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Examination of patients presenting following sexual violence within an intimate partner violence relationship

General practitioners (GPs) are often the first contact for patients who are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) including sexual assault.

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Clinical Opal #16 - Vaccine preventable disease
Clinical Opal #16 - Vaccine preventable disease
Grace Larson

Jose is a 9 year unvaccinated child with a 5 day history of a low grade fever, cough and sore throat...

Netflix and chill
Netflix and chill
Dr Jan Orman

If a good friend suggested to you that, instead of going to the movies together, you just go home to “Netflix and chill” how would you respond?

Strategies for surviving the news
Strategies for surviving the news
Dr Jan Orman

“Mass shootings are part of the American landscape….”

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.

Clinical Opal #14 - CVD risk and statins in patients with CKD
Clinical Opal #14 - CVD risk and statins in patients with CKD
Dr Simon Morgan

Graeme, a 64-year-old retired builder, presented to you for repeat prescriptions two weeks previously as a new patient to the practice...

Clinical Opal #13 - 41 year old with hip pain
Clinical Opal #13 - 41 year old with hip pain
Dr Simon Morgan

Zoe is a 41-year-old graphic designer who presents to you with right hip pain...

What makes a mental health app work?
What makes a mental health app work?
Dr Jan Orman

Clinicians I talk to often say that they recommend mental health apps all the time, but they find that even the most enthusiastic users seem to disengage pretty quickly.

GP Educational Intervention Improves Patient Care and My Health Record Usage with Potential to Save Government Millions
GP Educational Intervention Improves Patient Care and My Health Record Usage with Potential to Save Government Millions
Kate Clutton

A two-year study titled CHIME-GP was carried out by Medcast and the University of Wollongong. It has shown that educating GPs about potentially inappropriate or unnecessary medicines, imaging and pathology test ordering in the context of using the My Health Record (MHR) can help reduce unnecessary ordering.

More than a race: Medcast takes on the Shitbox Rally – Autumn 2022
More than a race: Medcast takes on the Shitbox Rally – Autumn 2022
Medcast Medical Education Team

From Wollongong, NSW to Mackay, QLD in 7 days. Medcast’s own team, Tyre Kickers, are taking on Shitbox Rally – Autumn 2022.