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!
Dengue fever is not endemic in Australia, however, we do have mosquitoes that can spread the virus and outbreaks do occur due to imported cases. Severe dengue (also known as dengue haemorrhagic fever) is a potentially lethal complication, affecting mainly children. Diagnosing it early and initiating supportive treatment can be life-saving. It’s therefore worth reminding...
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If you live in FN Queensland and a patient presents feeling unwell with a fever after a flood, on your differential list, you’d need to consider Melioidosis and Leptospirosis. If you don’t actually live in northern Australia, you may feel you need to brush up on your knowledge of those 2 differentials. And you’re in...
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The 2021 training year has just begun at RVTS, and we’ve caught up with Dr Pat Giddings, RVTS CEO, GP and GP Obstetrician, to talk about the year that’s been and the year ahead. Dr Giddings shares what he believes makes RVTS successful, and gives his “TOP TIP” for Registrars for 2021. Listen to...
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What a year it’s been. As 2020 draws to a close, I will not even attempt to comment on what has been a most extraordinary year, except to say that we would like to salute the RVTS Registrars, supervisors and staff for their courage and perseverance, their passion and understanding, their strength and commitment and...
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“Rational pathology emanates from a rational doctor”. Pathology is useful in assisting with coming to a diagnosis, monitoring patients and for screening. Unnecessary tests can cause harm to patients and add significantly to health costs, so considering carefully what pathology we order is vitally important in General Practice. In this month’s post, we listen in...
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Being brilliant at the basics will come in handy when there are no clinical pathways or algorithms that apply to the patient in front of you. This was the take home message from the second case at the 3rd annual RVTS Grand Round Webinar. In August we shared the first excerpt from the webinar, and...
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RVTS recently hosted the 3rd annual RVTS Grand Round Webinar. We were delighted to be joined by Art Nahill and Nic Szecket from IMReasoning, amongst others, who discussed a case in the form of a “cognitive autopsy” – with all the benefits of hindsight. The discussion highlights that diagnostic errors occur surprisingly commonly! The...
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The use of personal protective equipment is accepted for the high-risk environment of theatre, intensive care unit and on some hospital wards. But the role of the face mask is controversial in the community setting. Should general practitioners wear face masks? Should patients at high risk of serious outcomes from infection with COVID 19 wear...
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We’ve reached May in a year that will certainly go down in history! It’s been a tough year to be a GP in Australia with many challenges indeed! How are you coping? How are you looking after yourself? This month, 2 of our RVTS registrars, Leigh-Anne Bingham and Jeni Davila Mendez, discuss self care. Leigh-Ann...
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I don’t have to tell you that much has happened in the last month since our last post! COVID-19 is front and centre stage. We are encouraged to keep abreast of information relating not only to management of cases of COVID-19, but also prevention of spread of the virus, and self-care. Many organisations are providing...
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Do research papers and different research models confuse you? Do you struggle to understand research in general practice? Have you wondered why and when different research methods are used? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re in the right place! Dr Louise Stone shares her wisdom about research during this webinar excerpt...
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2019 has come to an end, and we’re in that reflective mood, as is common at this time of the year 🙂 The last 12 months have been jam-packed: and while we’re enjoying a brief lull in proceedings, we’ve been reflecting… Looking back over 2019: We’ve had successful face to face workshops where friendships and...
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