Part 2: Planning mental health courses for GPs

Part 2: Planning mental health courses for GPs

Introduction

Read this information carefully before planning your mental health courses for GPs.

GPs’ eligibility to provide mental health consultations

After completing an accredited skills training course, a GP is eligible to provide specific types of mental health consultations with consumers and claim relevant MBS items.

CPD and PDP hours for GPs

After successfully completing accredited mental health courses, GPs can also accrue RACGP CPD hours and/or ACRRM Professional Development Program (PDP) hours.

Types of mental health courses for GPs

There are two types of mental health courses for GPs that the GPMHSC accredits:

1. Skills training courses (MHST and FPS ST)
2. CPD courses.

Skills training courses

There are two types of GPMHSC-accredited skills training courses:

1. Level 1: MHST
2. Level 2: FPS ST.

CPD courses

There are two types of GPMHSC-accredited CPD:

1. Mental Health CPD (MH CPD)
2. Focussed Psychological Strategies CPD (FPS CPD).

The GPMHSC also elects to accredit some CPD courses as gold standard CPD courses. Gold standard CPD courses:

• run for a minimum of six hours
• include predisposing and reinforcing components
• include involvement from consumer and carer representatives.