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		<title>PBSG what?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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There seems to be two types of Scottish GP at the moment, those who are doing Practice Based Small Group Learning and those who are likely to be soon.  The initiative, supported by NES (NHS Education for Scotland) involves small groups of GPs, Registrars and Practice Nurses getting together to do some scenario-based learning, on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralgp.wordpress.com&blog=7005189&post=916&subd=ruralgp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wellcome Trust: Rural medicine witness seminar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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News just in of a Wellcome Trust event to be held on January 29th 2010 in London&#8230;
&#8220;Remote and Rural Medicine (RARM) began to emerge as a medical specialty and as a political force in the final decades of the twentieth century.  The problems of delivering primary and secondary care to remote and rural areas have engaged [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralgp.wordpress.com&blog=7005189&post=924&subd=ruralgp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RCGP Rural Forum &#8211; where are we now?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since posting anything new on the blog.  However, that&#8217;s mainly due to lots of things going on in the background as opposed to nothing to report!  The Rural Forum team have been frantically busy over the last few weeks, after the Forum was successfully launched at the RCGP Conference in November.
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		<title>RCGP Scotland &amp; Rural Forum responds to OOH Inquiry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several weeks ago the Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee opened an Inquiry into out of hours healthcare provision in remote and rural areas.  RCGP Scotland &#8211; in partnership with the new RCGP Rural Forum &#8211; has formulated a response based on feedback from members.
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		<title>RCGP Rural Forum Launch &#8211; presentation now available</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can now view Dr Malcolm Ward&#8217;s launch of the RCGP Rural Forum which took place during the RCGP Annual Conference earlier this month.
Unfortunately we have not been able to bring you Professor Hays&#8217; video message, however the key topics from this are summarised in Malcolm&#8217;s presentation.

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		<title>CultivAiTing Rural GPs for the Future</title>
		<link>http://ruralgp.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/cultivaiting-rural-gps-for-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RuralGP is excited to showcase it&#8217;s first slidecast.  These are similar to podcasts, except that the audio can be linked up to a powerpoint presentation &#8211; so allowing presentations to be shared easily to a wider audience!
This slidecast is recorded from the RCGP Annual Conference during the launch of the RCGP Rural Forum, on Thursday [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralgp.wordpress.com&blog=7005189&post=898&subd=ruralgp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>eLearning for Rural Practice</title>
		<link>http://ruralgp.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/cpd-and-broadband/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I took part in a teleconference with Malcolm Ward, RCGP Chair of the Rural Form, and Ben Riley, Medical Director for eLearning at the RCGP, to discuss ways of improving access to online CPD to rural practitioners.
There is a lot happening to make more online learning accessible to medical practitioners, particularly as the use [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralgp.wordpress.com&blog=7005189&post=890&subd=ruralgp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RCGP Rural Forum Officially Launched!</title>
		<link>http://ruralgp.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/rcgp-rural-forum-officially-launched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the RCGP Rural Forum was officially launched, at the RCGP Conference in Glasgow.
Malcolm Ward presented the background to some of the key aims of the Forum, and Prof Richard Hayes joined us by recorded video from Australia to make some recommendations based on Australian rural practitioners&#8217; experience.  David Hogg explained the GP curriculum &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralgp.wordpress.com&blog=7005189&post=893&subd=ruralgp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>4 days until the RCGP Conference</title>
		<link>http://ruralgp.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/4-days-until-the-rcgp-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In just 4 days time, Glasgow will host the RCGP Annual Conference at the SECC.  Some of the conference events have already been highlighted on RuralGP, and this year looks set to be one of the biggest conferences yet.
As well as an extensive programme for trainees, the conference will see the official launch of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralgp.wordpress.com&blog=7005189&post=887&subd=ruralgp&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scotland: Enquiry into Out of Hours Cover</title>
		<link>http://ruralgp.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/scotland-enquiry-into-out-of-hours-cover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Scottish Parliament&#8217;s Health and Sport Committee is inviting submissions to an enquiry regarding out of hours care provision in rural areas of Scotland.
In particular, they are keen to hear views on the following questions:

What do you think is the most sustainable and cost-effective way to provide adequate out-of-hours services in rural areas?
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