It is essential to involve primary healthcare professionals as stakeholders in the development of research questions and study design to ensure relevance and feasibility.

Education in oral health literacy is key, and timely referral to dental practitioners may provide better patient outcomes with fewer potentially preventable hospitalisations.

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.

This editorial highlights and champions the success of general practice in enhancing the lives of all Australians and supporting those in need.

This article outlines strategies a general practice supervisor can implement to help registrars manage uncertainty.

Australian Immunisation Register data are increasingly being used to assess vaccination rates and assist public health practitioners to target interventions to improve these rates.

Research, education and clinical practice form the cornerstone of the medical profession. Practising clinicians should appreciate the role of research and actively participate in knowledge generation.

Patient health literacy is a barrier to both management of familial hypercholesterolaemia and cascade testing.

The most commonly encountered swellings in the oral cavity are either submucosal in nature, or involve swelling of the underlying jaw (maxilla or mandible).

The most commonly encountered mucosal surface lesions are those of an epithelial break (ulcer) or an alteration in thickness, texture or colour (white, red or pigmented lesion).

This paper examines the importance of, and challenges in, measuring and promoting continuity of care in Australia.

Random case analysis in practice clinical team meetings is a novel method of peer review of performance that also promotes quality improvement and can identify patient safety concerns.

The two professions have evolved with different social drivers and scientific underpinnings, with only a recent appreciation of the connections between the health of the mouth and the body.

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

This study suggests that there is a role for better communication of the gradual but practical changes of Australian sore throat management guidelines to GPs.