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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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July 2009 Volume 13 Number 3
The July edition of GPReview looks at how GPs
and the nation as a whole will cope with the predicted surge in dementia
numbers over the coming decades; the link between the global financial
crisis and mental health issues; the college’s new GP Pathway program;
Dr Jenni Parsons’ trip to China to witness the beginnings of Chinese
general practice; a Melbourne based doctor’s posting in the Katherine;
coming to grips with youth depression; how to ask the right questions as
a facilitator; two Australian GPs’ trip to Vanuatu to teach mental
health skills; and how the annual cycle of care helps with the treatment
of diabetes. In the July edition’s complementary vs conventional
feature, our two GPs take a look at osteoarthritis.
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Recent issues
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Beyond the
call
The May edition of GPReview looks
at the strange and perplexing
things GPs sometimes get asked; the release of the seventh edition of
the college’s ‘red book’; the college’s response to the Maternity
Services review; the neglected health needs of people with intellectual
disabilities; a new initiative to make general practice a safer place;
treating abuse and violence in general practice; general practitioners
as clinical teachers; one GP’s
trip back through medical history in Berlin; and how patients with
asthma can fight the flu season. The May edition also includes the a new
regular feature in which two GPs – one based more in complementary
medicine, the other in conventional medicine – talk about how they would
respond to different typical presentations.
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In the
aftermath of tragedy
The March edition of GPReview looks
at the college’s new government supported men’s health
initiative, the M5 Project; the different ways GPs will help people deal
with the aftermath of the recent natural disasters; how to run a more
efficient practice; GP management of childhood overweight and obesity;
the new Active Learning Module on facilitation skills; how ongoing
education benefits the practice team; a GPs’ amazing story of
treating the Queen of Sweden; what we used as diuretics before the
advent of frusemide; and how doctors can help patients help themselves
by teaching them correct puffer technique.
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Celebrating diversity
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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Creative Thinking
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
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Electronic Health Records
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
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