Evidence-based, practical tips to help you to quickly update your knowledge in a range of clinical areas
Key learning points: GP appraisal 2020
Dr Honor Merriman summarises the latest changes to the GP appraisal process in four key learning points
Key learning points: malnutrition in people with COPD
Dr Anita Nathan identifies key learning points for primary care from a best-practice guide to managing malnutrition in COPD
Key learning points: NICE diverticular disease
Dr Michael Sproat identifies five key learning points for primary care from the 2019 NICE guideline on the diagnosis and management of diverticular disease
Evidence-based, practical tips to help you to quickly update your knowledge in a range of clinical areas
Top tips: contraception and COVID-19
Dr Toni Hazell explains why seizing the opportunity to offer long-acting reversible contraception is more important now than ever
Top tips: urinary incontinence in women
Dr Toni Hazell shares 10 top tips on diagnosing and managing urinary incontinence in women
Top tips: joint pain
Dr Louise Warburton offers 10 top tips on the diagnosis and management of joint pain in primary care
Evidence-based, practical tips to help you to quickly update your knowledge in a range of clinical areas
Interim guidance aims to reduce confusion around asthma management
Dr Sinan Eccles discusses how the interim All Wales guideline offers pragmatic advice to primary care to help address conflicts in current guidance for asthma
Pregnancy and rheumatic diseases: best practice and prescribing considerations
Professor Ian Giles and Professor Caroline Gordon describe best practice in the care of women of child-bearing age with inflammatory rheumatic diseases before, during, and after pregnancy
Case-based scenarios to help you with your diagnosis of a range of clinical conditions based on common symptoms
Change in bowel habit: what’s the diagnosis?
Dr Michael Sproat uses five hypothetical case studies to explore possible causes of a change in bowel habit and how to diagnose and manage these in primary care
Unintended weight loss: what’s the diagnosis?
Dr Sonya Jey explains the importance of considering and excluding sinister causes of unintentional weight loss and explores some clinical scenarios in which unintentional weight loss is a feature
Multiple-choice question CPD modules designed to test your knowledge and reflect on your learning after reading an article.
Practical advice to help you with your preparation for your appraisal
Key learning points: GP appraisal 2020
Dr Honor Merriman summarises the latest changes to the GP appraisal process in four key learning points
Top tips: obtaining and using feedback
Dr Honor Merriman offers top tips about making the most out of feedback from patients and colleagues
Appraisal and revalidation in the era of COVID-19
Dr Honor Merriman discusses the suspension of the appraisal process at a time when reflection and peer support are crucial
Guidelines Live
Guidelines Live 2020—now available on demand
Join over 1000 GPs, nurses and pharmacists who attended the Guidelines Live virtual event to listen to expert speakers discussing latest guidelines
Guidelines Live returns on 17–18 November 2020
Book your place at Guidelines Live to update your knowledge on the latest clinical guidance and learn how to implement guidance during and after the COVID-19 era
A useful template to help you reflect on Guidelines in Practice articles for your revalidation
Reflective template
This reflective template is designed to help you reflect on your learning after reading a Guidelines in Practice article.
Short, personal anecdotes from your fellow professionals
Reflections of a newly qualified GP during a pandemic
View from the ground, by Dr Sarah Merrifield
Accepting and appreciating the applause
View from the ground, by Dr Jonathan Griffiths
Distress isn’t always mental illness
View from the ground, by Dr Emma Nash
Articles on medico-legal issues such as patient confidentiality and consent
Covert medication: decisions must follow the law and NICE guidance
Dr Maria Dyban offers an overview of the law on covert medication and suggests some practical steps for considering the issues
Confidentiality guidance covers a wide range of scenarios
Dr Maria Dyban visits some important aspects of GMC 2017 confidentiality guidance and highlights resources available to help with both familiar and challenging situations
All healthcare staff have a duty of confidentiality
Dr Maria Dyban summarises guidance on patient confidentiality and explores situations where information may or may not be shared