Helpful Resources
Helpful Resources http://islanddocs.com.au/helpful-resources/ — Read on islanddocs.com.au/helpful-resources/
Like synchronised swimming, general practice is much harder than it looks
Like synchronised swimming, general practice is much harder than it looks https://drlizsturgiss.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/generalpractice/ — Read on drlizsturgiss.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/generalpractice/
Let’s build a bridge from ‘swamp’ to ivory tower
Let’s build a bridge from ‘swamp’ to ivory tower https://drlizsturgiss.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/lets-build-a-bridge-from-swamp-to-ivory-tower/ — Read on drlizsturgiss.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/lets-build-a-bridge-from-swamp-to-ivory-tower/
GPTrove.net – Great new resource!
New FOAMed Resource for Australian GPs! For all GP registrars coming up to their exams, or for any doctors or medical students wishing to brush up on their knowledge, this new website is a great resource to up date your knowledge. Innovative layout and regular new content. The brainchild of @Bronwren while studying for her…
Do you know what you don’t know? Want to find out?
How can we know what we don’t know? I asked an amazingly brilliant GP, who has been one of my long time mentors, why he had had a few patients with a TSH <0.05 for many years. He replied that he titrated to T3/T4 levels as he always does. He was horrified when I…
Follow the red carpet to FOAM4GP!
Welcome! I assume you are new, perhaps logging on from our nation’s great RACGP national conference in Melbourne 2015. Come in, sit down. Let me show you around! Firstly, you may have noticed there was no admission fee. Pretty exciting huh! Also, there is no one selling you something, telling you to prescribe something, or…
Choosing your antacids wisely
A great summary of the evidence and advice on best practice for proton pump inhibitor use by Australian GP sage Dr Justin Coleman (www.DrJustinColeman.com)
Free open access medical education can help rural clinicians deliver ‘quality care, out there’
FOAMed for rural – “quality care, out there” w @broomedocs finally out! http://t.co/dps4wSxPxu Ping @ketaminh @ruralgreengp @australiandr — Tim Leeuwenburg (@KangarooBeach) August 17, 2015
Simplify the message – Medical metaphors and Anecdotal analogies
“Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.” Orson Scott Card Have you ever tried to explain to a patient the basis behind why a patient has hypothyroidism from hashimoto’s and how to interpret their results? “Well it’s quite straight forward really. Basically you have a endocrine gland just below…
Simon and Neil from LITFL are getting plastered. You should join them! The Backslab
Check out this brilliant and very GP relevant article from our LITFL friends on backslabs and splints.
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