General Practice Training Tasmania (GPTT) today celebrated 10 years of providing essential
training in general practice and primary health care practices for the Tasmanian community.
GPTT CEO Allyson Warrington said general practitioners played a vital role in Tasmania’s
largely regional population, with statistics showing during 2011 a total of 2, 235,794
consultations were undertaken by Tasmanian GPs, an increase of 1.6 per cent on the
previous year.
“Since the organisation’s inception in 2003, 188 Tasmanian GP registrars have undergone
general practitioner training with GPTT, helping countless Tasmanians on the receiving end
of various medical services,” Ms Warrington said.
“GPTT is the regional training provider in Tasmania for Australian General Practice Training
and aims to ensure GP registrars are able to perform effectively in unsupervised general
practice through the provision of a high quality training program.
“Covering the entire State, GPTT started with a training cohort of 12, which has grown
considerably over the past 10 years to include 109 registrars in 2012, with an annual intake
of 29.
“The GP’s role is as much about promoting good health and wellbeing in the longer term, as
it is concerned with treating chronic or acute disease, injury and illness.
“With Tasmania expected to have the oldest population by 2020, our medical profession is
also expected to be faced with some additional challenges, placing an even greater
importance on the role of our local community doctors.
“Throughout its history, people have been at the very heart of the GP profession, and the
strong and long-lasting relationship between the ‘family doctor’ and a patient is one of the
characteristics that distinguishes general practice from other medical specialities.”
General Practice Training Tasmania provides innovative, best practice training to the highest
national standards in order to develop outstanding GPs. For more information visit
www.gptt.com.au.
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