VGPPA Partnership
Quality Support
GPV provides support for the quality of divisions as organisations through the Star Divisions program, particularly through support for CQI and division accreditation.
Details can be located on the Star Divisions program webpage and the Accreditation Support webpage.
GPV supports its staff to become reviewers for organisational accreditation, and currently three staff are accreditation reviewers for Quality Improvement & Community Services Accreditation (Inc) (QICSA), Lany Mason, Helen Threlfall and Susan Webster.
GPV also supports the work that divisions do to enhance general practice quality through a range of programs;
- Support for practice accreditation through the;
GPV relates its work to support quality in general practice to the RACGP Quality Framework in General Practice. http://www.racgp.org.au/qualityframework (view RACGP website)
GPV disseminates the best practice evidence base for all programs through workshops, the Primary Care Update sent monthly to division staff, and through individual networks.
View current Primary Care Update here
GPV supports its consultants to participate in the Primary Health Care Research and Evaluation Development Fellowships through the University of Melbourne and Monash University. http://www.phcris.org.au/phcred/rcbi.php (View PHCRIS website)
Fellows to date and their area of study:
- Susan Webster - 2007 Child Health Assessments
- Annette Dupont - 2008 Refugee Health
- Lenora Lippmann - 2005 GP Hospital Communication
- Michelle Wills - 2006 General Practice Nurses knowledge and roles in Hepatitis C
- Belinda Caldwell - 2005 Practice Capacity to Support Chronic Disease Management
For more information contact:
Helen Threlfall, Divisions' Consultant Ph: 03 9341 5209 | Fax: 03 9341 5299 | Mob: 0409 418 582 | Email h.threlfall@gpv.org.au