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Friday, 20 November 2009 22:20

Welcome, Doctor!

Dr2Dr is the new no-cost  doctor/patient educational initiative that enables you – the GP – to provide up-to-the minute DVD-based information on health, well being and key community issues…all from within your surgery waiting room.

Driving this unique all-Australian concept in time-efficient patient education is Dr Jeremy Cumpston, a progressive general practitioner with a dedicated practice located in Randwick, near the University of NSW.

Dr2Dr is the latest in long line of innovative media related projects created by Dr Cumpston  which includes the “Make a Date” campaign that he scripted, produced and directed for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia in 2008.

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 January 2010 19:37
 
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Friday, 20 November 2009 22:34

It was during the making of the GP educational component of the “Make a Date” campaign (with leading prostate cancer surgeon Dr Raji Kooner), that Dr Cumpston realised he was now armed with first-hand specialist information to pass onto his own patients.

The challenge facing Dr Cumpston, was how to convey such vital information on a regular basis – in a way that is entertaining, engaging and educational to patients of GPs Australia-wide, with no financial penalty to the doctor.

Australians are renowned for their public spiritedness, and fortunately, there are those who wholeheartedly support Dr Cumpston’s view that the better informed patients are, the better the likelihood of them achieving optimum health.

Together, these philanthropists (who traditionally prefer to remain anonymous rather than seek personal recognition) have helped fund the Dr2Dr project, enabling it to be distributed to the medical profession totally free of charge and entirely without bias.

As a result, it costs nothing for you to receive your Dr2Dr DVD each month.

Not only that, you will automatically qualify for a FREE new Grundig 32inch flat screen LCD TV and DVD player delivered and installed FREE OF CHARGE to your practice.

Simply register now for your Dr2Dr DVD to be sent to you every month.

For your patients, waiting will never be the same again!

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 January 2010 19:37
 
Make a Date Mate TV Ad PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 22 November 2009 08:59

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Make a Date Mate PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 20 November 2009 22:57

The "Make a date, mate" campaign, instigated by Darlinghurst GP, Dr Jeremy Cumpston, is aimed at getting men aged 50 and over to see their local doctor (annually) and have a prostate examination.

Yep, that's right…getting Aussie men to have a simple blood test and have a finger put up their bum by their local doc and to improve the rate of early detection of prostatic cancer.

Jeremy's desire to raise awareness amongst doctors and patients alike as to the necessity of regular prostatic checks came about very recently when a 50 year gentleman asked him for a prostate screen. He suddenly found himself hesitating to carry out a simple digital rectal examination (DRE). He realized he himself had not done a DRE as a GP on a male for over 5 years and, yes, he was cringing at the thought of having to do one.

In terms of the attitude a GP should have to prostate cancer screening he recognized his immediate reaction was decidedly "not cool". The truth was he felt under confident in his ability to assess what was normal from abnormal when doing a DRE.

Jeremy figured it was time he had a good hard look at his attitude, particularly given his father suffered with prostate cancer and his grandfather died from the disease.

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 November 2009 17:31
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