13 September, 2017

General practice has been protected from changes in testing and treatments for a very long time, but the rate of change could increase from here on. This article provides some resources to help GPs judge what has value

Nurse prescribing is coming; but, until then, GPs and nurse practitioners support your colleagues because nurses working under standing orders improve child and youth health

Expanding on the ideas behind acceptance and behaviour change therapy, this article provides further concepts – around what function a behaviour serves – to enhance behaviour change in your patients

A GP’s three-year ordeal over a dangerous prescribing error has been a lost opportunity for reducing iatrogenic injury, as Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps explains

Providing your laboratory with relevant clinical details to accompany a wound swab allows a more appropriate work-up and greater reporting opportunities

Medical school in the 1970s taught students osteoarthritis was a wear-and-tear disorder of the articular cartilage, mostly treated with pills and, in severe cases, joint replacement. How have things moved on since then?

I am no Tom Cruise fan. Short of cult classic Top Gun, I can’t think of any action film featuring the famous Scientologist that appeals

Book reviews

Taking a walk down memory lane into the days of arcade machines and Sega Genesis consoles, Sonic returns to remind us all how this little blue hedgehog became so popular.

 To my great relief, I have now been awarded RNZCGP fellowship and have the certificate to prove it