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The Discipline of General Practice was established in 1991, with Professor Sandy Reid as the foundation professor. Currently there are 16 people working in the Discipline, including 3 research assistants, 4 administrative staff and 9 academic staff. The Discipline has resolved to focus on General Practice as a Discipline in its own right, with its own rationale, practices, procedures and body of research. The Discipline has a lively research interest. Research aims to

  1. Reflect the priorities of GPs in the area (working with Divisions of General Practice, practical focus on what is useful for the practising clinician)
  2. Provide leadership in areas seen as important by member of the discipline (disadvantage, ethical issues, evaluation of educational initiatives, rural issues, evidence based medicine)
  3. Explore the Commonwealth's priorities in terms of primary health care (models of primary health care, working in an interdisciplinary fashion).
The Discipline is also developing teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate areas. Assoc Prof Dimity Pond is currently the co-supervisor (with Prof Dave Roberts - Nutrition and Dietetics) of a PhD Student researching the role of nutrition support in the primary health care setting.

 

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