A/Prof Stephen Barnett
Stephen is the Medical Director of Medcast, a GP in the Southern Highlands of NSW, experienced GP Supervisor and Medical Educator. He is a Clinical Associate Professor with the University of Wollongong Graduate School of Medicine and holds a PhD in e-learning and GP Training.
A practical update for skin cancer presentations and treatment in primary care.
Join us for the first Medcast business skills session. Learn how your practice can improve chronic disease billings with ethical and sustainable business tips.
Enhance your Medicare billing skills with insights from experts Loryn Einstein & Stephen Barnett. Stay compliant, avoid under/overbilling & navigate changes effectively
What are the simple billing errors that are made frequently by doctors? How can you ensure that you and your team are billing correctly?
Chronic Disease Management is clinically complex, but the billing can be even more complex! Sustainably and ethically grow your income with CDM whilst remaining Medicare compliant.
Medcast partners with Dermatology Australasia to bring you the latest in managing eczema in the primary care setting.
This mini-audit activity has been designed to help GPs review their billing practices for patient's with chronic diseases.
Join Medicare billing expert Loryn Einstein and GP practice owner A/Prof Stephen Barnett to maximise the benefits of Telehealth, whilst mitigating the risks with this session.
A/Prof Stephen Barnett
Launching tomorrow, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs has partnered with medical education company Medcast, to provide freely available resources for health professionals to assess and manage veterans’ health.
A/Prof Stephen Barnett
Are you a general practitioner or health professional looking to enhance your knowledge and skills in treating veterans? Welcome to the VETs HeLP: Veterans Healthcare eLearning Platform.
Medcast is thrilled to announce a new collaboration with the University of Wollongong’s Graduate School of Medicine. The $2.7M MRFF grant focuses on reducing the inappropriate prescription of antibiotics, a key factor in the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Anthony is a retired engineer, who is compliant with his COPD and diabetes management but has been struggling with frequent exacerbations of his COPD.
Advancing virtual care models for aged care residents through The General Practice and Residential Aged Care Study of Virtual Care Models (The Grace-VC Study).
Accurate documentation for telehealth billing for Australian General Practitioners is essential. A recent case highlighted compliance issues, urging meticulous clinical notes for proper billing. Balancing audit fears and underbilling is a challenge, and templates are helpful if used judiciously and with detailed notes.
Explore telehealth billing nuances, differentiating telephone consultations from broader telehealth under Australian legislation. In the dynamic digital healthcare landscape, General Practitioners must master compliance details for optimal patient care.
Explore the evolution of telehealth in Australia, from its rapid expansion to the recent permanence of telehealth items. Dr. Stephen Barnett and Loryn Einstein guide GPs through billing complexities, emphasising compliance and the need for ongoing education in this ever-changing landscape.
Explore online GP education's impact on prescriptions and testing. A randomised trial provides insights into enhancing healthcare safety and efficiency and while challenges exist, the study paves the way for improved patient outcomes.
This case study guides Australian clinicians in diagnosing a common women's health condition. It emphasises the importance of recognising symptoms like irregular periods, weight gain, and hirsutism and following updated guidelines to improve patient care.
New CPD, Medcast Plus and Me! What the CPD changes mean, and how Medcast Plus makes it easy to meet your requirements.
Change seems to be the theme of 2020. In our region, as with many in Australia, it started with bushfires, before a jump to the left into ‘COVID Capers’.
Clinical and Healthcare Improvement through My Health Record Usage and Education in General Practice
Paul is aged 40, and he comes to see you with persistent, red, sore, scratchy eyes.
A 45 year old woman with a painful hip comes to see you. She’s normally fit and active, but is now getting pain that is disturbing her walking and waking her at night.
What is the evidence for 'medical expulsive therapy' using alpha blockers?
This short video presentation looks at the latest evidence on the diagnosis and management of paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea.
Ownership of GP CPD is important. There is a lot at stake — billions of health dollars are spent by us as we decide on treatments every day.
Your registrar is preparing to sit the OSCE exam. As a supervisor, what do you need to know and how can you help her prepare?
Rightly or wrongly, the KFP has become the most feared of the current crop of FRACGP exams. This stems from relatively high failure rates, an apparent ‘randomness’ of responses and the common belief that you have to ‘read the examiner’s mind.
The Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) is the most straightforward of the FRACGP exams, and yet many still struggle with it. In the 2016.1 exam cycle, the pass rate was around 64%, meaning that one-third of the candidates still have some trouble passing the AKT.
As you may have noticed the, Key Features Examination (KFP) produces a lot of discussion, controversy, dissent and "push-back" amongst not only trainees, but also supervisors and MEs.
As conscientious medical educators, we are always on the look-out for ways to further assist our registrars with their educational needs. Both those that struggle and those that do well endure our
The Theory of Everything won an Oscar yesterday. As a result, I had a great discussion with Dr Malcolm Ireland today (Director of Training at Wentwest).