The Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ Post

OPPORTUNITY: Bring a Hauora Māori perspective to our renewed curricula *You'll receive support, resources, and an honorarium* A short-term role is available as a Specialist Contractor, Te Ao Māori, working with our Curricula Renewal Project. You'll review and provide feedback on proposed updates to the cultural safety content in RACP’s new Basic and Advanced Training curricula standards. If you are a medical specialist who identifies as Māori, you are encouraged to submit an expression of interest for this valued role, which will ensure alignment to the College’s Professional Standard for Cultural Safety, and the concepts and beliefs of Te Ao Māori. To submit an expression of interest, please email your CV and a completed EOI form to curriculum@racp.edu.au by Tuesday, 30 April 2024. For more details, review the position description on the RACP website. SUBMIT EOI: https://lnkd.in/gbw5mFH8 College’s Professional Standard for Cultural Safety: https://lnkd.in/gGpvvpra

THE NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL RESPIRATORY DISEASE REGISTRY This notice is provided to you on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. Please read this important message, familiarise yourself with the new mandatory reporting requirements, which will begin on Wednesday, 22 May 2024. Please also print a copy of the Physician Factsheet for your staff noticeboard. FIND OUT MORE: https://lnkd.in/gB_sr-J6 DOWNLOAD FACTSHEET: https://lnkd.in/gQBx2cvb

LAST CHANCE: HIGH-PROFILE COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY This is your chance to make a real difference with your College's education. RACP Fellows, submit your interest in becoming the Chair of the peak education committee responsible for the RACP education enterprise. Expressions of interest (EOIs) close tomorrow on Thursday, 11 April. Don't wait and submit your EOI now: https://lnkd.in/g6yiqbtK

ONLY AT RACP CONGRESS In 2022, the Australian Government announced its plans to establish an Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC) to improve the response to public health emergencies and protect the health of all Australians. Professor Paul Kelly, Chief Medical Officer for the Australian Government, public health physician and epidemiologist, heads the interim CDC. At RACP Congress, Professor Kelly will discuss the phased approach to establishing the CDC. RACP Congress will be held on Thursday, 16 and Friday, 17 May in Sydney. Register now to hear this session and more: https://lnkd.in/gBaRX85a #RACPcongress #medicalconference #physicians #paediatricians #publichealth #healthcare

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE: APRIL 2024 In this edition, Dr Jacqueline Small discusses some of the College's major investments, as part of a broader business and technology strategy. You can also find out the latest update with RACP Congress, which is just six weeks away. Other topics include artificial intelligence in medicine, telehealth advocacy, junk food advertising to children, and more. WATCH: https://lnkd.in/gB9Wn8z6 READ eBULLETIN: https://lnkd.in/gVe7-KfT

EVOLVE CASE STUDY: Rosie is a two-and-a-half-year-old immunised child. She started daycare one week ago and presents with a runny nose and cough, which she's had for the past 24 hours. Refer to this Evolve case study to find out why antibiotics will not cure her cold. https://lnkd.in/gRfyckNW #RACPEvolve #ASID #ChoosingWisely

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT RACP CONGRESS AI is impacting medical and healthcare systems globally. An expert in this field, Professor Enrico Coiera will present a roadmap for AI in healthcare in Australia. Following Professor Coiera’s presentation, he will be joined by our panel who will share their experiences of using AI to help shape the healthcare landscape. Dr Anupam Rao is one of the panelists, who has been cited in various esteemed medical journals. See this session exclusively at RACP Congress, held in Sydney on 16 and 17 May. REGISTER NOW: https://lnkd.in/gaPCRfin #artificialintelligence #AI #AIinmedicine #healthcare #physicians #pardiatricians #medicalconference

We are pleased to announce that Dr Sonia Sawant is the winner of the RACP 2023 Northern Territory Trainee Research Awards, which were judged at the Royal Darwin Hospital Medical Grand Round on 27 March 2024. Her winning abstract was 'Underrepresentation of ethnic and regional minorities in lipid-lowering randomized clinical trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis'. In 2023, Dr Sawant completed the last six months of her RACP Basic Training at the Alice Springs Hospital. Dr Sawant will have her abstract published in the Internal Medicine Journal and be invited to represent the Northern Territory at the binational RACP Trainee Research Awards Symposium in Sydney in July. The Awards are run annually by the RACP Foundation, our philanthropic arm, which over the last five years has granted almost $13m in awards, fellowships, scholarships, grants and prizes to those who strive to improve the healthcare we all receive. Congratulations Dr Sawant! TRAINEE RESEARCH AWARDS: https://lnkd.in/gUfwBFUG NT Health

HEALTH REFORM SESSION: ONLY AT RACP CONGRESS There's not long to go until RACP Congress, which will be held on Thursday, 16 and Friday, 17 May at the International Convention Centre in Sydney. There's still time to register. In the health reform session, you'll hear from our panel of thought leaders who have all contributed to health reform throughout their careers. Their insights from working in government departments, politics, healthcare associations and consumer groups will bring to life some of the rewards and challenges we face when creating change and shaping healthcare. The panel features Dr Kerry Chant AO PSM, Chief Health Officer at NSW Health and Deputy Secretary, Population and Public Health. Dr Chant has extensive public health experience, having held a range of senior positions in NSW Health since 1991. In her current role as Deputy Secretary, Population and Public Health she is responsible for a broad portfolio including communicable disease control, Aboriginal health, surveillance and epidemiology, prevention of chronic diseases, drug and alcohol, oral health, and voluntary assisted dying. Dr Chant AO PSM will be joined by Dr Stephen Duckett AM, Dr Michael Moore, Dr Anthony Brown and Professor Nick Buckmaster (Chair). PROGRAM: https://lnkd.in/eVnB-C8R REGISTER: https://lnkd.in/gBaRX85a

‘Do not initiate maintenance inhalers in minimally symptomatic COPD patients with a low risk of exacerbation' recommends The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) and RACP Evolve. Check out the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand Evolve Top-5 recommendations to reduce low value-care practices in respiratory illness in adults on the Evolve website https://lnkd.in/g6dqydF