In Practice: Future Leaders
31 Aug 2023
This week’s In Practice also includes a reminder about RACGP Faculty elections, information on upcoming webinars and masterclasses, and an mpox alert for Victorian GPs.
Drive change, shape the future
The RACGP Future Leaders program gives GPs the confidence to lead change in their community.
Running from March to October each year, Future Leaders incorporates a blended, action learning approach and covers topics such as organisation dynamics, change management, influencing, strategic thinking, advocacy and representation.
The program also attracts more than 40 CPD hours, with the potential to quick-log more throughout the year, helping participants meet their annual requirements in a seamless, relevant way.
Applications for the 2024 Future Leaders program will be open from 11–29 September. In the meantime, members can review the RACGP’s on-demand webinar and fill out an expression of interest form to be kept in the loop.
There’s never been a more important time to develop skills that can help shape the future of general practice.
Find out more.
Vote in the RACGP Faculty elections
What’s the future of general practice in your community? You decide.
The nominees for this year’s Faculty elections have been announced and voting is underway.
Members within contested electorates should have received a voting ballot email from the RACGP Returning Officer on Friday 25 August.
Those who have not received a ballot are encouraged to check their spam and junk mail folders, or contact Gavin Ryan on elections@racgp.org.au.
Each vote is crucial to shaping the policies and decisions that directly affect general practice.
Members are encouraged to vote for their Faculty Council and decide who will represent them and advocate on the issues most important to their faculty. Voting closes on Tuesday 5 September.
The role of LAMAs in asthma
Webinar: Wednesday 13 September, 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm (AEST)
Respiratory physician Dr Li Ping Chung will cover how to determine the level of asthma control and how to conduct a comprehensive reassessment of patients with asthma following an exacerbation.
The session, presented in partnership with Chiesi, will also cover the role of long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs) in the management of asthma, how to identify the clinical circumstances where consideration of adding a LAMA is appropriate, and how to introduce a LAMA without compromising inhaled corticosteroids use.