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Latest News for Provincial Fellows

Specialist Obstetrician Locum Scheme (SOLS)

SOLS is a pilot project designed to supply affordable, quality locum relief to rural obstetricians. The project is funded by the Australian Government.
The SOLS pilot commenced in July 2006 to run for 15 months to provide rural obstetricians with subsidised locum support for 14 days and an optional additional 2 weeks of unsubsidised support.
A request for continued funding has recently been approved, and the project will be extended until September 2008
If you are a Fellow of the College and interested in receiving quality locum relief under the SOLS pilot, or if you would like to act as a locum please complete the form ( 1MB).

SOLS is calling for new Applicants for 07/08

PROVINCIAL FELLOWS UPDATE ON SOLS JUNE 2007 ( 80KB).

Colposcopy Audit

The Colposcopy Audit is funded by the Support Scheme for Rural Specialists, an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The project commenced in August 2007 and will conclude in August 2008.

The key aims for this project are:

• Examine the correlation between Colposcopy and Biopsy and the diagnosis of abnormalities.

• Use collected data to profile colposcopy practice in rural and regional Australia and identify opportunities to improve clinical practice including the use of a Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ). The PSQ will evaluate patients' perception of their Colposcopy experience.

• Provide a supported, multidisciplinary CPD opportunity for rural and regional specialists in

clinical audit to measure Colposcopy practice in line with the NHMRC guidelines.

• Assess the future application of a Colposcopy audit tool.

Use educational tools in Colposcopy such as online image evaluation, to create more knowledge and understanding.

• Evaluate whether an electronic audit tool is practical for rural and regional specialists.

The audit will involve Colposcopies performed on new patients and data collection will focus on Colposcopy quality and the accurate diagnosis from image and subsequent biopsy.

For more information about the audit go to:

http://www.ranzcog.edu.au/ssrs/colposcopy.shtml

2009 Provincial Fellows Meeting

The 2009 Provincial Fellows meeting will be held from 28-31 May, 2009. This event will be held at the Cable Beach Resort in Broome, Western Australia. More

December edition of Provincial Fellows ConneXion is now available

The December 2007 edition of the Provincial Fellows ConneXion is now available online More

Provincial Fellows respond to the Productivity Commission regarding workforce issues

A response from Provincial Fellows has been provided to the Productivity Commission in relation to workforce issues

View Provincial Fellows response ( 77 KB)

View RANZCOG response ( 138 KB)

The Productivity Commission released the initial findings of the commissioned study on health workforce in a position paper - Australia's Health Workforce - on 29 September 2005 More

Read the RANZCOG's response ( 545KB) to the position paper.

Provincial Fellows respond to the AHMAC regarding rural specialist services

Responses from Provincial Fellows have been provided to the AHMAC (Australian Health Minister Advisory Council) subcommittee discussion paper on rural specialist services.

View responses ( 66 KB)