Approach to Menopause

March 1, 2019 0

In this month’s webinar excerpt, we’re talking about Menopause with Dr Elizabeth Farrell AM, a gynaecologist and the Medical Director of Jean Hailes for Women’s Health. Dr Farrell outlines important definitions, explains how the diagnosis […]

Men’s Business

February 1, 2019 0

As a GP working in an Aboriginal Service, I’ve often heard the terms “Mens Business” and “Women’s Business”. In my mind, that has loosely related to “Urological” and “Gynaecological” issues – until I actually asked […]

Opioid Addiction

January 7, 2019 1

Welcome to 2019! We’re kicking off with one of those tricky subjects in general practice: the overlap of pain and addiction. As GPs, we aim to relieve pain and minimise harm, but occasionally patients get […]

2018’s Memories

November 30, 2018 1

And just like that, another year is winding down. Once again, we’ve come to the Month of Reflecting. It’s always good to look back at lessons learned, goals achieved and milestones reached. It’s useful to […]

Avoiding Diagnostic Error in Childhood Sepsis

October 2, 2018 0

About 70 children die of sepsis per year in Australia and New Zealand. It is therefore important to have systems in place for early detection of severe infection. Developing an approach to avoid diagnostic error […]

How to cope with Uncertainty in GP

September 3, 2018 0

Uncertainty in general practice is unavoidable. We deal with uncertainty in more than half of our consults. Coping with the uncertainty is an essential skill for GPs. This month we again listen in on a […]

Dealing with Diagnostic Uncertainty

July 2, 2018 2

We deal with uncertainty every day in general practice. Depending on where you work and how long you’ve worked there, most of the workload in general practice in Australia is managing chronic disease. For the […]

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