Infertility

General practitioners provide comprehensive care to many patients who are involuntarily childless as well as managing an increasing number of childfree couples who are childless by choice.

EDITORIAL

Childless or childfree – A journey of self-realisation

General practitioners provide comprehensive care to many patients who are involuntarily childless as well as managing an increasing number of childfree couples who are childless by choice.

EDITORIAL

Normalising research into the lives of Australian general practitioners

Research, education and clinical practice form the cornerstone of the medical profession. Practising clinicians should appreciate the role of research and actively participate in knowledge generation.

LETTERS

Jan–Feb 2023 correspondence

Readers express their opinions on published articles and topics of interest.

CLINICAL

Differentiated thyroid cancer: A guide to survivorship care

Increased detection and excellent prognosis of differentiated thyroid cancers has led to a growing cohort of patients undergoing post-treatment survivorship care.

CLINICAL

Chronic kidney disease mineral and bone disorder: A guide for general practice

General practitioners play a crucial part in screening, monitoring and early management of chronic kidney disease mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) in patients with chronic kidney disease.

CLINICAL

A red scaly rash to the groin

A woman aged 20 years presented with a more than three-month history of a scaly, erythematous rash to the groin.

CLINICAL

Multiple papules on the genitalia in two young men

Two male patients aged in their 20s, who had no relationship with each other, separately presented with a three-month history of multiple asymptomatic papules on the genitalia.

RESEARCH

Type 2 diabetes remission in Australian primary care: Protocol for an implementation study of the DiRECT-Aus trial

Cross-sectional qualitative study exploring the implementation of a Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) in Australia (DiRECT-Aus).

PROFESSIONAL

Finding and addressing weaknesses in GP supervisor professional development

This article explores how supervisor professional development might better meet the outcomes set out in The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners’ Standards for general practice training.

VIEWPOINT

Recruiting general practitioners into primary care research: What works

Research-ready general practitioners and practices would make general practice an ideal environment to conduct research relevant to the patients GPs serve.

CLINICAL CHALLENGE

January–February 2023 clinical challenge

This clinical challenge is based on this month's Focus articles. To complete this activity, go to the RACGP website.