Evidence-based, practical tips to help you to quickly update your knowledge in a range of clinical areas
Top tips: joint pain
Dr Louise Warburton offers 10 top tips on the diagnosis and management of joint pain in primary care
Top tips: obtaining and using feedback
Dr Honor Merriman offers top tips about making the most out of feedback from patients and colleagues
Top tips: COVID-19 and mental health in young people
Dr Dominique Thompson provides top tips about supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children, adolescents, and young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
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
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
GP burnout: how much of a threat is it to doctors and their patients?
Dr Honor Merriman explores how to help GPs before they reach burnout and provides practical steps for supporting colleagues and improving morale
Guidelines Live
Guidelines Live 2020—a virtual event
Join us as we enter a new way of experiencing Guidelines Live in a virtual platform for the first time
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
Distress isn’t always mental illness
View from the ground, by Dr Emma Nash
Emotional self-preservation as an empathetic GP
View from the ground, by Dr Kathryn Hayman
The yin and yang of COVID-19
View from the ground, by Dr Gail Allsopp
Simple, practical tips on how to improve your and your practice’s efficiency
Bid writing in general practice: how to win a losing battle
Dr Satpal Shekhawat explores the business development challenges faced by primary care clinicians, and the steps necessary to overcome them
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
Latest expert articles
Top tips: joint pain
Dr Louise Warburton offers 10 top tips on the diagnosis and management of joint pain in primary care
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
Osteoporosis: target treatment on the basis of fracture risk
Dr David Stephens summarises new recommendations from the updated SIGN guideline on the management of osteoporosis and prevention of fragility fractures
Top tips: obtaining and using feedback
Dr Honor Merriman offers top tips about making the most out of feedback from patients and colleagues
Top tips: COVID-19 and mental health in young people
Dr Dominique Thompson provides top tips about supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children, adolescents, and young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic