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20th Victorian Rural Doctors Conference Lancemore Hill, Lancefield
14-16th October 2011

CPD Information for Procedural and Non-Procedural Subsidies

Updated 22.9.11

2011 Conference CPD/PDP points summary

ACRRM PDP approval posted on Website

• Approval Number EEACR-11001-RDAV
• https://www.rrmeo.com/rrmeo/dls_rrmeo.pl?a=eduinv_activity&acttype=event&actsubtype=confer&id=acrrm_EEACR-11001-RDAV
• Core Points pro rata for whole week-end
• PRDP points pro rata
• Mirena workshop approved: will require one day’s attendance at Box Hill FPA Victoria
• REST course approved
• EMED information awaited
• MOPS pro rata
• Procedural Approval
• Friday with skill stations
• Friday with Mirena workshop
• EMED Ultrasound
• Saturday REST course
• Points negotiated directly by Conference Committee


RACGP
• The whole event is approved for Category 2 at 2 points an hour
• Any one event attracts a maximum of 30 points
• You will be given pro rata points for segments that you attend
• The whole day on Friday will attract Category 2 points and should be procedurally approved
• The Mirena workshop is in the process of being approved by the FPA for category 1 points (40) and should also be procedurally approved in conjunction with the morning
• The EMED introductory Ultrasound workshop will attract RACGP category 2 points
• The REST workshop is approved for category 1 points (40)
• The accredited points coordinator is Brad Ward (Medical Minds)

Procedural and PD Subsidy Information Download forms

DoHA guidelines and registration forms click here
or Google DoHA Rural Procedural Grants

ACRRM Procedural Claim form click here

DHS Victoria CPD subsidy guidelines and application (through RWAV) click here

Procedural Subsidy is worth $2,000 a day if you are eligible. It covers surgery, anaesthetics, obstetrics and emergency medicine. It is to cover practice costs and so forth when you are absent. You must be registered as a proceduralist before the conference.

• Read the DoHA Rural Procedural Grants Guidelines to check on your eligibility. You have to be a VMO in Regional or Rural Remote. There is specific information for registrars and locums

• You only have to register once. Print off the forms on pages 7, 8 and 9 off the guidelines and fax to your College

• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, National Rural Faculty, 15 Gover Street, NORTH ADELAIDE SA 5006, Phone: 1800 636 764 Fax application form to Pauline Curtis 8267 8359. Inquiries to Pauline.curtis@racgp.org.au or go to http://www.racgp.org.au/rural/traininggrants

• Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine GPO BOX 2507 BRISBANE QLD 4001 Fax: (07) 3105 8299

• Approval is automatic once your attendance is registered and points approved as their systems are linked. You will see the arrangements for direct bank transfer as detailed

Victorian DoH Rural Professional Development Subsidy. RDAV committee members negotiated both the National Procedural and the State PD subsidy. Federal procedural subsidy was for lost income for ‘study leave’, and State was for ‘reimbursement of expenses’ (travel accommodation and fees). It was our understanding that GPs would be eligible for both if they so qualified and this was specifically discussed at the time because they are for different aspects and it was acknowledged that procedural GPs have PDP requirements over and above non-proceduralists. RWAV however have refused to allow this and so it is not worth applying for both at this time. We hope to revisit the issue. If you are a non-proceduralist then you want the State Subsidy.

Application
• You do not have to be registered
• Print off the DHS form and apply to RWAV with details of your attendance
• All attendees will receive certificates in due course



Rural Doctors Association of Victoria (Constituent of RDAA)


GPO Box 75  MT BEAUTY VIC 3699
Kathy Panozzo 0408 278 052 execassist@rdav.com.au
Mike Moynihan President 0427 331 370 moynidoc@iinet.net.au