A |
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| AAAGP/A3GP |
Australian Association of Academic General Practitioners |
| AAGP |
Australian Association of General Practitioners |
| AAHEN |
Australian Allied Health Education Network |
| AAHU |
Australian Agricultural Health Unit (NSW Dept of Health) |
| AARN |
Association of Australian Rural Nurses |
| ABFP |
American Board of Family Practice |
| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACA |
Australian Consumers Association |
| ACAT |
Aged Care Assessment Teams |
| ACC |
Accreditation Committee of Council |
| ACCC |
Australian Clinical Casemix Committee |
| ACCHSs |
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services |
| ACCOG |
Accommodation Group (RHWA project) |
| ACCORD |
Australian Co-ordinating C'tee on Organ Registries and Donation |
| ACEM |
Australian College for Emergency Medicine |
| ACES |
Advisory Committee on Elective Surgery |
| ACFOA |
Australian Council for Overseas Aid |
| ACHS |
Australian Council of Healthcare Standards |
| ACHSE |
Australian College of Health Service Executives |
| ACMH |
Aged Care and Mental Health |
| ACOSH |
Australian Council on Smoking and Health |
| ACOSS |
Australian Council of Social Services |
| ACRRM |
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine |
| ACUSA |
Australian Colleges and Universities Staff Association |
| ADASS |
Adult Day Activity Support Service |
| ADEC |
Australian Drug Evaluation Committee |
| ADGP |
Australian Divisions of General Practice |
| AFFPA |
Australian Federation Family Planning Organisation |
| ADTOs |
Australian Doctors Trained Overseas |
| AFP |
Australian Family Physician |
| AGPAL |
Australian General Practitioner Accreditation Limited |
| AHA |
Australian Hospitals Association |
| AHEC |
Australian Health Ethics Committee |
| AHMAC |
Australian Health Minister's Advisory Council |
| AHMC |
Australian Health Ministers Council |
| AHP |
Allied Health Professionals |
| AHPMC |
After Hours Primary Medical Care Trials |
| AHTAC |
Australian Health Technology Advisory Committee |
| AHW |
Aboriginal Health Worker |
| AIDS |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AIH |
Australian Institute of Health |
| AIHW |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ALOS |
Average Length of Stay |
| AMA |
Australian Medical Association |
| AMACGP |
AMA Council on General Practice |
| AMC |
Australian Medical Council |
| AMS |
Aboriginal Medical Services |
| AMSA |
Australian Medical Students Association |
| AMSANT |
Aboriginal Medical Services Alliances - Northern Territory |
| AMWAC |
Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee |
| AN-DRG |
Australian National DRG Grouper |
| ANF |
Australian Nursing Federation |
| ANZAME |
Australian & New Zealand Association for Medical Education |
| AP |
Accreditation Program |
| APA |
Australian Physiotherapists Association |
| APAC |
Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council |
| APHA |
Australian Private Hospitals Association |
| APMA |
Australian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association |
| ARD |
Australian Rural Divisions |
| ARDTA |
Australian Rural Doctor Trainee Association |
| ARHRI |
Australian Rural Health Research Institute |
| ARIA |
Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
| ARRAHT |
Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health Taskforce |
| ARRWAG |
Australian Rural & Remote Workforce Agencies Group - Now: Rural Health Workforce Australia (RHWA) |
| ASCEPT |
Australasian Society of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacologists and Taxologists |
| ASD |
Age/Sex/Disease (as in Registers) |
| ASHM |
Australian Society for HIV Medicine |
| ASMOF |
Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation |
| ASWPE |
Adjusted Standard Whole Patient Equivalents |
| ATDs |
Australian Trained Doctors |
| ATSI |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders |
| ATSIC |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Commission |
| AUD |
Australian Urban Divisions |
| AZT |
Zidovudine Urban Divisions |
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B |
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| BMA |
British Medical Association |
| BNH |
Bush Nursing Hospital |
| BPP |
Better Practice Program |
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C |
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| CACP |
Community Aged Care Program |
| CAL |
Computer Assisted Learning |
| CAN |
Australian Cancer Network |
| CASA |
Centre Against Sexual Assault |
| CBT |
Computer Based Training |
| CBT |
Competency Based Training |
| CCFP |
Canadian College of Family Physicians |
| CCT |
Coordinated Care Trials (COAG agreement) |
| CD |
Community Development |
| CDHAC |
Commonwealth Department on Health and Aged Care |
| CFPC |
College of Family Physicians of Canada |
| CGPM |
College of General Practitioners Malaysia |
| CGPS |
College of General Practitioners Singapore |
| CHASP |
Community Health Accreditation and Standards Project |
| CHC |
Community Health Centre |
| CHERC |
Collaborative Health Education and Resource Centre (Bendigo) |
| CHIC |
Collaborative Health Information Centre |
| CHPE |
Centre for Health Program Evaluation |
| CHS |
Community Health Service |
| CIP |
Clinical Issues Panel (MRRHAG) |
| CIP |
Clinical Issues Panel (MRRHAG) |
| CME |
Continuing Medical Education |
| CMO |
Career Medical Officer |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| CONC |
Committee of National Chairmen |
| CPAC |
Clinical Practices Advisory Board |
| CPE |
Continuing Professional Education |
| CPMC |
Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges |
| CQI |
Continuous Quality Improvement |
| CRANA |
Council of Remote Area Nurses |
| CRC |
Collaborative Research Centre |
| CRH |
Centre for Rural Health |
| CRRH |
Centre for Rural and Remote Health |
| CRSR |
Centre for Rural Social Research (Charles Sturt University) |
| CSCT |
Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of Training |
| CURHEV |
Coordinating Unit for Rural Health Education in Victoria |
| CVD |
Cardiovascular Disease |
| CWA |
Country Women's Association |
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D |
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| DDA |
Disability Discrimination Act |
| DDAC |
Divisions Development Advisory Committee |
| DEAG |
Divisions Evaluation Advisory Group |
| DEET |
Department of Employment, Education and Training |
| DftB |
Doctors for the Bush |
| DGPP |
Divisions of General Practice Program |
| DH&AC |
Department of Health & Aged Care (now DoHA) |
| DH&CS |
Department of Health and Community Services (now DHS) |
| DH&FC |
Department of Health and Family Services (now DH&AC) |
| DHS |
Department of Human Services |
| DHS&H |
Department of Human Services and Health (now DH&AC) |
| DIMC |
Divisions Implementation Management Committee |
| DOH |
Department of Health |
| DoHA |
Department of Health and Ageing |
| DPG |
Demonstration Practice Grant |
| DPGP |
Divisions and Project Grant Program |
| DRET |
Directorate of Rural Education & Training |
| DRG |
Diagnosis Related Groups |
| DRS |
Doctors Reform Society |
| DSG |
Divisional Steering Group(Divisions Strategy Group) |
| DSG |
Divisions Strategy Group |
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E |
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| ECC |
Ethics Committee of Council |
| ECT |
External Clinical Teacher |
| EFT |
Effective Full Time |
| EPC |
Enhanced Primary Care |
| EQuIP |
Evaluation and Quality Improvement Program |
| ESG |
Evaluation Steering Group |
| ETF |
Evaluation Task Force |
| ETGP |
Working Party on education & Training of General Practitioners |
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F |
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| FACRRM |
Fellow of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine |
| FLC |
Flexible Learning Centre |
| FMCE&R Found. |
Family Medical Care, Education & Research Foundation |
| FMP |
Family Medicine Program |
| FRACGP/FACRRM |
Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| FRM |
Faculty of Rural Medicine |
| FPS |
Flexible Payments System |
| FSG |
Facilitation Steering Group |
| FTE |
Full Time Equivalent |
| FWE |
Full time workload equivalent |
| FWP |
Finance Working Party |
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G |
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| GC |
Graduate Certificate |
| GP |
General Practitioner |
| GPB |
General Practice Branch |
| GP&PCRU |
General Practice & Primary Care Research Unit |
| GPPAC |
General Practice Partnerships Advisory Council |
| GPCC |
General Practice Consultative Committee |
| GPCG |
General Practice Computing Group |
| GPCG |
General Practice Consultative Group |
| GPCG |
General Practice Coordination Group |
| GPV |
General Practice Victoria |
| GPDWA |
General Practice Divisions of Western Australia Ltd |
| GPEA |
General Practice Education Australia Ltd |
| GPEP |
General Practice Evaluation Program |
| GPET |
General Practice Education and Training Ltd |
| GPETC |
General Practice Education and Training Council |
| GPF |
General Practice Forum |
| GPFG |
General Practice Financing Group |
| GPII |
General Practice Immunisation Incentives |
| GPPG |
General Practice Policy Group |
| GPRG |
General Practice Representative Group (see also GPFG) |
| GPRIP |
General Practice Rural Incentive Programs |
| GPS |
General Practice Strategy |
| GPSR |
General Practice Strategy Review |
| GPTEL |
General Practitioner Training and Education Limited |
| GPWG |
General Practice Working Group |
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H |
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| HACC |
Home and Community Care |
| HCA |
Human Capital Alliance |
| H&CS |
Health and Community Services Victoria |
| HCN |
Health Communication Network |
| HDWA |
Health Department of Western Australia |
| HIC |
Health Insurance Commission |
| HIC |
Health Issues Centre |
| HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HKCGHP |
Hong Kong College of General Practitioners |
| HMO |
Hospital Medical Officer |
| HMO |
Health Management Organisation |
| HN |
Healthstreams Network |
| HREOC |
Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission |
| HSDS |
Highly Specialised Drug Scheme |
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I |
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| IDU |
Injecting Drug User |
| IHF |
International Hospitals Federation |
| IM |
Information Management |
| IMCC |
Information Management Committee of Council |
| IMG |
Information Management Group |
| IMSG |
Information Management Steering Group |
| ISC |
Insurance and Superannuation Organisation |
| ISGA |
Interim Steering Group on Accreditation |
| ISO |
International Standards Organisation |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITF |
Implementation Task Force (for Rural Healthstreams) |
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J |
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| JAC |
Joint Advisory Committee |
| JCC |
Joint Consultative Committee |
| JCCA |
Joint Consultative Committee on Anaesthesia |
| JCU |
James Cook University |
| JFSS |
John Flynn Scholarship Scheme |
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L |
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| LGA |
Local Government Area |
| LIFA |
Life Insurance Federation of Australia |
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M |
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| MACRRM |
Member of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine |
| MAP |
Melbourne Assessment Prison |
| MAV |
Municipal Association of Victoria |
| MBCC |
Medical Benefits Consultative Committee |
| MBRC |
Medicare Benefits Review Committee |
| MBS |
Medical Benefits Schedule |
| MCG |
Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| MDS |
Minimum Data Set |
| MERHP |
Multidisciplinary Education for Rural Health Practitioners |
| MICGP |
Member of the Irish College of General Practitioners |
| MJA |
Medical Journal of Australia |
| MLAM |
Medical Lobby for Appropriate Marketing |
| MLF |
Medical Labour Force |
| MLO |
Medical Liaison Officer |
| MORPP |
Medical Officers with right of Private Practice |
| MoU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPB |
Medical Practitioner Board |
| MPS |
Multi Purpose Service |
| MRACGP |
Member of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| MRCGP |
Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners |
| MRNZCGP |
Member of the Royal NZ College of General Practitioners |
| MRP |
Management Residency Program |
| MRRHAG |
Ministerial Rural and Regional Health Advisory Group |
| MSRPP |
Medical Superintendents with Right of Private Practice |
| MWDRC |
Medical Workforce Data Review Committee |
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| NACCHO |
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation |
| NACSR |
National Advisory Committee on Skills Recognition |
| NAGPA |
Australian National Association of General Practitioners |
| NARHTU |
National Association of Rural Health Training Units |
| NASOG |
National Association of Specialist Obstetricians & Gynaecologists |
| NBL |
National Basketball League |
| NCEPH |
National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health |
| NCIC |
National Childhood Immmunisation Committee |
| NESB |
Non-English Speaking Background |
| NGO |
Non-Government Organisation |
| NH&MRC |
National Health & Medical Research Council |
| NHT |
Nursing Home Type |
| NIDA |
National Institute of Dramatic Art |
| NOG |
Neurological Organisation Group |
| NOOSR |
National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition |
| NPS |
National Prescribing Service |
| NRHA |
National Rural Health Alliance |
| NRHPF |
National Rural Health Policy Forum |
| NSQAC |
National Specialist Qualification Advisory Committee |
| NSWRARHTU |
New South Wales Remote and Rural Health Training Unit |
| NRDCU |
New South Wales Rural Divisions Coordinating Unit |
| NRHN |
National Rural Health Network |
| NSWRDN |
New South Wales Rural Doctors Network |
| NTA |
National Trainee Association |
| NTRHWA |
Northern Territory Remote Health Workforce Agency |
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| OATSIS |
Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services DH&FS) |
| OBF |
Outcomes Based Funding |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OLDs |
Older Locum Doctors |
| OPC |
Office Pathology Committee |
| OSCE |
Objective Structured Clinical Examination |
| OTDs |
Overseas Trained Doctors |
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P |
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| PA |
Privacy Act |
| PAC |
Practice Advisory Coordinator |
| P&CMCC |
Preventive & Community Medicine Committee of Council |
| PBAC |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Council |
| PBEF |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Education Fund |
| PbnCC |
Publication Committee of Council |
| PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| PC |
Personnel Committee of Council |
| PCC |
Publications Committee of Council |
| PCP |
Primary Care Partnerships (formerly PHACS) |
| PDA |
Private Doctors Association |
| PEWP |
Practice Economics Working Party |
| PGMEC |
Postgraduate Medical Education Committee |
| PHACS |
Primary Health and Community Support (now PCP) |
| PHARM |
Pharmaceutical Health and the Rational Use of Medicine |
| PHAV |
Private Hospitals Association of Victoria |
| PHC |
Primary Health Care |
| PHR |
Patient Health Record |
| PIAFS |
Professional Improvement Assistance Fund Scholarship |
| PIP |
Practice Incentives Program |
| PMC |
Primary Medical Care |
| PMCC |
Practice Management Committee of Council |
| PMG |
Program Management Group |
| PMS |
Primary Medical Services |
| PSA |
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia |
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| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QA&CECC |
Quality Assurance & Continuing Education |
| QACC |
Quality Assurance Committee of Council |
| QAIHF |
Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Forum |
| QAN |
Quality Assurance Network |
| QDGP |
Queensland Divisions of General Practice Inc. |
| QRDCU |
Queensland Rural Divisions Coordinating Unit |
| QRMSA |
Queensland Rural Medical Support Agency |
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| RAB |
Rural Advisory Board |
| RACGP |
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| RACGPTF |
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Task Force |
| RACGPTP |
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Training Program |
| RACMA |
Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators |
| RACN |
Royal Australian College of Nursing |
| RACO |
Royal Australian College of Opthalmologists |
| RACP |
Royal Australian College of Physicians |
| RACPG |
Royal Australian College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists |
| RACR |
Royal Australian College of Radiologists |
| RACS |
Royal Australian College of Surgeons |
| RAD |
Regional Action for Diabetes Project |
| RAMUS |
Rural Australian Undergraduate Scheme |
| RARA |
Rural and Remote Area classification system |
| RARARG |
Rural and Remote Area Research Group |
| RARHTU |
Remote and Rural Health Training Unit |
| RARHTU |
Remote and Rural Health Training Unit |
| RAV |
Rural Ambulance Victoria |
| RCC |
Research Committee of Council |
| RCGP |
Royal College of General Practitioners |
| RCNA |
Royal College of Nursing Australia |
| RCPA |
Royal College of Pathologists of Australia |
| RCU |
Rural Coordination Units |
| RDAA |
Rural Doctors Association of Australia |
| RDA NSW |
Rural Doctors Association - NSW |
| RDAQ |
Rural Doctors Association of Queensland |
| RDAV |
Rural Doctors Association of Victoria |
| RDCU |
Rural Divisions Coordinating Unit |
| RDCU- NSW |
Rural Divisions Coordinating Unit (NSW) |
| RDN |
Rural Doctors |
| RDNS |
Royal District Nursing Service |
| RDRN |
Rural Doctors Resource Network |
| RDTP |
Rural Doctors Training Program |
| RDWA |
Rural Doctors Workforce Agency (Sth Aust) |
| REN |
Rural Education Network |
| RFDS |
Royal Flying Doctor Service |
| RH&DB |
Rural Health and Development Branch, DHS |
| RHEC |
Rural Health Education Centre |
| RHEF |
Rural Health Education Foundation |
| RHPU |
Rural Health Policy Unit |
| RHS |
Rural Healthstreams |
| RHSET |
Rural Health Service Education and Training |
| RHTUs |
Rural Health Training Units |
| RHWA |
Rural Health Workforce Australia |
| RICIP |
Rural Incentives Program Implementation Committee |
| RIMC |
Rural Implementation Management Committee |
| RIN |
Rural Information Network |
| RIP |
Rural Incentives Program |
| RIPIC |
Rural Incentives Program Implementation Committee |
| RIRG |
Rural Incentives Reference Group |
| RLRP |
Rural Locum Relief Program |
| RMFN |
Rural Medical Family Network |
| RMFSS |
Rural Medical Family Support Scheme |
| RMO |
Resident Medical Officer |
| RMSF |
Rural Medical Support Forum |
| RMTF |
Rural Medical Training Forum |
| RNAG |
Rural Network Advisory Groups |
| RRAH |
Rural and Remote Allied Health |
| RRAPP |
Rural and Remote Area Placement Program |
| RRCN |
Rural and Remote Consumers Network |
| RRGPP |
Rural and Remote General Practice Program |
| RRMA |
Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas Classification |
| RTN |
Regional Training Network |
| RRTN |
RWAV Regional Training Network |
| RSTP |
Rural Surgical Training Program |
| RTS |
Rural Training Stream |
| RTU |
Rural Training Unit |
| RUMPS |
Rural Undergraduate Medical Placement System |
| RUSC |
Rural Undergraduate Steering Committee |
| RVS |
Relative Value Study |
| RWA |
Rural Workforce Agency |
| RWAV |
Rural Workforce Agency Victoria |
| RWSA |
Rural Workforce Support Agency (in Victoria, the RWAV) |
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| SADI |
South Australian Division of General Practice |
| SAP |
State Advisory Panel |
| SARDCU |
South Australian Rural Divisions Coordinating Unit |
| SARRAH |
Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health |
| SARRMSA |
South Australian Rural and Remote Medical Support Agency |
| SBO |
State Based Organisation (in Victoria, the GPV) |
| SCARS |
Special Cooperative Audit of Rural Surgery |
| SCIP |
Services and Communities Issues Panel (MRRHAG) |
| SEIFA |
Socio-economic Indicators for Areas |
| SERU |
Support & Evaluation Resource Units |
| SETR |
Support, Education, Training and Research Program |
| SHAPE |
September Health & Pharmaceutical Education |
| SIG |
Special Interest Group |
| SMO |
Senior Medical Officer |
| SNAP |
Sub Acute/Non acute Payments |
| SPINRPHEX |
Student Practitioners Interested in Rural practice, Health, Education X'cetera |
| SPIRT |
Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research & Training |
| SPPs |
Special Purpose Payments |
| SRG |
State Reference Group |
| SRHTF |
Small Rural Hospitals Task Force |
| SSD |
Statistical Subdivision |
| STA |
State Trainee Association |
| SWAG |
Social Workers Action Group |
| SWPE |
Standardised Whole Patient Equivalent |
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| TGA |
Therapeutic Goods Administration |
| TGPD |
Tasmanian General Practice Divisions Ltd |
| THS |
Territory Health Services |
| TRADO |
Trainee Research & Development Fund |
| TRDs |
Temporary Resident Doctors |
| TRDCU |
Tasmanian Rural Divisions Coordinating Unit |
| TREND |
Therapeutic Resource & Educational Network for Doctors |
| TROPHIQ |
Towards Rural and Outback Health professionals in Queensland |
| TRSF |
Trainee Research & Scholarship Fund |
| TSG |
Technical Steering Group |
| TSP |
Targeted Separation Package |
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U |
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| UDRH |
University Department of Rural Health |
| UNCLE |
United Network Command for Law and Enforcement |
| UQ |
University of Queensland |
| UWA |
University of Western Australia |
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V |
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| VACCHO |
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation |
| VACGP |
Victorian Advisory Committee on General Practice |
| VACGP |
Victorian Advisory Committee on General Practice |
| VAGP |
Victorian Academy of General Practice |
| VAHEC |
Victorian Association of Health and Extended Care |
| VASP |
Victorian Assessment and Support Panel of GPRIP |
| VATGP |
Victorian Advanced Training for General Practice |
| VCHA |
Victorian Community Health Association |
| VECCI |
Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce & Industry |
| VFF |
Victorian Farmers Federation |
| VHA |
Victorian Hospitals Association |
| VHIA |
Victorian Hospitals Industrial Association |
| VIMD |
Victorian Inpatient Minimum Dataset |
| VMO |
Visiting Medical Officer |
| VNEA |
Victorian Nurse Executives Association |
| VORRS |
Victorian Overseas trained doctor Rural Recruitment Scheme |
| VPTAS |
Victorian Patient Transport Assistance Scheme |
| VR |
Vocational Registration |
| VRAC |
Vocational Registration Appeal Committee |
| VRDCU |
Victorian Rural Divisions Coordinating Unit |
| VREC |
Vocational Registration Eligibility Committee |
| VRGP |
Vocationally Registered General Practitioners |
| VRRG |
Vocational Registration Reference Group |
| VTAG |
Victorian Telehealth Advisory Group |
| VTCC |
Vocational Training Committee of Council |
| VURHC |
Victorian Universities Rural Health Consortium |
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W |
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| WACA |
Western Australia Cricket Association |
| WACRRM |
Western Australian Centre for Remote & Rural Medicine |
| WARDCU |
Western Australian Rural Divisions Coordinating Unit |
| WHO |
World Health Organisation |
| WIES |
Weighted Inlier Equivalent Separation |
| WONCA |
World Organisation of National Colleges, Academies & Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians |
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