8 Build Practice
Capacity and
Capability
“ANOTHER RESOUNDING SUCCESS! I CAN’T
TELL YOU HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE THIS
IS MAKING TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. THE
PAEDIATRIC PROFESSOR FEELS LIKE PART
OF OUR FAMILY NOW! HE LOVES COMING
TO MILDURA- IT REALLY HAS BEEN A GREAT
SUCCESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.”
Nina Woulfe, Director, In Leaps & Bounds
8.2 Professional support and development
In 2015-16, RWAV administered 361 grants to doctors
through the Victorian Department of Health and Human
Services’ Continuing Medical Education (CME) program
and the Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
program. Funding supports the ongoing professional
development and medical education of medical
practitioners in rural and regional Victoria. The program
also aims to encourage trainee doctors to complete
rural and regional placements by providing access
to professional development subsidies.
Alongside this, we continued to support the Additional
Assistance Scheme (AAS), providing exam preparation
support for eligible GPs in their efforts towards
achieving fellowship. The scheme provided financial
assistance of up to $7 700 to each doctor, to alleviate
the cost of exam preparation.
RWAV also ran a two-day GP Anaesthetics course
in collaboration with St Vincent’s Hospital, involving
skills stations and high fidelity simulation.
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