GP Review

GPReview is a bimonthly magazine featuring inspirational stories, general practice news, QA&CPD news and reporting of college events. A well balanced mix of news, views and features, it highlights the many excellent and innovative projects undertaken by the college and its members.

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Latest issue: Celebrating diversity

November 2008 Volume 12 Number 5
The November edition of GPReview includes our coverage of the combined Wonca conference and RACGP annual scientific convention, tips on using the new Clinical Audit Tool in your practice, a look at preventive health programs in Europe as the college prepares a new edition of the Red Book, an examination of ten years of BEACH data, Professor Michael Kidd’s account of his experiences as a volunteer doctor providing HIV testing and treatment support in North Africa, the story of how the Australian College of General Practitioners became a royal college, mental health options for the new QA&CPD triennium, testing practice interventions with PDSA cycles, and new research on hayfever.

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Recent issues

Creative Thinking
GPReview September 2008 The September edition of GPReview includes news of the college's new Aboriginal health standing committee, a Médicines Sans Frontières project to reveal what life is like inside a refugee camp, a feature on how GPs are putting pen to paper and learning more about themselves and their patients through creative writing, a guide to using a single rapid PDSA cycle to achieve AGPAL accreditation and meet QA&CPD requirements, and a look at the challenges in diagnosing and treating asthma in the older patient.

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2007 The July 2008 edition of GPReview includes a look at a new RACGP initiative on patient-initiated violence, a feature on the links between traditional indigenous and mainstream medicines, an analysis of the state of play with electronic health records, the continuing story of the foundation of colleges of general practice, QA&CPD features on learning plans and Category 1 activities, an introduction to the National Asthma Council’s around-the-country workshops, and a look at the new American guidelines on physical activity.

Building bridges
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2007 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
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2007 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
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2007 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.


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Publication Date: 24 November 2008

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