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Essential Guide to RACGP Doctor’s Bag Requirements for General Practices
Understand the requirements of the updated RACGP recommendations for the Doctor’s Bag to stay compliant and prepared for your next clinical emergency
READ ON![Keeping the beat in 2024: Medcast & RACGP renew partnership for online CPR](/media/kwma1mc2/racgp-partnership.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a560ece510)
A renewed partnership between Medcast and RACGP will ensure RACGP members have privileged access to discounted Basic Life Support training. The online course, meticulously aligned with guidelines, enables GPs to fulfil mandatory CPR course requirements.
![Clinical Opal - A child with a rash](/media/wkzbh4sz/copy-of-blog-image-6.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a538b3a750)
Your next patient is Frankie, a 5 year old girl, who is brought in by her mother Nora. Frankie has been unwell for the past 48 hours with fever, sore throat and headache. The previous day Nora noticed a rash over Frankie’s neck and chest which has since spread over the rest of her body.
![CPD has changed from 2023 - what does this mean for you?](/media/rzvdg53o/cpd-changes-2023-1.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a53e91ba90)
New CPD, Medcast Plus and Me! What the CPD changes mean, and how Medcast Plus makes it easy to meet your requirements.
![Clinical Opal - Investigating Erectile Dysfunction](/media/ukvhmv41/patrick_ed.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a53d37cfe0)
Patrick is a 62 year old university lecturer who presents to you with erectile dysfunction.
![Clinical Opal - ‘It’s a bit embarrassing, doctor’](/media/koabeei5/tyler-1.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a53ad15730)
Tyler is a 22 year old university student who presents to you late one afternoon. He is new to the practice. He starts the consultation off by saying ‘It’s a bit embarrassing, doctor’, and awkwardly proceeds to describe penile discharge and painful urination for the past couple of days.
![Clinical Opal - thrombophilia testing after a DVT](/media/t1kca312/dimitri.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a539c1bbf0)
It is 3PM on a Thursday afternoon and your next patient is Dimitri, a 54 year old groundsman. Dimitri is attending for review after a recent lower leg DVT following a knee arthroscopy.
![Clinical Opal - Gene Testing](/media/wvlbyzuh/blog-image-21.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a5343c5000)
Your next patient is Belinda, a 54-year-old dressmaker and new patient to the practice. Belinda presents to you bearing a sheaf of printed material from the internet and asks for a request form for the MTHFR gene...
![Top Tips for Safe NOAC Prescribing](/media/l2ig2uuh/blog-image.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a52c7c3650)
It’s amazing how quickly things can change with ‘novel’ drugs...
![Clinical Opal #20 - An abnormal urine culture](/media/nblf5dbi/blog-image-20.webp?width=800&height=600&v=1daf4a5310d7e40)
It is Monday morning, and you are reviewing the test results in the inbox of your colleague who has taken a week off work...