Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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| Abbreviation | RACGP |
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| Motto |
Latin: Cum Scientia Caritas ("Care with knowledge.") |
| Formation | 1958 |
| Legal status | professional body |
| Purpose | Regulation and representations of GPs |
| Headquarters | East Melbourne, Victoria |
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Region served
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Australia |
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President
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Dr Frank Jones |
| Website | http://www.racgp.org.au/ |
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is the professional body for general practitioners (GPs) in Australia. The RACGP is responsible for maintaining standards for quality clinical practice, education and training, and research in Australian general practice. The RACGP has the largest membership of any medical college in Australia, representing both urban and rural GPs.
The RACGP vision is for a 'Healthy Profession, Healthy Australia'. The organisational mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of all people in Australia by supporting GPs, general practice registrars and medical students through its principle activities of education, training and research, and by assessing doctors' skills and knowledge, offering ongoing professional development activities, developing resources and guidelines, advocating for GPs on issues that affect their practice, and developing standards that general practices use to ensure high quality healthcare.
The RACGP is governed by the RACGP Council. The RACGP Council comprises:
There are eight faculties within the RACGP, representing different geographical regions and special interest groups.
This includes five state-based faculties, serving the needs of members practising in their respective geographical regions; Western Australia, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia & Northern Territory, and New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory.
The National Rural Faculty (NRF) of the RACGP supports and advocates for GPs working in rural and remote communities across Australia.
The National Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health was formed as part of the RACGP’s commitment to raising awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health needs, and therefore to help 'close the gap'.
The National Faculty of Specific Interests (NFSI) was established in 2008 to recognise the additional interest and expertise held by GPs in selected areas of general practice. The NFSI facilitates GP members practising in these areas to promote the area of specific interest and to share and develop related knowledge and materials.
The RACGP has 31,500 members across Australia and internationally.
The categories of membership are:
The RACGP Fellowship is the admission to the specialty of general practice. It is an important recognition from the RACGP and the profession of general practice, and represents excellence in general practice.
In 1996, the Australian Government adopted Fellowship of the RACGP (FRACGP) as the standard for certifying competence to deliver unsupervised general practice services in any general practice setting in Australia – urban, regional, rural or remote.
Fellowship of the RACGP allows GPs to:
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