Why are Dutch GPs happier than British ones?
General practice is similar in the Netherlands and the UK yet it appeals far more to young Dutch doctors than to their British counterparts. In collaboration with the Dutch medical journal Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, Roger Damoiseaux, professor of general practice, and Margaret McCartney, Glasgow GP and The BMJ columnist, met to try to work out why. Sophie Arie reports
Read the feature:
http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h6870 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 8, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Antiviral treatment for Bell's palsy
Bell’s palsy can be a very distressing condition for people suffering from it. Antiviral drugs are sometimes used to treat it. Ildiko Gagyor, Department of General Practice, University Medical Center in Göttingen, Germany in cooperation with the Division of Population Health Sciences from the University of Dundee in Scotland and the Department of Family and Community Medicine in Toronto, Canada, describe an updated Cochrane review of the evidence. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - June 1, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Roundtable: Hopes for the NHS, the election and beyond
The BMJ held a breakfast roundtable at the annual health policy summit held by the Nuffield Trust think tank to explore some of the key policy discussions that took place during the proceeding day. These included NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens' five year plan, whether politics can be removed from the NHS, and what the creation of a central unit to coordinate care for Manchester means for the rest of the NHS in England.
Chaired by Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ, the particpants were:
Richard Jones - Clinical director of the Wessex Cardiovascular Strategic Clinical Network
Suzie Bailey - Develop...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 27, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Managing multimorbidity in primary care
Multimorbidity presents a number of different challenges, for the patients living with the conditions, but also for the health professionals caring for them in systems that often are not designed with these more complex needs in mind.
Emma Wallace, general practice lecturer, and Susan Smith, a professor of general practice at the Royal College of... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 23, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Managing multimorbidity in primary care
Multimorbidity presents a number of different challenges, for the patients living with the conditions, but also for the health professionals caring for them in systems that often are not designed with these more complex needs in mind.
Emma Wallace, general practice lecturer, and Susan Smith, a professor of general practice at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School join us to discuss how to work within the system, and what their dream scenario for care would be.
Read the full clinical review:http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h176 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 23, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Managing multimorbidity in primary care
Multimorbidity presents a number of different challenges, for the patients living with the conditions, but also for the health professionals caring for them in systems that often are not designed with these more complex needs in mind.
Emma Wallace, general practice lecturer, and Susan Smith, a professor of general practice at the Royal College of... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 23, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Managing multimorbidity in primary care
Multimorbidity presents a number of different challenges, for the patients living with the conditions, but also for the health professionals caring for them in systems that often are not designed with these more complex needs in mind.
Emma Wallace, general practice lecturer, and Susan Smith, a professor of general practice at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School join us to discuss how to work within the system, and what their dream scenario for care would be.
Read the full clinical review:
http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h176 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 23, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Turning back the tide of appointments
In AD 1028 King Canute tried to command the tide to turn back. History records that the king of all lands surrounding the North Sea got very cross, wet, and made a hasty retreat. Every day, in general practices across the country, dedicated practice teams get very cross when they are yet again unsuccessful at meeting the daily demand for... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - December 16, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Turning back the tide of appointments
In AD 1028 King Canute tried to command the tide to turn back. History records that the king of all lands surrounding the North Sea got very cross, wet, and made a hasty retreat. Every day, in general practices across the country, dedicated practice teams get very cross when they are yet again unsuccessful at meeting the daily demand for appointments and the incoming tide of patient demand and expectation.
Ron Neville, a partner in the Westgate Health Centre in Dundee joins us to discuss what his new appointment system learned from the soggy monarch.
http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g7228 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - December 16, 2014 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Preventing overdiagnosis - the problems with screening
Screening tests were central to many of the discussions taking place at the Preventing Overdiagnosis conference (preventingoverdiagnosis.net)
To sum up some of the problems with screening we’re joined by Carl Heneghan, director of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine at the University of Oxford, and John Broderson, associate professor in the Research Unit and Section of General Practice at the University of Copenhagen.
For more on over diagnosis, visit
www.bmj.com/too-much-medicine (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 17, 2014 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Resource allocation
Dr Patrick Byrnes talks about resource allocation in general practice outlining potential sources of time waste and some practical suggestions for achieving optimal outcomes for our effort (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - November 30, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Overdiagnosis
Professor Jenny Doust introduces the concept of overdiagnosis and describes the various ways this is occurring in general practice and the potential harms associated (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - November 30, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Resource allocation
Dr Patrick Byrnes talks about resource allocation in general practice outlining potential sources of time waste and some practical suggestions for achieving optimal outcomes for our effort (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - November 30, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
