Current medical practice includes a combination of what history tells us is appropriate and scientific explanation can confirm. Everyday practice requires both sources of guidance.

This article provides an overview of the process of planning, drafting and submitting a paper for first-time authors.

Medical publication is increasingly complex as the information environment becomes crowded. AJGP places the welfare of patients at the forefront, providing evidence-based and interesting content.

The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility, acceptability and utility of the 3-Domains screening toolkit for the medical assessment of older drivers in Australian general practice.

The importance of social connection dominated and underpinned many other themes identified as central to achieving safe and effective vocational general practitioner education.

Direct observation is a teaching and assessment method in general practice training, providing important and timely feedback to registrars on their clinical and consultation skills.

There is growing evidence regarding the effectiveness of registrar training through video cameras, which has relevance for quality supervision during times of crises.

General practitioners, educators and students continue to successfully adapt to uncertainty and new challenges, be they clinical, contextual or COVID-19-related.

The learning process is understood to be not only the transfer of knowledge and skills, but also a complex developmental activity that is context dependent.

While the pandemic has profoundly affected medical services and education, general practitioners are uniquely placed to observe, to think and to respond.

Cancer survivors experience a range of unique biopsychosocial issues, requiring significant and coordinated care to optimise their quality of life.

Existing statutes and bodies of case law may be sufficiently flexible to accommodate new technologies along with the appropriate safeguards, operating procedures and consent forms.

A simulation module was designed to provide a safe training environment for medical staff to comprehensively practise their skills when managing COVID-19.

The use of high-risk checklists by supervisors varies widely, and training practices are not routinely monitored to ensure registrars are appropriately supervised for high-risk encounters.

Over the past 10 years significant improvements in technology underlying ophthalmic diagnosis and treatment have led to marked improvements in visual outcomes for patients.