Modest proportions of general practice registrars have training in, and in-practice experience of, long-acting reversible contraception insertion.

Healthcare workers are a vulnerable population who have been exposed to high work-related stress during the COVID-19 pandemic because of the high risk of infection and excessive workloads.

The primary care physician has an essential role in providing women with guidance, counselling and assessment regarding fertility concerns.

Growing evidence shows that lifestyle interventions are an effective component of management for patients with mental illness to improve mental health, physical health and quality of life.

The past 15 years have witnessed an escalating interest in the role of the general practitioner with special interest in Australia and other countries.

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

Skin cancer follow-up is most effective when general practitioners establish follow-up strategies suited to the rural populations and supported by evidence-based guidelines for skins cancers.

Despite international consensus regarding the judicious use of diagnostic spinal imaging, patients continue to be over-referred.

There is a great deal of interest in the potential symptomatic benefits of medicinal cannabis for developmental disorders.

Beliefs about the usefulness of initiatives to reduce opioid prescribing in clinical practice and autonomy in prescribing may be important considerations in driving compliance.

Quarantine has been associated with increased rates of suicide, anger, acute stress disorder, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, with symptoms continuing even years after quarantine.

Although not all women undergoing mastectomy will desire or choose breast reconstruction, it is important that all women have the opportunity to make an informed choice.

People who identify as bisexual, transgender or gender diverse report poorer mental health than their homosexual and cisgender counterparts.

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

An updated overview of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, including epidemiology, risk factors for infection, spectrum of clinical disease, diagnosis and management.