RVTS Office Closure
RVTS will close 5:00pm AEDT on Tuesday 24th December 2024 and will reopen on Thursday 2nd January 2025.
From all the team at RVTS we wish you all a safe and happy festive season!
There are certain presentations we see commonly as GPs. At this time of the year, with new GP Registrars starting training, we know that the common can seem daunting to those new to general practice, and that common presentations have common pitfalls. In this webinar excerpt from a few years ago, I discuss some common...
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Recognising equity, diversity and the many contributions of women. The month of March featured three important events on our calendar which are strongly embraced by RVTS and the wider RVTS family. National Close the Gap Day – 17 March All of us at RVTS feel a genuine commitment to Close the Gap. Many of us...
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A Canadian native, Dr David Moniz almost came to Australia by accident…and despite the best efforts of a scorching Aussie summer he stayed on. Little did he know he’d be here more than a decade later, with a beautiful spot on the Murray River to call home. Patrick Daley spoke with the new RVTS Chair...
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RVTS CEO, Dr Pat Giddings, caught the Rural Medicine bug early in his career and hasn’t looked back – and 21 years after first taking the helm at RVTS. He continues to be equally passionate about that too. Pat talked recently with Patrick Daley about his career and all things RVTS.
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Dr Bec Loveridge is a first year registrar training towards her RACGP Fellowship, and moved to Portland, Victoria, in 2022 to undertake her GP training via RVTS’s Targeted Recruitment program. Bec was appointed as one of our Registrar Liaison Officers (RLOs) in September, and brings considerable experience in representing student and junior doctor groups. She...
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A permanent new doctor has been appointed to Cunnamulla Hospital. South West Hospital and Health Service Chief Executive Linda Patat said Dr Joshua Dally had moved to Cunnamulla to take up his new appointment, along with wife Ruth and children Kaleb, 11 and Hadassah, 3. “Dr Dally is a welcome addition to our medical workforce...
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When Alison Jones decided to try her luck on a reality TV show back in 2010, she could not have imagined where her life would take her – including training as a specialist GP with RVTS. She spoke with Patrick Daley. I grew up in Sydney – I was an inner west girl! I liked...
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Born and raised in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi (population over 20 million), Dr Emmon Mubbashir’s upbringing was far from rural – but since 2019 she has been enjoying working as a GP registrar in Katanning, in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, while training with RVTS towards her RACGP Fellowship. She’s endeared herself so...
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At RVTS, we are very proud of our Cultural Education team and all they accomplish in educating and mentoring our registrars about First Nations culture and the best practice provision of culturally-sensitive care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. Last year, we introduced you to RVTS Cultural Educator, Professor Marlene Drysdale (click here to...
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Dr Rohana Wanasinghe is a Rural Generalist surgeon and practice principal in Narrabri, north-west NSW. He trained with RVTS to gain his FRACGP in 2015, and is now an RVTS supervisor. Recently, Rohana was named GP Synergy’s Supervisor of the Year for the New England / Northwest training region for his outstanding contribution to training...
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by Dr Ronda Gurney, RVTS Director of Training As we come to the end of 2022, we reflect on the achievements of the year, the goals accomplished, and the lessons learned. It’s been a busy and productive year, and for RVTS Training, a successful one! During the course of 2022: 3 workshops were delivered –...
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RVTS alumni, Dr Sirisha Potti, had an adventurous start to her medical career, working as a doctor with the Indian Army in counter insurgency operations in the troubled regions of Jammu and Kashmir. The change after arriving in Australia could not have been starker for her, swapping a conflict zone for a quiet town in...
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