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Given that about 46% of general practitioners in Australia are aged over 55 years1 and a recent survey indicated that 35% of the GPs in one state were considering early retirement,2 strategies aimed at GP retention are of particular importance to the current Australian health system.

Learning objectives After completion of this activity participants will be able to: analyse approaches to raising and managing a sensitive issuesuggest ways to manage prescribing conundrumsdescribe the outcomes desired from a home medication reviewfind patient information on a common...

October is a month of change for Australian Family Physician. After nearly a decade as medical editor, and then Editor in chief, with both AFP and the check Program, Dr Jenni Parsons is leaving us to take up new challenges.

Ultimately what we do as doctors is intervene in our patients to alleviate symptoms (palliate), or reduce risk (prevent), or abort (cure) disease processes. Such interventions do not have to be drugs. They can be simple prognostic reassurance, an exercise regimen, counselling, meditation, or any...

It is well recognised that family health history (FHH) is an important tool for predicting risk, for early detection,1 and for identifying at risk individuals for whom genetic testing may be warranted.2 Family health history reflects genetic predisposition as well as environmental and lifestyle...

Current Australian health, hospital and primary care reforms1,2 emphasise e-health strategies, including online communities and the electronic Person Controlled Health Record (ePCHR), as a means to improving patient support and self management of chronic disease. However, the benefits and risks...

At the GP10 conference, themed ‘Shape our future’, last month in Cairns, several of the workshops and presentations looked at minimising error in clinical practice. People are bound to make mistakes, but it is crucial that we learn from these and develop techniques to minimise their impact...

Learning objectives After completion of this activity participants will be able to: identify elements of successful communicationapply information from an echocardiogram to a clinical presentation and describe the management of distressing symptoms of end stage heart failuredescribe local...