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

A boy aged one year and seven months was brought by his mother to the general practice clinic with a three-month history of recurrent wheezing, especially when active.

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

A man aged 55 years presented with a two-week history of an enlarging painful ulcer affecting his right lower leg.

General practice terms diversify the prevocational experiences of interns and help consolidate rural career pathways.

Prevention and early diagnosis coupled with curative treatments are key strategies for reducing lung cancer mortality by avoiding the sequelae of metastatic disease.

This guideline fills a gap in the existing general practice literature relating to suicide.

Barriers to obesity care in Australia include unrealistic expectations from both people with obesity and healthcare professionals, lack of evidence-based strategies and insufficient training.

The research evaluated an introductory‑level training program to improve the readiness of regional Victorian general practices to identify and support victim-survivors of family and domestic violence.

An overview of the prevalence, consequences, assessment and management of patients with comorbid insomnia and sleep apnoea in Australian general practice.

After appropriate assessment, selected simple lacerations may be suitable for primary closure by non-surgical means.

The demonstrated youth-centricity of the general practices associated with QUT, UNSW and UniMelb contrasts with traditional general practice.

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

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This study provides insights into risky alcohol consumption in middle-aged Australian women and their use of primary healthcare services.