Evidence-based, practical tips to help you to quickly update your knowledge in a range of clinical areas
Top tips: anxiety disorders
Dr Ed Beveridge offers ten top tips on the diagnosis, management, and treatment of adults with anxiety disorders in primary care
Top tips: eating disorders
Dr Dominique Thompson offers 10 top tips for general practice on the role of GPs in managing eating disorders, including signs to look out for, the right questions to ask, and the need for referral without delay
Top tips: talking about weight
Jane Diggle and Dr Pam Brown offer 10 top tips on initiating conversations about weight and motivating people to make healthy changes
Case-based scenarios to help you with your diagnosis of a range of clinical conditions based on common symptoms
Breast pain: what’s the diagnosis?
Dr Toni Hazell uses case studies to explore three possible causes of breast pain (mastalgia) and how each condition should be managed in primary care
Rashes in children: what’s the diagnosis?
Dr Jennifer Parkhouse unravels four case studies covering several diagnoses of childhood rashes and explains how each condition should be managed in primary care
Red eye: what’s the diagnosis?
Dr Neelima Sibal and Mr Ajai Tyagi present a range of patient case studies that illustrate different causes of red eye and suitable treatment options
Practical advice to help you with your preparation for your appraisal
Being a reflective practitioner
Dr Honor Merriman explores recent guidance on reflective practice for practitioners and students and how this supports learning and patient care
Learning from a complaint: advice for individuals and organisations
Dr Honor Merriman outlines procedures and approaches for responses to patient complaints and recent guidance on recording notes about complaints for appraisal portfolios
Revalidation: how to record reflective notes
Dr Honor Merriman discusses the revalidation process for doctors and nurses, and offers tips on making effective reflective notes
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.
Multiple-choice question CPD modules designed to test your knowledge and reflect on your learning after reading an article.
Short, personal anecdotes from your fellow professionals
The joys of working in a small rural practice
I had a great day at work today. I am a GP. Yes, you have read that correctly.
Fewer strings, more resources, better outcomes
It is good to see that the NHS Long Term Plan1 recognises the importance of general practice and community care. Surely just the phrase, ‘We will boost out-of-hospital care’ must be music to the ears of GPs up and down the country? Right? Maybe.
Straight in at the deep end
Dr Heather Ryan writes about the challenges she faced when she made the bold move from GP training straight to GP partnership
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
Does caring mean sharing?
Dr Meena Sood describes an innovative feature of the GP practice system and how effective use can help patients who need it most
K.I.S.S:* goodbye to unnecessary work
Dr John Lockley identifies key areas for streamlining management processes and supporting your staff
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
Key learning points: uncontrolled and severe asthma
Dr Mark L Levy presents five key learning points to help GPs diagnose and manage patients with difficult-to-treat and severe asthma and identify those who need referral to specialist care
Top tips: anxiety disorders
Dr Ed Beveridge offers ten top tips on the diagnosis, management, and treatment of adults with anxiety disorders in primary care
How did pharmacists become prescribers?
Muhammad Siddiqur Rahman describes how clinical pharmacists became involved in prescribing and how their skills are increasingly being used in general practice
Key learning points: physical activity in osteoporosis
Sarah Leyland, Virginia Wakefield, and Dr Zoe Paskins highlight six essential points from the Royal Osteoporosis Society guidance on physical activity and exercise for people with osteoporosis
Top tips: eating disorders
Dr Dominique Thompson offers 10 top tips for general practice on the role of GPs in managing eating disorders, including signs to look out for, the right questions to ask, and the need for referral without delay