Transgender people may seek healthcare for reasons unrelated to gender, but they are often negatively impacted by structural and interpersonal discrimination in health settings.

It is important for medical students to learn how to conduct sound medical research by implementing their own research projects.

Increased awareness of the alternative medical abortion models may encourage medical abortion delivery in general practice and increase access for women.

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is associated with high levels of patient satisfaction, with physical and psychosocial benefits beyond metabolic improvements.

Better defining, integrating and supporting general practitioner roles in disaster systems is likely to improve disaster healthcare.

While general practitioners have concerns about the use of data stored on electronic health records, they also recognise the benefits of using this data for research purposes.

This research identifies current tensions within Australian general practice training and potential solutions to these tensions.

Acne is seen by registrars at a rate similar to that of their established general practitioner colleagues, but with modest continuity of care in its management.

Complex spinal pain interdisciplinary assessment in a primary care setting shows reasonable long-term outcomes comparable to more intensive interventions.

General practitioners and practice nurses need to be provided with greater support and training to undertake the emotionally challenging role of mandated reporters of child abuse.

It is important for prescribers to regularly ask patients about their medication adherence and to discuss strategies for promoting this.

Street-based general practice services are critical to facilitate easy access to primary and secondary management of chronic multimorbid conditions in marginalised patients.

Early identification of all skin cancers enables improved patient outcomes and results in a wider range of treatment options being available locally in general practice.

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

Latent tuberculosis, vitamin deficiency, parasitic infestation and hepatitis B are common among newly arrived refugees in Australia referred to a tertiary centre.