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Think rural and remote. Think different ~ Dr Paul Mara, QPA Founder & Managing Director

by Paul Mara | Mar 7, 2025 | News, Team profiles

Its time to tell a personal story. I did rural medicine because of a horse called Sospel. At the end of 1971, my final year in high school, I was conned by some mates into going to Randwick Racecourse. I put $4 – a small fortune at that time – on a horse...

25 years on – Has accreditation achieved its lofty ambitions?

by Paul Mara | Jan 24, 2025 | News

This year marks the twenty-fifth year since the Practice Incentives Program (PIP), and subsequently the practice component of the Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) was linked to general practice accreditation. These programs annually contributed $830 million to...
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