General Practitioners

Training for General Practitioners

Unlike metropolitan-based General Practitioners, doctors working in remote and rural environments may be required to perform surgical procedures because there is limited access to specialists and medical teams.  CTEC's The Cutting Edge workshops cover a comprehensive range of medical and surgical skills to address the wide and varied skills base required by these doctors from GP Trainees to GP Proceduralists and Rural Generalists.

The following list of workshops and educational events are variously suitable for General Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners and Practice Nurses.

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The Cutting Edge: Essential Surgical Skills

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse) Suitable for: General Practitioners, GP Registrars, Nurse Practitioners. Limited places available for Paramedics.
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The Cutting Edge: Advanced Surgical Procedures for Rural Generalists

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: Rural Generalists with surgical credentialling and Rural Generalist Surgical Trainees. It is expected practitioners have acess to appropriate levels of equipment and operating facilities., Limited positions are available for Observers, and for Theatre Nurses in the role of assistant.
Wednesday
Nov 19
2025

Critical Care Procedures Workshop

Workshop
Sold out (doctor) Suitable for: FACEM qualified Consultants. Rural and Remote General Practitioners at FRACGP and FACRRM level will be considered.
Wednesday
Mar 11
2026

Critical Care Procedures Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor) Suitable for: FACEM qualified Consultants. Rural and Remote General Practitioners at FRACGP and FACRRM level will be considered.
Wednesday
May 6
2026

Critical Care Procedures Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor) Suitable for: FACEM qualified Consultants. Rural and Remote General Practitioners at FRACGP and FACRRM level will be considered.
Thursday
May 21
2026

JDocs: Foundations of Minimal Access Surgery

Workshop
Available (doctor) Suitable for: Interns, Resident Medical Officers and Unaccredited Registrars. Limited places available for Rural Generalists who may be required to assist on laparoscopic surgeries at rural and remote hospitals.
Thursday
May 28
2026

The Cutting Edge: Emergency Procedures

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: General Practitioners and GP Registrars. Limited participant places for Nurse Practitioners. Theatre Nurses are welcome in the role of assisting the GPs. Limited places are available for Observers.
Wednesday
Jun 10
2026

Emergency Department Procedures Workshop

Course
Available (doctor) Suitable for: ACEM Late Phase Advanced Trainees, Peri-Fellowship Registrars, Fellows and Junior Consultants. Limited places for Rural GP Proceduralists
Friday
Jun 12
2026

The Cutting Edge: Managing Skin & Soft Tissue Injuries

Workshop
Available (doctor) Suitable for: GPs, GP Proceduralists and GP Trainees
Thursday
Jun 18
2026

The Cutting Edge: Introductory Wound Suturing

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: General Practitioners, GP Registrars, GP Trainees, Nurse Practitioners, Emergency Department Nurses and Paramedics
Friday
Jul 24
2026

The Cutting Edge: Advanced Skin Procedures

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse)Available (observer) Suitable for: GPs skilled in surgery with access to appropriate levels of equipment and operating facilities. It is of particular relevance for rural GP Proceduralists. Limited positions available for Observers and for Theatre Nurses in the role of assistant.
Thursday
Aug 20
2026

The Cutting Edge: Peripheral Nerve Block

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (nurse) Suitable for: Emergency Physicians, Anaesthetists, General Practitioners, Emergency Department Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
Thursday
Sep 3
2026

JDocs: Foundations of Minimal Access Surgery

Workshop
Available (doctor) Suitable for: Interns, Resident Medical Officers and Unaccredited Registrars. Limited places available for Rural Generalists who may be required to assist on laparoscopic surgeries at rural and remote hospitals.
Friday
Sep 11
2026

The Cutting Edge: Proceduralist Obstetrics and Gynaecological Skills

Workshop
Available (doctor) Suitable for: GP Proceduralists, GP Obstetricians, particularly medical practitioners with a DRANZCOG qualification. Limited places are available for King Edward Memorial Hospital Registrars in Gynaecological Surgery.
Saturday
Sep 19
2026

Australian Regional Anaesthesia & Cadaveric Ultrasound Seminar

Course
Available (doctor) Suitable for: Anaesthetists - Registrars and Consultants - and GP Anaesthetists
Wednesday
Sep 23
2026

Emergency Department Procedures Workshop

Course
Available (doctor) Suitable for: ACEM Late Phase Advanced Trainees, Peri-Fellowship Registrars, Fellows and Junior Consultants. Limited places for Rural GP Proceduralists
Thursday
Sep 24
2026

The Cutting Edge: Advanced Hand Surgery for GPs

Workshop
Available (doctor)Available (observer) Suitable for: GPs with a higher than average level of skill in surgery, with access to appropriate levels of equipment and operating facilities. Of particular relevance to rural emergency GPs and GP Proceduralists. Observer positions are available.
Wednesday
Nov 11
2026

Critical Care Procedures Workshop

Workshop
Available (doctor) Suitable for: FACEM qualified Consultants. Rural and Remote General Practitioners at FRACGP and FACRRM level will be considered.

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