Dr Mags Minogue from Gundagai Medical Centre officially received recognition as a Rural Generalist at the NSW and ACT RACGP Fellowship Ceremony in Canberra last weekend, where she was also selected to be the Orator for the event, delivering an inspiring speech about rural medicine and her journey to Rural Generalism.
Last week Gundagai Medical Centre’s Dr Mags Minogue received her official Rural Generalist Qualification at the NSW and ACT RACGP Fellowship Ceremony in Canberra.
A Rural Generalist is a GP with additional training to deliver a broader scope of care that is required in rural communities, including emergency care. This qualification also recognises advanced skills and commitment to providing high-quality care in a small-town setting.
As Dr Mags has been working in this role for several years already, she was able to receive her qualification as a recognition of prior learning, because she has been a Fellowed GP for a few years already.
“It’s a recognition of the work that I am already doing. I received my Fellowship of the RACGP back in 2022, and so the Rural Generalist is an additional part to that. It is something that recognises the increased breadth of work that is required when working in rural and remote communities. This might include obstetric skills, or anesthetics, emergency care, but it is basically acknowledging that a GP who is working in a small-town community has a different job to a General Practitioner in a Metropolitan area.”
“Having this qualification now gives me the recognition of what I already do, which is providing good quality health care to a community that I have been a part of for the last 5 and a half years, where I get to build long term relationships with my patients, the wider community, and work in the hospital, nursing homes and the clinic here in town,” said Dr Mags.
“I get to continue working with a good team that we have in our healthcare professions in town such as our allied health staff, nursing staff and the other Doctors.”
“I am also one of two supervisors for the training GPs that we have in town.”
The NSW and ACT RACGP Fellowship Ceremony in Canberra was for all new GP Fellows as well as the new Rural Generalist Fellows, where Dr Minogue was chosen to be the NSW and ACT Orator, off the back of Gundagai Medical Centre being awarded the NSW & ACT General Practice of the Year for 2025.
Dr Minogue delivered an inspiring message about her journey in to Rural Generalism, as well as general inspiration for people working in General Practice both in rural and non-rural settings.
Dr Minogue, who grew up in Harden and now lives in Tumut, always wanted to be a Doctor.
“I did a placement here in Gundagai and so I knew that Gundagai was where I wanted to be and work and so I started my training towards rural GP early on. I came out here in 2021 and have now been here for 5 and a half years and I am loving it,” said Dr Minogue.
In a post to Facebook, the Gundagai Medical Centre said “This achievement reflects Dr Minogue’s dedication to our community and ensuring patients have access to comprehensive, local healthcare.Congratulations, we’re lucky to have you!”
Emily Flint
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