General Practice Registrars Australia will play host to Doctors’ Health Alliance educational materials and webinars over the next year.
A new partnership between the peak body for GP and RG trainees and a non-profit will see primary care registrars able to access free health resources and new research opportunities.
On Tuesday, General Practice Registrars Australia announced a 12-month agreement with the Doctors’ Health Alliance, a national non-profit developed from the original Australasian Doctors Health Network and founded in partnership with medical indemnifiers Avant, MIGA, MIPS, and MDA National.
The agreement laid out four “strategic pillars”, including evidence-based education for the future workforce, joint advocacy on fatigue management, research, and cross-promotion for an upcoming doctors’ health conference.
In practice, GPRA members will be able to access free DHA educational materials and webinars on the GPRA education platform.
There will also be new research opportunities shared through GPRA channels.
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GPRA president Dr Chris Dickie said the new resources would provide “critical, on-the-ground support for doctors”.
“Community-based primary care training is rewarding, but it comes with distinct pressures – balancing high-stakes examinations and diverse clinical workloads – often within a smaller clinical working environment,” Dr Dickie said.
DHA chair Dr Margaret Kay called doctor wellbeing “foundational” to a sustainable healthcare system.
“When we support doctors to understand self-care, encourage timely help-seeking, and build peer networks, we fundamentally improve both the profession and patient care,” she said.
“Collaborating with GPRA allows us to deliver practical tools directly into community-based practices, including materials that workforce to take their own care and [that of] those they work with seriously.”
The partnership comes amid a marked uptick in general practice training, with both GP colleges having reported record levels of interest for the last two years running.
Generally, the GP colleges tend to be ranked the least-worst in terms of registrar experience, especially in relation to engagement with registrars who needed support.
