This clinical challenge is based on this month’s Focus articles. To complete this activity, go to gplearning and log in with the username and password you use to log in to the RACGP website.

Tick typhus is an infection typically presenting with eschar at bite site, fevers, lethargy and arthralgias in patients who have visited endemic areas in eastern Australia.

Evidence-based medicine has been the driver of healthcare research and changes in general practice.

Expected frequency trees can be used to promote appropriate patient choice of colorectal cancer screening modality.

GPs need to know common sources of bias in evidence and information arising from industry-sponsored work so that they can detect bias and minimise its influence on their clinical practice.

GPs receive updates to their knowledge on a daily basis. They want accurate summaries of a medicine’s properties, efficacy and side-effect profile from trusted sources on which to base a decision.

The knowledge produced by Cochrane reviews informs the guidelines that shape our responses to clinical presentations in general practice.

The serious health impact of trauma and adversity can be significantly lessened if patients receive trauma-informed care from GPs when needed.

This study investigated GPs attitudes to promoting and managing the sexual health of young men and showed a disparity of whether young men or GPs felt they were responsible in initiating the topic.

Pre-consultation patient-directed reminders could be an effective tool to increase preventive care for patients with T2DM in general practice.

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

Involving patients in the clinical decision-making process is integral to providing individualised care and is promoted as a hallmark of good clinical practice.

In the primary care setting, an understanding of stomas and their complications is important in providing appropriate care for these patients.

Gout is a common and well understood disease with patient and physician barriers to optimal care; practical suggestions to optimise care are outlined.

Managing cardiovascular risk factors is crucial for improving the overall survival of patients and the outcomes of future abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.