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A new model of medical practice, the patient centred medical home (PCMH), has gained traction in the United States as an advancement in primary care delivery that will bring better value to patients and to those who pay for health care.

The core audience for Australian Family Physician is, and always will be, the practising Australian general practitioner, but we have a much broader constituency than this. Stakeholders in AFP also include:general practice registrarsnurse practitioners who work in general practiceregistered...

Books reviewed this month are Fundamental Skills for Surgery by Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and Contraception: an Australian Clinical Practice Handbook, Second edition by Sexual Health & Family Planning Australia.

Case studyA man, 59 years of age, presented with a pigmented lesion that was discovered on lung auscultation by a family physician. Clinically, a 12 mm long, slightly elevated, brown lesion with variegate pigmentation was observed on his back (Figure 1). Dermatoscopy revealed a multicomponent...

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The problems were split into two subgroups: sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and risk factor/screening management. Patients aged 15–24 and 25–44 years had the highest rate of STI management. Patients aged 15–24 years had the highest rate of screening/risk factor management, followed by...

History is repeating itself. Syphilis largely disappeared from the radar of general practitioners following a precipitous fall with the onset of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in the early 1980s; however, infection rates are once again rising dramatically, both in Australia and...

Case studyA male furniture removalist, 23 years of age, presented to his local doctor with neck swelling. He had an upper respiratory tract infection 2 weeks previously and was prescribed a course of oral antibiotics. He had returned to work 3 days before his presentation and described an episode...

AFP in Practice questions are designed to get you started in a small group learning (SGL) activity in your practice or with colleagues. Requirements to earn 40 Category 1 CPD points for a SGL activity are: minimum of four and a maximum of 10 people, minimum of 8 hours of discussion in a year, and...

The opinions expressed by correspondents in this column are in no way endorsed by either the Editors or The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners