<description>&lt;p&gt;Professionalism and appropriate boundaries are foundational to safe, effective general practice. Maintaining clear boundaries protects patients, supports clinical objectivity, and safeguards practitioners from ethical and legal risk. GP supervisors play a critical role in modelling these behaviours and explicitly teaching registrars how to navigate complex, real-world situations.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This podcast discusses the responsibilities of a GP under the code of conduct for medical practitioners in Australia. It examines case scenarios and looks at what the regulator expects of a registered medical practitioner.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.medicalboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Policies/Code-of-conduct.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Good medical practice - a code of conduct for doctors in Australia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ahpra.gov.au/Notifications/mandatorynotifications/Mandatory-notifications.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Making a mandatory notification&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://avant.org.au/insights-resources" target="_blank"&gt;Avant e-learning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://avant.org.au/resources/childrens-care-and-separated-parents#1" target="_blank"&gt;Children&amp;#39;s care and separated parents - Avant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://avant.org.au/resources/email-communication-with-patients-privacy-and-patient-safety" target="_blank"&gt;Email communication with patients - Avant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://avant.org.au/resources/providing-medical-records-to-a-third-party" target="_blank"&gt;Responding to a request to access medical records - Avant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://gpsa.org.au/our-resources/gpsa-apps-and-games/scenario/" target="_blank"&gt;Scenario App&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Professionalism and appropriate boundaries are foundational to safe, effective general practice. Maintaining clear boundaries protects patients, supports clinical objectivity, and safeguards practitioners from ethical and legal risk. GP supervisors play a critical role in modelling these behaviours and explicitly teaching registrars how to navigate complex, real-world situations.This podcast discusses the responsibilities of a GP under the code of conduct for medical practitioners in Australia. It examines case scenarios and looks at what the regulator expects of a registered medical practitioner.<a href="https://www.medicalboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Policies/Code-of-conduct.aspx" target="_blank">Good medical practice - a code of conduct for doctors in Australia</a><a href="https://www.ahpra.gov.au/Notifications/mandatorynotifications/Mandatory-notifications.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Making a mandatory notification</a> <a href="https://avant.org.au/insights-resources" target="_blank">Avant e-learning</a> <a href="https://avant.org.au/resources/childrens-care-and-separated-parents#1" target="_blank">Children&#39;s care and separated parents - Avant</a><a href="https://avant.org.au/resources/email-communication-with-patients-privacy-and-patient-safety" target="_blank">Email communication with patients - Avant</a><a href="https://avant.org.au/resources/providing-medical-records-to-a-third-party" target="_blank">Responding to a request to access medical records - Avant</a> <a href="https://gpsa.org.au/our-resources/gpsa-apps-and-games/scenario/" target="_blank">Scenario App</a>

Setting boundaries when delivering good general practice care - Angela Mason

<description>&lt;p&gt;Professionalism is a core element of the &amp;#39;complete GP&amp;#39;.&lt;br&gt;In this podcast we use scenario-based approach to develop supervisor skills in teaching what can not be found in the textbooks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Resources&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://gpsa.org.au/our-resources/supervision-support/teaching-professionalism-in-general-practice-guide/" target="_blank"&gt;GPSA Guide: Teaching Professionalism in General Practice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://gpsa.org.au/our-resources/gpsa-apps-and-games/scenario/" target="_blank"&gt;GPSA Scenario App&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.medicalboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Policies/Code-of-conduct.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Medical Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://gpsa.org.au/download/73670/" target="_blank"&gt;Webinar Slides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Professionalism is a core element of the &#39;complete GP&#39;. In this podcast we use scenario-based approach to develop supervisor skills in teaching what can not be found in the textbooks. Resources<ul><li><a href="https://gpsa.org.au/our-resources/supervision-support/teaching-professionalism-in-general-practice-guide/" target="_blank">GPSA Guide: Teaching Professionalism in General Practice</a></li><li><a href="https://gpsa.org.au/our-resources/gpsa-apps-and-games/scenario/" target="_blank">GPSA Scenario App</a></li><li><a href="https://www.medicalboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Policies/Code-of-conduct.aspx" target="_blank">Medical Code of Conduct</a></li><li><a href="https://gpsa.org.au/download/73670/" target="_blank">Webinar Slides</a></li></ul>

Professionalism in general practice: hard to define, important to teach - Dr James Best and Dr Simon Morgan

<description>&lt;p&gt;﻿This podcast discusses the GPSA’s education and supervision resources.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://gpsa.org.au/download/73340/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Click here &lt;/a&gt;to view a list of the resources mentioned in the webinar.&lt;/p&gt;
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﻿This podcast discusses the GPSA’s education and supervision resources.<a href="https://gpsa.org.au/download/73340/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Click here </a>to view a list of the resources mentioned in the webinar.

Best practice GP supervision – a guided tour of GPSA resources - Dr Simon Morgan

<description>&lt;p&gt;This podcast episode unpacks the &lt;strong&gt;General Practice Survival Kit&lt;/strong&gt;, offering a clear guide to both the physical tools and the professional mindset every new registrar needs. We move beyond the literal contents of the kit to discuss the practical strategies required to navigate the unique hurdles of your first few months, helping you transition from &amp;quot;survival mode&amp;quot; to truly thriving in general practice.&lt;/p&gt;
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This podcast episode unpacks the General Practice Survival Kit, offering a clear guide to both the physical tools and the professional mindset every new registrar needs. We move beyond the literal contents of the kit to discuss the practical strategies required to navigate the unique hurdles of your first few months, helping you transition from &quot;survival mode&quot; to truly thriving in general practice.

Transition to general practice: the "General Practice Survival Kit" - Dr Simon Morgan and Dr Justin Coleman

<description>&lt;p&gt;This podcast assists GP supervisors to understand the difference between the Close the Gap campaign and the similarly named but distinct Closing the Gap initiative, as well as highlighting key resources that doctors can direct their patients to. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Resources mentioned can be access via joining the GPSA community portal &lt;a href="https://community.gpsa.org.au/topics/2025/media_center/folder/c8157e75-37ab-497f-8f01-991a1427ea57" target="_blank"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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This podcast assists GP supervisors to understand the difference between the Close the Gap campaign and the similarly named but distinct Closing the Gap initiative, as well as highlighting key resources that doctors can direct their patients to. Resources mentioned can be access via joining the GPSA community portal <a href="https://community.gpsa.org.au/topics/2025/media_center/folder/c8157e75-37ab-497f-8f01-991a1427ea57" target="_blank">here.</a>

Closing the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health disparity - Dr Karen Nicholls

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