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Keeping the beat in 2024: Medcast & RACGP renew partnership for online CPR

A renewed partnership between Medcast and RACGP will ensure RACGP members have privileged access to discounted Basic Life Support training. The online course, meticulously aligned with guidelines, enables GPs to fulfil mandatory CPR course requirements.

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Clinical Opal - A child with a rash
Clinical Opal - A child with a rash
Dr Simon Morgan

Your next patient is Frankie, a 5 year old girl, who is brought in by her mother Nora. Frankie has been unwell for the past 48 hours with fever, sore throat and headache. The previous day Nora noticed a rash over Frankie’s neck and chest which has since spread over the rest of her body.

CPD has changed from 2023 - what does this mean for you?
CPD has changed from 2023 - what does this mean for you?
A/Prof Stephen Barnett

New CPD, Medcast Plus and Me! What the CPD changes mean, and how Medcast Plus makes it easy to meet your requirements.

Clinical Opal - ‘It’s a bit embarrassing, doctor’
Clinical Opal - ‘It’s a bit embarrassing, doctor’
Dr Simon Morgan

Tyler is a 22 year old university student who presents to you late one afternoon. He is new to the practice. He starts the consultation off by saying ‘It’s a bit embarrassing, doctor’, and awkwardly proceeds to describe penile discharge and painful urination for the past couple of days.

Clinical Opal - thrombophilia testing after a DVT
Clinical Opal - thrombophilia testing after a DVT
Dr Simon Morgan

It is 3PM on a Thursday afternoon and your next patient is Dimitri, a 54 year old groundsman. Dimitri is attending for review after a recent lower leg DVT following a knee arthroscopy.

Clinical Opal - Gene Testing
Clinical Opal - Gene Testing
Dr Simon Morgan

Your next patient is Belinda, a 54-year-old dressmaker and new patient to the practice. Belinda presents to you bearing a sheaf of printed material from the internet and asks for a request form for the MTHFR gene...

Top Tips for Safe NOAC Prescribing
Top Tips for Safe NOAC Prescribing
Dr Robert Walker

It’s amazing how quickly things can change with ‘novel’ drugs...

Clinical Opal #20 - An abnormal urine culture
Clinical Opal #20 - An abnormal urine culture
Dr Simon Morgan

It is Monday morning, and you are reviewing the test results in the inbox of your colleague who has taken a week off work...

Clinical Opal #19 - ‘The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone’
Clinical Opal #19 - ‘The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone’
Dr Gerard Ingham

Mary is a 69-year-old retired teacher discharged two weeks ago from the local public hospital after repair of a fractured neck of femur...

Testing, Testing 1,2,3 - an exciting new Medcast project
Testing, Testing 1,2,3 - an exciting new Medcast project
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Medcast is delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant from The Department of Health and Aged Care Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP).