Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Family Violence GP Education Program
The RACGP’s delivery of the Family Violence GP Education Program in 2023 has been successful, with over 120 GPs interacting with the online modules and peer group learning and over 200 GPs participating in the Lunch & Learn series from across Victoria. The RACGP Family Violence Program aims to increase awareness to Victorian GPs about the prevalence of family violence, recognising and responding to Family Violence (FV), using Child information Sharing Schemes (CISS), Family Violence Information Sharing Schemes (FVISS) and voluntarily aligning to MARAM.
As part of the program, GPs can undertake online modules including identifying and responding to FV, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, MARAM and Information Sharing Schemes and People who use violence. This leads into our small peer group sessions which allows groups of approximately 8-12 GPs to meet for 5 hours with a GP expert to discuss learnings and cases of FV.
In addition, we have our Lunch and Learn Series which allows GPs to submit a case prior, and then to be discussed in a drop-in style webinar. This is an interactive session for both the panellists and the participants to engage, network and discuss cases of FV for greater understanding and short bites for a timelier learning opportunity.
In addition to the above, in 2024 we will be adding an additional evening session that matches the Lunch and Learn format to allow more GPs to attend outside of work hours. We will also be building two additional online learning modules and creating a short mini-series of videos based on the successful response we had to this FV video created last year. We look forward to working closely with the Department of Health to be able to provide Quarterly updates to our members on all things FV/MARAM.
For further information, please contact RACGP Victoria Faculty at vic.fvp@racgp.org.au.
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