SafeDrive Medical On-line Learning is a VicRoads education program designed to assist health professionals to assess their patients’ fitness to drive. The program introduces health professionals to the use of the national Guidelines in assessing the fitness to drive of drivers of all classes of vehicles.

Health professionals, especially General Practitioners, need an adequate appreciation of the effect of some medical conditions on driving. While the onset of disease is not necessarily age-related, illnesses are often more prevalent in the aged. In an ageing society health professionals must appreciate that with advancing patient age comes a higher probability of diseases (and polypharmacy) that may affect driving.

In Australia it is a condition of being a licence holder that the driver advises the licensing authority of any long-term or permanent injury or illness that may affect their ability to drive. Victoria is the only Australian State or Territory that does not impose mandatory aged-based retesting for licence renewal at a specified age. Thus Victoria relies heavily on the ability of health professionals to provide good advice to patients. Research shows that on a per licence basis the number of older drivers involved in crashes in Victoria compares favourably with other Australian States and Territories.

SafeDrive Medical On-line Learning comprises the following modules: Road Trauma Statistics; Ethics and Law; Driver Licences; Health Standards; Health Professional Practice; Referrals Medical and Non-medical; Case Studies; and an additional Active Learning Module - Activities A, B and C. It has been designed so you can complete the program at your leisure. When logging in for a second or subsequent time, you are taken directly to the point from where you logged off previously. Also provided is a complete national set of resource contacts, including the medical administration contacts in all States and Territories, and websites that provide additional information.

The SafeDrive Medical On-line Learning program has been accessed by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) as an Active Learning Module. It has been approved by the RACGP QA&CPD Program in the 2008-2010 triennium for a total of 40 Category 1 points.

The SafeDrive Medical On-line Learning Activities A, B and C has also been accessed by the RACGP as an Active Learning Module. It has been approved by the RACGP QA&CPD Program in the 2008-2010 triennium for a total of 40 Category 1 points.