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A ‘communities of practice’ (CoP) approach has the potential to address quality improvement issues and facilitate research in general practice by engaging those most intimately involved in...

Unfortunately, general practice research lags behind that of other specialties in both output2,4–6 and status,1,7 with only 3% of Australian GPs engaging in research.8 Low remuneration,9 pressure...

Fatigue as a presenting symptomFatigue is ‘that state … characterised by a lessened capacity or motivation for work ... usually accompanied by a feeling of weariness, sleepiness, irritability or...

General practice is an important healthcare access point for people who are released from prison. In a recent Australian study of healthcare use by people leaving prison, 46.5% saw a general...

Occupational violence is well documented among general practice receptionists, who are singularly vulnerable because they are placed in the general practice ‘frontline’. One response to this...

While evidence from Australian studies is lacking, evidence from overseas suggests that patients are generally willing to have a medical student present during general practitioner...

A list of procedural skills is an important component of a curriculum for general practice vocational training. This study aimed to establish an up-to-date list of core procedural skills...

The provision of clinical procedural services has been, and remains, an integral part of general practice. In Australia, as in many other countries, general practitioners’ (GPs’) provision of...

General practitioners (GPs) are responsible for the primary care of Australians of all ages. As healthcare becomes more complex, and new discoveries and therapies continue to emerge, the knowledge...

This study aimed to examine the efficacy of two strategies for improving general practitioner response to a survey. A secondary aim was to assess GPs’ self reported preferred mode of survey...

Commensurate with the demographic changes in the overall population, recent studies have demonstrated changes in the demography of patients who visit general practice.3 Over the past 16 years, a...