AFP - Australian Family Physician

Australian Family Physician is the official journal of The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. It is a peer reviewed journal publishing original articles and reviews dedicated to meeting the ongoing educational requirements of general practitioners. Held in high esteem within general practice, AFP has been documenting the work of GPs in Australia for more than half a century and has a proud history of carefully balancing practical clinical updates with high quality research articles, delivering the profession an independent and stimulating medical journal that engages and informs, contributing to GPs ongoing educational requirements.

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AFP audio

Each month AFP interviews the authors of our key articles. Listen on your computer or copy them to a CD or MP3 player, and learn at your leisure.

AFP in practice

AFP in Practice questions are published in AFP each month and are designed to get you started in a small group learning (SGL) activity in your practice or with colleagues.

Latest issue

Acute Care Vol 37, (7) 497-592

The theme for the July issue of AFP is Acute Care. This month's articles include referrals to A&E, ocular emergencies, intitial management of cardiac arrhythmias, lessons from the TAPS study and emergency drugs in general practice.

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AFP Clinical Challenge online

The AFP Clinical Challenge comprises a total of 16 multiple choice questions, which have been drawn from articles within the current issue of AFP. There are 4 Category 2 QA&CPD points available.

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AFP Practice Challenge online

The AFP Practice Challenge is a set of written responses to questions relating to the current issue of AFP. You can compare your responses to other participants and get feedback. There are 8 Category 2 QA&CPD points available.

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Recent issues

Challenging Children

The theme for the June issue of AFP is challenging children. This month's articles include oppositional defiant disorder, school refusal, gaining children's confidence, chronic abdominal pain in children, vertigo management in general practice, lessons from the TAPS study and pelvic examination of asymptomatic women.

ENT

The theme for the May issue of AFP is ENT. This month's articles include hoarseness, chronic rhinosinusitis, asymmetrical hearing loss, hearing impairment & technological advances, when to refer a child to an otolaryngologist, managing spinal cord injury in general practice and clinical breast examination of asymptomatic women.

Allergy

The theme for the April issue of AFP is allergy. This month's articles include allergic rhinitis, allergy testing and referral in children, allergy prevention, food allergy in adults, pathological hoarding, lessons from the TAPS study, colorectal cancer management, managing shoulder pain and doctors as patients.

Urinary incontinence in women

The theme for the March issue of AFP is urinary incontinence in women. This month's articles include pathophysiology and management outline, procedural and surgical treatments, physiotherapy for urinary incontinence, beta blockers in systolic heart failure and breast and cervical cancer in indigenous women.

Lifestyle changes

The theme for the January/February issue of AFP is lifestyle changes. This month's articles include smoking cessation, encouraging physical activity, helping patients lose weight, alcohol intervention, abnormal PSA tests, managing falls in the elderly and dementia management.

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