Evidence-based, practical tips to help you to quickly update your knowledge in a range of clinical areas
Top tips: lung cancer
Dr Anthony Cunliffe and Dr Richard Simcock share 10 top tips for primary care on the diagnosis and management of patients with lung cancer
Top tips: supporting the patient who self-harms
Dr Dominique Thompson provides 10 top tips on recognising self-harm and how to help reduce the risks of further self-harm or suicide
Top tips: sexually transmitted infections (part 2)
Dr Toni Hazell completes her two-part series on managing STIs in primary care, focusing on best practice tips for non-chlamydia STIs
Case-based scenarios to help you with your diagnosis of a range of clinical conditions based on common symptoms
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
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
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: 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
Key learning points: GP revalidation guidance
Dr Honor Merriman highlights five things GPs need to know about the updated requirements for supporting information for appraisal and revalidation
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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
Being a portfolio GP
View from the ground, by Dr Toni Hazell
The junior doctor contract: a trainee’s perspective
The junior doctor strikes in 2016 over the new contract brought disruption to many. Like many of my colleagues I participated in what seemed like endless social media activity, protests, and letter writing. Like many, I also became disillusioned with the fight over time. The amount of energy expended seemed ...
If the shoe were on the other foot
View from the ground, by Dr Sarah Merrifield
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: NICE chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Dr Karen Sennett highlights key learning points for primary care from the updated NICE guideline on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Top tips: lung cancer
Dr Anthony Cunliffe and Dr Richard Simcock share 10 top tips for primary care on the diagnosis and management of patients with lung cancer
Key learning points: NICE prostate cancer
Dr Sadaf Haque picks out five key learning points from the updated NICE prostate cancer guideline that are relevant to primary care
The new BSG guideline on inflammatory bowel disease and the role of the GP
Dr Kevin Barrett reviews the 2019 inflammatory bowel disease guideline from the British Society of Gastroenterology, and distils essential information for primary care
Key learning points: diabetes in older people with frailty
Professor Alan Sinclair explains how care should be personalised and targets adapted for older people with diabetes, including an assessment of frailty