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GPReview September 2008 Volume 12 Number 4
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.
News & Views: Taking a step forward on Aboriginal health
New committee brings stakeholders together and begins preparing the college's new Aboriginal health work plan
News & Views: For the practice team
Is your practice prepared for an influenza pandemic?
News & Views: Military medicos
Lieutenant Colonel Grant King, Australian Defence Force
Forget Three Kings – here are three doctors who've struck personal and professional gold through serving their country
News & Views: Bytes from BEACH
Janice Charles, Associate Professor Helena Britt
Generation Y visits to the GP
Community: A glimpse of lives displaced
Médicines Sans Frontières is bringing its successful 'Refugee Camp in Your City' tour to Australia
History: A college in the colonies
Dr David Dammery
William Arnold Conolly and the formation of the Australian College of General Practitioners
Cover: Finding the write balance
Erica Fosbender
There's more to being a doctor than writing prescriptions and removing moles. Two Australian GPs have found that tapping into their creative side can reveal new dimensions of their craft
QA&CPD: Review of CPR requirements
New policies on CPR requirements for the 2008–2010 triennium
QA&CPD: A positive opportunity
Matthew Rush, RACGP Tasmania Faculty QA&CPD Relationship Coordinator
The 2008–2010 triennium sees the college refining its mechanisms for maintaining quality within the QA&CPD Program through a more formal process of review
QA&CPD: The rapid route
How a single process can help you prepare for AGPAL accreditation, help to meet your QA&CPD requirements and satisfy your individual learning needs
GPnetwork: More than just old age
Dr Steven Rudolphy, GP Asthma Group, National Asthma Council Australia
Asthma in older adults presents challenges in diagnosis, treatment and self management
GPnetwork: Diabetes and depression
Dr Ralph Audehm, Diabetes Australia – Victoria
The impact of a chronic disease like diabetes combined with depression is a major factor in the development of complications and admissions to hospital