12 Conferences and Events

Access to training and education opportunities is key to retaining medical practitioners in remote, rural and regional NSW.

Access to training and education opportunities is key to retaining medical practitioners in rural NSW.

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For more information please contact the conferences and events team

conferences@nswrdn.com.au02 4924 8000

Doctors are required to maintain skills through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)/Professional Development Program (PDP) activities to practise in Australia.

To support doctors in rural practice and medical students interested in a rural career, NSW Rural Doctors Network (RDN) hosts a range of CPD/PDP conferences and events, including two flagship annual family-friendly GP conferences.

Our conferences include:

Rural GP Refresher Conference

  • one annual general CPD/PDP education update for GPs and medical students, held in March

New General Practitioner Orientation (NGPO) workshops

  • face-to-face education for doctors new to general practice, via the New Rural GP Orientation Program

Proceduralist conferences – Anaesthetics and Obstetrics

  • two annual interactive CPD/PDP conferences designed for rural GP Proceduralists held in May and August
  • approved procedural grants available for GP Proceduralists

Outreach Forum

  • one annual update and information sharing forum for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs), specialists, health administrators and Outreach service providers

Rurally-based CPD/PDP workshops

  • four annual themed CPD/PDP workshops hosted in rural NSW locations. Workshop themes are identified through the Primary Health Workforce Needs Assessment (HWNA)

Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW (AH&MRC of NSW) Deadly Doctors Forum

  • one annual co-designed forum for GPs working in the Aboriginal health sector

Rural GPs Conference

  • one annual general educational CPD/PDP conference offered to GPs and medical students, held in November

By attending our conferences, you will gain access to CPD/PDP through:

  • peer group discussions and panels
  • clinical lectures
  • interactive simulation workshops
  • non-clinical presentations.

Conferences are also an excellent opportunity to network with colleagues and peers and include live entertainment and special activities for partners and children.

RDN is a not-for-profit organisation. Its services are delivered in partnership and with support from the Australian Government Department of Health (DoH), the NSW Ministry of Health (MoH) and various community organisations. Recruitment support services are funded and subsequently provided free of charge. Some additional services may attract a fee where necessary.

Information correct as at January 2020.

For more information please contact the conferences and events team

conferences@nswrdn.com.au
www.nswrdn.com.au
02 4924 8000

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