About us
Who we are
Our Community
“GPSA is a passionate community supported by a dedicated team, which is in turn guided by an experienced Board of Directors elected by and from the community.”
The GPSA community is as diverse and exciting as the medical specialty it is responsible for perpetuating.
The medical professionals and administrators who make up almost 10,000 GPSA members are all involved in, or aspiring to contribute to, the supervision of tomorrow’s GPs and RGs. This supervising community is spread across Australia, both in the traditional general practice setting and, more frequently now, outside the community clinic in contexts including public hospitals, state healthcare clinics, ACCHOs, AMSs, RFDS and the ADF, among others.
GPSA not only supports this community – GPSA is this community.
By uniting as a community of practice, this community has the potential to create unprecedented change – drawing strength from connection to each other and developing a unified voice transcending geographical fragmentation.
By contributing your voice to GPSA’s regular discussions with Commonwealth and sector stakeholders, by lending your insights and expertise to our research-backed policy statements and best practice educational resources, you can make a real difference.
Our Team
As a GPSA member, you are part of a unique community supported by a dedicated team. Our work focuses on four key pillars:
- Education
- Research and Policy
- Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement
- Member Services
Our goal is to unite and empower our members, fostering a quality teaching and learning culture across the educational spectrum. We ensure effective communication channels to keep our work aligned with your needs and priorities.
OUR WORKER BEES
BA(Hons), MBA(Int), MComm
Carla is a strategist and communications professional whose corporate and international marketing experience is underpinned by more than a quarter of a century as a CEO. Carla’s enthusiasm for driving solutions for the GPSA community is matched only by her passion for education and research, her devotion to her Groodle (Charlie Brown) and her gratitude for her awesome team.
Director of Research and Policy
Education Manager
Education Associate
Communications and Marketing Manager
Operations Manager
Administration Officer – Operational Support
Administration Officer – Governance
Our Board
The GPSA Board is comprised of a diverse group of professionals with extensive experience in general practice and supervision. Each of our Directors is passionate about supporting those dedicated to providing high-quality supervision for tomorrow’s GPs.
OUR DIRECTORS
MBBS, MRCGP, FRACGP, DFSRH, DRCOG, DCH SCCA Advanced Certificate of Dermoscopy
Dr Srishti Dutta is a GP with over a decade of clinical and non-clinical experience, having worked across 3 continents and observed a range of health systems closely. She has attained fellowship as a GP both in Australia in the UK, is a GP supervisor and ECT visitor, an Examiner for the RACGP, a Medical Facilitator at the Black Dog Institute, and a GP Liaison Officer (GPLO) as part of the joint initiative between Metro North HHS and Brisbane North PHN: where, in her words, “influencing without power” is a key skill on which she relies.
MBBS, FRACGP, GAICD, Cert. Clin. Ed
Frank has been a General Practitioner for 28 years and is a partner in Christies Beach Medical Centre, a privately
owned General Practice of over 50 years history. Frank has been involved as a Supervisor of Students, Interns, RMO’s
and General Practice Registrars for over 15 Years. Frank is a SLO for GPEx and has roles on various committees within
GPEx. He has had previous board experience with the Southern Division of General Practice.
CPA, GAICD
Leonie has a great interest in developing the education of Registrars. She is passionate about ensuring Registrars not
only receive great clinical training but that they are also prepared to enter the world of General Practice as educated
and informed business people. Leonie has presented to registrars at both MCCC and EVGPT workshops and has also
regularly presented to Practice Managers on issues including the NTCER, recruitment and business development.
MBBS, FRACGP, Clin Dip Pall Med, DCH
Dr Candice Baker obtained fellowship as an Australian General Practitioner in 2015, then as a Canadian Family
Physician in 2020. Outside her time working in Ontario Canada through 2020 and 2021, she has been at the same
training practice in regional Victoria for 10 years. It was here she became involved in the supervision of medical
students and registrars in an informal capacity before becoming an accredited supervisor early in 2022.
B Med. Sc., MBBS (Hons), MPH, D.Adv.Med., FRACGP, FACAsM
Dr Kate Manderson is an experienced GP supervisor and Principal GP of 4 practices in the Shoalhaven, with special
interests in Aerospace Medicine, Clinical and Military Medicine, and Women’s Health. She is a Graduate of the
Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) whose governance background includes 5 years as the President and
Chair of the Australasian Society of Aerospace Medicine (ASAM), chairing the ASAM Policy and Advisory Committee,
and performing the role of Finance Director for the Shoalhaven Division of General Practice.
MBBS, FRACGP
Nick has been a practising GP since 2001, achieving his specialist Fellowship (FRACGP) in 2007. Since then he has
owned and run several successful practices as well as being a supervisor and examiner of RACGP registrars and a
supervisor and educator of Flinders and James Cook University Medical Students. Nick has been active in a number of
medical groups and committees. He is also an active business networker outside of medicine and has been a member
of a business referral and networking group in Adelaide for 3 years (President for 18 months of this).
MBBS, BSC, FRACGP, PhD
Shea runs a busy medical practice in the Inner North of Melbourne, with a focus on high-quality patient care, medical
education to a high number of GP Registrars, and minimally invasive surgical techniques. After working in a variety of
metro and rural hospitals throughout Australia during his early medical career, he passed his GP Fellowship exams and
became Ships Doctor on the Greenpeace icebreaker, the Arctic Sunrise. Following this reasonably brief life at sea he
founded a medical clinic in Melbourne, completed his PhD, and undertook training in the UK in minimally invasive
surgical techniques. He now spends most of his days helping train GP Registrars, seeing patients and running around
staying on top of his academic roles.
Date reviewed: 04 September 2024