2010 GPET Convention

Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 September - Alice Springs Convention Centre, NT

Official 2010 GPET Convention Website

For information regarding the Convention and submitting an abstract visit the offical 2010 GPET Convention website at http://www.onqconferences.com.au/gpet2010/gpet.php 

For enquiries contact: The Conference Organiser, On Q Conference Support via email or on 02 6288 3998 or Lauren Kennelly, GPET Convention Co-convenor via email or on 02 6263 6782.

Call for Abstracts - Open 28 January and Close 26 March

Convention abstract submissions open Thursday 28 January and close Friday 26 March 2010. GP registrars, supervisors, RTP staff, cultural educators, cultural mentors and medical educators alike are invited and encouraged to put forward abstracts for one or more of the concurrent workshops, paper presentations or for posters and displays. Visit the Convention website to sumbit your abstract.

Convention Theme

The 2010 Convention theme is: Clinical and Cultural Competence: Everybody's Business 

The following four sub-themes will structure the Convention program, creating streams of relevant and associated topics, which will facilitate discussion and learning.

1. Indigenous health training throughout Australia - Focusing on: Lessons learned from IHT that can be applied elsewhere in general practice including multi-disciplinary care, cross-cultural training, community engagement, and policy driving change; how IHT is supported in RTPs and communities; challenges in metropolitan IHT; and the importance of Indigenous knowledge and a two-way learning channel.
2. Vertical and horizontal integration - Focusing on: V&H integration in the practice setting; educational partnerships fostering integration and development; registrars as teachers; inter-professional learning; and RTP structure and support – where are they headed?
3. Learning and teaching showcase - Focusing on: Rural and remote training innovations; accepting different learning styles; capability-based training; how do you teach? Showcase your best workshop; college curriculum changes; and academic supervisors and registrars – paving the way for the future.
4. GPs within their community - Focusing on: The important balance between one-on-one patient care and community care; life-long learning and adapting; leadership – preparing for the needs of future communities; caring for the ‘marginalised’; and GP as people – storytelling.

Convention Objectives

The General Practice Education and Training Convention provides an annual national forum for those involved in education and training in general practice and rural medicine. The Convention aims to:

• Bring delegates together to focus on current and future opportunities and challenges in general practice vocational training
• Showcase innovation in medical education and training
• Provide opportunities for networking and cross-fertilisation of ideas
• Provide opportunities for GP trainers and educators to acquire skills from each other
• Provide an opportunity for the academic advancement of general practice training
• Cater to and welcome GP registrars and promote greater involvement of registrars in education and training
• Contribute to the development and promotion of general practice as the career of choice for future generations
• Develop solutions for the future needs of general practice training and promulgate them to the wider community.