Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander values in GP training A first-of-its-kind training framework aims to ensure clinical education is framed by perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
‘Trans people are just people’: GPs’ role in trans healthcare What exactly does best practice GP care look like for trans patients? This Transgender Awareness Week, two people speak out about their experience.
‘There’s lots of growth and change that needs to happen’ What can you expect from the landmark ‘National guide to preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’ update?
Study links childhood asthma to memory difficulties It found patients had a lower ability to remember specific events, but one GP urged caution, warning it may create ‘unnecessary concern’.
Social media fuelling rising anabolic steroid use: Study Young men were found to be most at risk of dangerously using the substance, leading one expert to guide GPs through tricky conversations.
Education series bolstering GPs’ child wellbeing knowledge GPs are encouraged to attend the RACGP Child Wellbeing in Focus webinar series, aimed at arming them with the tools to foster holistic child health.
Whooping cough epidemic reaches record numbers GPs are urged to ensure patients have had their vaccine, as ‘staggeringly high’ cases soar to a record-breaking 41,772 so far this year.
Drug data highlights stark regional divides Cocaine, heroin and ketamine use is higher in cities than the regions, found a report showing ‘people will use what they can access’.
In Practice: Call for GPs to join dementia study New research aims to gather GPs’ understanding of and attitudes to dementia diagnosis and management, and the use of blood-based biomarkers.
Preventable chronic diseases need ‘urgent’ intervention Alarming new research shows the socioeconomic health gap is widening, leaving GPs to navigate systems that ‘do not account for complexity’.