The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Recent issues

Building bridges
The May 2008 edition of GPReview Includes practice nurse data from BEACH, opinion and reflection from Dr Hugh Carpenter on 50 years in general practice, a feature on the origins of general practice colleges, rural health care training in Papua New Guinea, and articles on how to evaluate education activities, how to use the web to make your QA&CPD easier, how to work with diabetes educators, and a look at the connection between asthma and obesity.

Quality building
The March 2008 edition of GPReview includes ASC highlights and articles on RACGP Research Foundation scholarships, tips for finding and employing locums, osteoporosis data from BEACH, a profile of GP cartoonist Dr Craig Hilton, a feature on the college's upcoming design guide for general practices, a history of the consulting room, a Q&A on the new QA&CPD triennium, using small group learning and rapid PDSA cycles as CPD activities, managing asthma in indigenous communities, and the costs and benefits of insulin pump therapy.

The healing dance
November 2007 Volume 11 Number 5. Includes Includes ASC highlights and articles on managing clinical emergencies with the Australian Defence Force, the RACGP and Diabetes Australia diabetes management guidelines, practice nurse and practice manager affiliate membership benefits, a familial PGPPP placement at RACGP President Dr Vasantha Preetham's WA practice, the SNOMED CT reference terminology system, a GP's mysterious assignment to a remote quarter of Pakistan, the new QA&CPD Program for the 2008-2010 triennium, diabetes management in aged care facilities, and the connection between food allergies and asthma.

When disaster strikes
September 2007 Volume 11 Number 4. Includes articles on the role of GPs in disaster medical assistance teams, height adjustable beds in general practice, 50 years of BEACH surveys, disaster zones, using journal clubs to improve patient care, patient centred health for asthma patients, diabetic peripheral neuropathy and online integrative medicine resources.

Helping Hands
July 2007 Volume 11 Number 3. Includes articles on health care for refugees in detention and the community, posttraumatic stress disorder among Australian veterans, GP supervisors, providing feedback on QA&CPD activities, asthma and oral health, and therapeutic inertia in diabetes patients.

New nation
May 2007 Volume 11 Number 2. Includes GP mentoring in Kazakhstan, implementing preventive health activities, wilderness medicine education at Nepal's Everest National Park, diabetes education in general practice, asthma action plans, and BEACH data on preventive activities in general practice.