This book review explores the history and biography of cancer, a live entity within a living vulnerable host in an age-old battle for survival that is ultimately dependant on chance.

The story is of a dedicated GP who chose rural medicine and worked hard to support his patients and community, but eventually walked away as devotion to duty took a toll on his personal health.

An insider’s perspective of prostate cancer: Understanding effects, management options and consequences

The latest edition of the main text and companion handbook continue the grand tradition Murtagh pioneered.

This framework meets the need for a simple framework for practice-based case discussion that applies to both the formal problem case discussion and informal ad hoc teaching scenarios.

The first national-scale study of rural GP supervisors shows that more than half of rural GPs supervise registrars, and suggests the key factors related to supervision.

Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 restrictions on face-to-face learning, this article shares the strategies employed to achieve the pivot to virtual continuing professional development.

This article explores how supervisor professional development might better meet the outcomes set out in The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners’ Standards for general practice training.

A high proportion of early-career general practitioners working part time in clinical general practice has implications for workplace planning.

Policies should promote training of GPs as part of the increasing workforce for mental healthcare.

Medical students report substantially less contact time with general practice registrars than with registrars in other, hospital-based specialties.

The paper provides key strategies guiding practices to optimise implementing social work student placements.

Understanding the sophisticated craft and practical skills of generalist care could help both GPs and health policy makers value, respect and navigate the challenges of this complex important work.

Study to inform the development of feasible, acceptable and useful intervention strategies for Australian general practice training to address burnout and wellbeing.

Establishing a culturally safe assessment of cultural safety, determined by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, should be prioritised as an essential component of registrar assessment.