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Testing, Testing 1,2,3 Podcast

The Check-Up podcast by Medcast presents a 3-part series to support GPs to use pathology tests more effectively, and reduce the harms of non-rational test ordering.

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OA of the hip: The HIT Trial
OA of the hip: The HIT Trial
Dr Simon Curtis

Osteoarthritis is by far and away the most common form of arthritis in Australia.

The Physical Activity in General Practice podcast series
The Physical Activity in General Practice podcast series
Medcast Medical Education Team

The Check-Up podcast by Medcast presents this engaging & exciting 5-part series, discussing the importance of physical activity.

Grants for GPs & Nurses - are you eligible?
Grants for GPs & Nurses - are you eligible?
Kate Clutton

To help lessen the financial burden of keeping up with CPD, rural and remote health professionals (MMM 3-7) who would normally be required to travel considerable distances to attend courses, can access a range of state-based funding.

Diabetes in General Practice
Diabetes in General Practice
Dr Simon Morgan

It's one thing for a medication to demonstrate an effect in the narrowly selected, hermetically sealed and artificially monitored setting of a clinical trial.

Better Together: GP Supervisor Education
Better Together: GP Supervisor Education
Dr Simon Morgan

Q: What do fish and chips, Batman and Robin, and country and western music have in common?

A tree change is in the wind
A tree change is in the wind
A/Prof Stephen Barnett

Change seems to be the theme of 2020. In our region, as with many in Australia, it started with bushfires, before a jump to the left into ‘COVID Capers’.

PODCAST: Iliotibial Band Syndrome
PODCAST: Iliotibial Band Syndrome
Dr Neal Tucker

Milo, aged 26, comes to see you with lateral knee pain. As GPs how do we diagnose, treat and manage this?

PODCAST: Blepharitis
PODCAST: Blepharitis
A/Prof Stephen Barnett

Paul is aged 40, and he comes to see you with persistent, red, sore, scratchy eyes.

How can GPs stay up to date with the rapid changes in medical knowledge?
How can GPs stay up to date with the rapid changes in medical knowledge?
Kate Clutton

GPs are working harder than ever before, with longer, more complicated patients at a time when medical knowledge is changing and expanding faster than at any time in history.