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Grants for GPs & Nurses - are you eligible?

To help lessen the financial burden of keeping up with CPD, rural and remote health professionals (MMM 3-7) who would normally be required to travel considerable distances to attend courses, can access a range of state-based funding.

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Beyond the trigger: recognising and responding to deteriorating patients
Beyond the trigger: recognising and responding to deteriorating patients
Susan Helmrich

Track-and-trigger scores have reshaped how we recognise deterioration — but the score only tells us when to look, not what we're seeing. Physiological reserve, masked deterioration, and cognitive bias, all remind us that clinical judgement remains our sharpest tool for reading the patient behind the number.

Funding your skills: the Rural Procedural Grants Program, rural generalist recognition, and eligible Medcast courses
Funding your skills: the Rural Procedural Grants Program, rural generalist recognition, and eligible Medcast courses
Medcast Education

Our courses have gained recognition for their comprehensive and practical approach to training healthcare professionals.

From claim to compensation: a GP’s guide to the DVA journey
From claim to compensation: a GP’s guide to the DVA journey
Dr Nazha Nazeem

Compensation assessments are an important part of a veteran's DVA claim journey, yet for many GPs they remain unfamiliar territory. This article maps the journey from claim lodgement to determination, explaining each step and exactly where a GPs assessment fits in.

Early signs of confusion? Look again
Early signs of confusion? Look again
Susan Helmrich

Mervyn, is day 2 following surgical repair for a fractured neck of femur. He has mild dementia, lives at home with family support and is normally chatty, interactive and knows his family when they visit.

Perimenopause - clinical fact sheet and MCQ
Perimenopause - clinical fact sheet and MCQ
Quality Use of Medicines Alliance

An evidence-based overview of perimenopause, covering common symptoms, diagnosis, lifestyle interventions, MHT prescribing principles and non-hormonal management strategies.

Medical-grade AI in healthcare: Medcast on Talking HealthTech
Medical-grade AI in healthcare: Medcast on Talking HealthTech
Medcast Education

Discover how Medcast is building trusted medical-grade AI to support clinicians with evidence-based clinical decision support.

Why you should use an ABCDE approach to patient assessment
Why you should use an ABCDE approach to patient assessment
Susan Helmrich

The ABCDE approach is the most recognised tool for rapid patient assessment, it allows us to recognise life-threatening conditions early and provides a systematic method that focuses on identifying problems and implementing critical interventions in a timely manner.

Business Skills: eating disorder treatment and management plans – clinical factsheet and MCQ
Business Skills: eating disorder treatment and management plans – clinical factsheet and MCQ
Medcast Medical Education Team

Eating disorders affect around 1.1 million Australians, with GPs playing a central role in early identification and coordinated care. This guide outlines Medicare pathways, including the EDTMP, Mental Health Treatment Plan and GP Chronic Condition Management Plan, along with eligibility criteria, review requirements, billing items and referral options.

Supporting Australian veterans through allied health: a guide to DVA-funded care
Supporting Australian veterans through allied health: a guide to DVA-funded care
Dr Nazha Nazeem

Allied health professionals play a vital role in veteran care. This guide outlines DVA card types, the allied health treatment cycle, exceptions and billing essentials – introducing allied health providers to practical knowledge that enables delivery of compliant veteran-centred care under Department of Veterans' Affairs arrangements.