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Dr Robert Hosking

General Practitioner, Bacchus Marsh Victoria; Chair of the RACGP Expert Committee Practice Technology and Management
Dr Robert (Rob) Hosking (MBBS, DRANZCOG, GradCertHealthInformatics, FRACGP, FAIDH) is a specialist General Practitioner and co-owner who has been at The Elms since 1994. A graduate of Melbourne University, he is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, and holds the Diploma of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Rob has special interests in men’s health (including performing vasectomies), women’s health, ante-natal care, paediatrics and skin conditions.

He is involved with training Registrars as a Medical Supervisor in the post-graduate General Practice Training Program. Rob has a keen interest in the use of computers and technology in general practice, having previously completed a Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics from Monash University, and he is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health. He is the current Chair of the RACGP Expert Committee – Practice Technology and Management (REC-PTM), which advises on matters relating to digital technology, information management and e-health standards.

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