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GPReview 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.
News & Views: Celebrating diversity
Record numbers of delegates, a huge range of scientific presentations and a glittering social program made this year’s college convention an event to remember.
News & Views: For the practice team
Feed your CAT with a PDSA cycle - using the new Clinical Audit Tool to target patients for Pap test recall.
News & Views: Taking the red book to the world
Changes to forthcoming edition of preventive health guidelines presented to international conference.
News & Views: Bytes from BEACH
Janice Charles, Associate Professor Helena Britt
BEACH turns ten.
History: Becoming a royal college
Dr David Dammery
Of arms, robes and a royal charter.
Travels: Forty days in rural Africa
Professor Michael Kidd
Can an Australian doctor make a difference?
QA&CPD: Know your options
Mental health requirements for the new triennium
QA&CPD: Starting small
Studying small scale practice improvements using a PDSA cycle is the perfect way to test practice-wide interventions.
GPnetwork: Wheeze, sneeze and disease
Associate Professor Ian Charlton, GP Asthma Group, National Asthma Council Australia
After 100 years of research into sneezing in spring, is there anything new to report?