Michael Kidd AO FAHMS
- Queensland Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Hon Timothy Nicholls MP
- Professor James Ward, a proud Pitjantjatjara and Narungga man and one of the country's most respected leaders in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, discussing building health equity through robust research and health policy
- Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay, talking about embedding human rights in general practice
- Dr Justin Coleman, a GP at Inala Indigenous Health Service in Brisbane who worked for 12 years in rural and remote medicine, including in three remote Aboriginal Northern Territory communities, on what matters most in rural and remote medicine.
An international panel featuring Dr Wright, President of the Hong Kong College of Family Physicians Dr David Chao, President of the College of Family Physicians of Canada Dr Sarah Cook and Past President of World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) Dr Karen Flegg, will also discuss how best to implement health policy and learn vital lessons from across the globe.
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