This scoping review investigates components of integrated GP training pathways including the barriers and enablers of effective pathways for GP recruitment and retention.

These questions are based on the Focus articles in this issue.

Fundamentally, research is simply curiosity, linked to a desire to know more about a topic. Research underpins all that we know and do in general practice

Readers express their opinions on published articles and topics of interest.

This article explains the development of, and provides information about, the National Core Community Palliative Care Medicines List.

Parotitis, inflammation of the parotid glands, is a clinically significant presentation with a wide range of aetiologies that can result in systemically unwell patients.

The aim of this article is to provide a focused summary of prostate cancer focal therapies for general practice.

A case presentation of a patient with chronic cancer pain and background of a recent medication change.

Whole-person integrative medicine is a multidimensional assessment of patients that emphasises therapeutic alliance and individualises patient management.

Art reflects society, providing snapshots frozen in time that provide meaning through suggestions of feelings, emotions and moods that surround life journeys.

Emphasising the importance of writing and roles of family physicians is a way to encourage residents to start writing.

As Australia continues to grow in population and the population ages, pre-emptive steps to maintain general practice as the core of the healthcare system need to be taken.

Academic training will support the development of a future workforce that has necessary skills to undertake and lead general practice research.

Correction to a published article.

This research asked two questions: what is the nature of this tacit knowing; and how can we convey this in a suitable language to others?