Evidence-based, practical tips to help you to quickly update your knowledge in a range of clinical areas
Top tips: GORD in infants, children, and young people
Dr Jennifer Parkhouse offers 10 top tips on identifying and managing gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in children
Top tips: urinary tract infections in adults
Dr Sonya Jey offers top tips on the diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection in different situations in primary care
Top tips: personalising cancer care
Dr Anthony Cunliffe shares 10 top tips for primary care on the provision of personalised care for people with cancer
Case-based scenarios to help you with your diagnosis of a range of clinical conditions based on common symptoms
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
Skin lesions: what’s the diagnosis?
Dr James Thambyrajah uses case studies to illustrate four different types of skin lesion and describes how each condition should be managed in primary care
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
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
Top tips: preparing for appraisal and revalidation
Dr Honor Merriman provides 10 top tips on how GPs can ensure they are ready for their appraisal, and how to get the most out of it
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
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Guidelines Live—what's it all about?
Valerie Benfield, Guidelines Live event organiser, answers questions about MGP’s 2-day conference on clinical guidance and best practice
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
My portfolio journey
Over the past decade, I have been a salaried GP, a GP partner, and now I work as a portfolio sessional GP. This journey has not been easy, and my job continues to evolve. For some, the thought of undergoing so many changes may cause anxiety; for me, exploring the ...
Don’t forget the midwife
If you were asked to recite a list of primary care team (PCT) members, the list might go something like this: GP, practice nurse, district nurse, health visitor, pharmacist. I cannot help but wonder how many would actually include community midwives in this group? Not many, I suspect. Hopefully after ...
Life as a medical parent
The dreaded call from school. My son had mentioned a bit of a tummy ache that morning, but had eaten breakfast and seemed OK, so I sent him to school and thought nothing more of it. After looking pea-green in assembly he had been sent to the nurse; by mid-morning ...
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
Key learning points: PCDS eczema
Dr Kash Bhatti presents five key learning points from updated Primary Care Dermatology Society guidance on eczema in adults and children
Key learning points: SIGN chronic pain—opioids
Professor Lesley Colvin and Professor Blair Smith outline key learning points on the use of opioids from the updated SIGN guideline on the management of chronic pain
Key learning points: GOLD COPD 2020 report
Professor David Halpin highlights key learnings for primary care from the updated GOLD strategy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Top tips: GORD in infants, children, and young people
Dr Jennifer Parkhouse offers 10 top tips on identifying and managing gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in children
Key learning points: NICE acute kidney injury
Dr Ivan Benett discusses five key learning points from the recently updated NICE guideline on prevention, detection, and management of acute kidney injury