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Standardising Emergency Numbers: The Push for 2222

The move to standardise emergency numbers within hospitals, to make them similar to the standardised emergency numbers that are utilised in the community setting, is gaining momentum.

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PODCAST: Acute Diverticulitis
PODCAST: Acute Diverticulitis
Medcast Medical Education Team

Stan, aged 80, comes to see you with left side abdominal pain and a low-grade fever. This is a classic example of a common problem doctors face in General Practice. In our Podcast we discuss Diagnosis, Assessment, Management & Referral.

Disempowering Pornography
Disempowering Pornography
Dr Jan Orman

At the RACGP annual conference this year (GP19) Dr Anita Elias spoke eloquently and persuasively about the psychological impact of young people’s access to, and use of, online pornography. It is no longer just a speculative idea based on clinical anecdotes. Research evidence confirms that viewing pornography at a young age is having a significant and damaging impact on young people’s sexual attitudes and behaviours and their emotional states.

The joy of being a headspace GP
The joy of being a headspace GP
Dr Karen Spielman

Parenting is often challenging - particularly for us as mental health-interested GPs - as we know full well how important it is to get it right with attachment. Thank goodness for Winnicott’s “good enough mother” idea to get us through those sleepless nights!

Pre-hospital Management of Drowning Events
Pre-hospital Management of Drowning Events
Crystal Smith

As summer approaches, drowning events across Australia will be more prevalent. Healthcare professionals can assist in the community during these stressful emergencies, and use their skills to help manage drowning events.

Photos and memories
Photos and memories
Dr Jan Orman

Like many people with ageing brains I am concerned about the things I might fail to remember. My life is full of new experiences. I like to travel and while I’m away I take photos so I will remember those experiences  better (a bit like people with early dementia learn to write themselves notes) and so that I can share the memories with others.

PODCAST: Blepharitis
PODCAST: Blepharitis
A/Prof Stephen Barnett

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

The Downside of the Here-and-Now
The Downside of the Here-and-Now
Dr Jan Orman

We have been talking about mindfulness in mental health for some time. It’s sometimes hyped as the universal panacea for all things anxious and depressed. Easy, cheap and with no side effects!

Do you really know about motivational interviewing?
Do you really know about motivational interviewing?
Dr Jan Orman

If you are like me you know a lot of words that you know vaguely what they mean and can provide a definition but if asked to write a short article...

The Word of the Year Program
The Word of the Year Program
Dr Jan Orman

At the beginning of her book “Simple Self-Care for Therapists” Ashley Davis Bush starts by telling a story about a guest on her online talk radio show who introduced her to something she called her “Word of the Year Program”.