GPs and Rural and Remote Medical Staff
General practitioners and rural and remote medical staff – do you provide care for people with life-limiting conditions and want to increase your skills in the palliative approach to care? PEPA is a great opportunity to learn from palliative care specialists in a supported environment.
Placements are available in all Australian states and territories and applicants from rural and remote areas are encouraged to apply.
PEPA has three learning components:
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A supervised clinical attachment to:
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inpatient palliative care – to provide experience in the ongoing management of patients, case conferencing and the role of the multidisciplinary team
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acute hospital consultancy – to provide experience in the management of the patient and family needs during the transition from curative to palliative care and the management of complex acute problems and/or
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community practice – which can provide experience in management of patient and family needs in the community and the resources and equipment available in the home.
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A planned activity that you implement in your own workplace within three months of completing the attachment.
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The development of networks to assist you in your own practice with people with life-limiting conditions.
Financial support is available to assist you to undertake this education program, including contribution towards backfill (payable to your employer) and travel (for rural and remote applicants).
Tailored workshops are also available in most states and territories and are offered free of charge. To find out more see our
calendar of events.
Learning Guide
Visit our
Online Module – GP & Rural and Remote Medical Practitioner Learning Guide (available 2011).
Professional Development Points for PEPA Placements
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM)
ACRRM will allocate 30 ACRRM pdp points to GPs who have ACRRM membership and undertake a PEPA supervised clinical placement at a specialist palliative care service for a minimum of 15 hours. To claim for these initial 30 pdp points participants will need to submit the one page
application form to the National PEPA team.
GPs with ACRRM membership are now also welcome to apply for additional pdp points for any pre- and post- placement activities that are undertaken in conjunction with their PEPA placement. The process for applying for these additional points will entail direct liaison with ACRRM pdp staff at pdp@acrrm.org.au. For further information about eligible activities participants may like to refer to the ACRRM pdp handbook for 2011-2013 at https://www.acrrm.org.au/professional-development-program-0.
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
Eligible RACGP members who undertake a PEPA placement of at least 10 hours may be eligible for 40 x Category 1 points. Furthermore, if you can demonstrate that you have implemented a system improvement/transfer of learning as part of your PEPA post placement workplace activities then you may be eligible for an additional 40 x Category 1 points.
If you are a member of RACGP and would like to apply for Quality Improvement & Continuing Professional Development points for the 2011-2013 triennium, please complete the attached
Supervised Clinical Attachment application form. Hardcopies are to be photocopied for your records and submitted directly to your state RACGP QI&CPD representative. Contact details and addresses are available from:
http://qicpd.racgp.org.au/program/contacts. To apply for these additional points submit an Individual GP Active Learning Module to your RACGP QI&CPD representative.
Further Information