General practice registrars use a dermatoscope in a modest majority of skin checks and pigmented skin lesion consultations, which influences registrars’ diagnoses and increases their confidence.

Understanding patient-related factors associated with poor glycaemic control is essential to communicate better with patients, motivate them to self-care and provide better patient-centred care.

General practice is well placed to provide the screening and management of comorbidities associated with gout as recommended by international guidelines.

This study examines whether SMS reminders may be a useful tool in the spectrum of care needed for optimal asthma management in general practice.

If a benefit of oral corticosteroids is not proven, then physicians currently prescribing it need to be advised of this finding.

This study provided a timely assessment of general practitioner knowledge and attitudes to prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV.

Programmed shared medical appointments are effective, well accepted and cost efficient for body weight management.

This qualitative study presents a first look at how Australian general practitioners think about and act on frailty in daily practice.

There is a need to enhance aged care exposure for general practice registrars in ways that build on the competence of registrars and the trust in registrars by older patients and supervisors.

Text-based e-mental health programs may worsen the treatment gap for disadvantaged patients because of inherent high literacy requirements.

This study shows the importance of health screening for new arrival refugees, including screening for infectious diseases, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies, chronic disease and mental health.

Regular contraceptive review should take account of the fact that women’s reasons for use may shift between contraceptive and non-contraceptive purposes.

An investigative study into whether using the Modified Centor Criteria reduces antibiotic prescribing in a general practice setting.

Practice managers are well placed to model and teach professional behaviour, and their skills should be further used in educating general practice registrars.

Young people experience higher rates of sexually transmissible infections and lower screening rates than the general population in Australia.