ID-5184 Wonca Abstracts supplement A-K 13-10-23 - Flipbook - Page 183
WONCA 2023 Supplement 1: WONCA 2023 abstracts (A–K)
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Local community of practice in increasing skills in the
provision of early medical abortion: Members’ perspective
Dr Melanie Dorrington1,2, Dr Kerrie Aust3,4,5
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Interchange Health Co-operative, 2Clinic 66, 3Wanniassa Family Medicine, 4Australian Medical
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In Australia, general practitioners (GPs) are permitted to prescribe medication for early medical
abortion (EMA) after completing a brief online education program. Despite the brief training required,
many GPs do not undertake this training for many reasons, including lack of general abortion care
education and lack of peer support for difficult cases.
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A small group of EMA iprescribers working in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) in isolation in their
own general practices providing abortion care to patients of their own, and patients referred to them,
started an informal community of practice (CoP) via WhatsApp. This was undertaken to allow improved
peer support for complex or difficult cases, as well as for peer referral in times of inability to meet
patient needs.
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We will review the benefits members of the CoP have found from being a part of the group, and
encourage others to look at ways that CoP could benefit them in special interests they have.
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