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GPReview May 2008 Volume 12 Number 2
The March 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.
News & Views: Bytes from BEACH
Janice Charles, Associate Professor Helena Britt
What treatments do practice nurses provide in GP-patient encounters, and which problems are they involved in managing?
Opinion & Reflection: Looking forward, looking back
Dr Hugh Carpenter began clinical training in 1958, the same year that the interim council of the newly formed RACGP met for the first time
History: Body politics
Dr David Dammery
The origin of colleges of general practice
Cover: Northern neighbours
The college is supporting a new training program designed to improve primary health care access in rural and remote Papua New Guinea
QA&CPD: Fab or flop?
How to tell the best from the rest when it comes to external education activities
QA&CPD: Working with the web
Send and receive your QA&CPD information quickly and easily online
GPnetwork: Empowerment through education
Sue Stockdale
The benefits of diabetes educators assisting GPs in patient management
GPnetwork: Lighten the asthma load
Associate Professor Ian Charlton
The obesity epidemic is sweeping the world as people eat more and exercise less. But why does the connection between asthma and obesity matter?