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Clinical Opal #19 - ‘The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone’
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...
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Constant exposure to the pain and suffering of patients can adversely affect our emotional wellbeing...
![Clinical Opal #18 - IBS or IBD?](/media/xsdn4vbz/blog-image-15.png?rxy=0.3691712254847233,0.4559203992369817&width=800&height=600&v=1d8e3137a937ec0)
Millie, a 32-year-old primary school teacher, presents to you with a five week history of diarrhoea...
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Phillipa, new to your practice, is 36 and presents with an unplanned pregnancy, estimated at 8 weeks gestation. She is generally healthy with no significant history...
![Clinical Opal - To CRP or not to CRP? That is the question](/media/yfxeci4z/blog-image-11.png?rxy=0.5016560604369023,0.379569798105546&width=800&height=600&v=1d9cc6b26811120)
Sally, a 41-year-old primary school teacher, presents to you with a six-week history of being “tired all the time”...
![OA of the hip: The HIT Trial](/media/js3izbmy/blog-image-6.png?rxy=0.41829481597260987,0.5345867009649025&width=800&height=600&v=1d925bae6fa04f0)
Osteoarthritis is by far and away the most common form of arthritis in Australia.
![More than a race: Medcast takes on the Shitbox Rally – Autumn 2022](/media/k5wmnqby/gregrally.jpg?rxy=0.28587588050799528,0.36667414543423482&width=800&height=600&v=1d861600fde9630)
From Wollongong, NSW to Mackay, QLD in 7 days. Medcast’s own team, Tyre Kickers, are taking on Shitbox Rally – Autumn 2022.
![Promoting reproductive choice in primary care](/media/e45j35pw/auscapps-blog.png?width=800&height=600&v=1d8df2b1d530f00)
The Australian Contraception and Abortion Primary Care Practitioner Support Network (AusCAPPS) - a network for professionals working with women to optimise reproductive health
![How Doctors Think](/media/aoda5t5o/blog-image-1.png?width=800&height=600&v=1d84f5286276170)
In this short video from the 2022 'Not to be missed' webinar series, Dr Simon Morgan provides some insights into how Doctors think.
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In our day-to-day work as a GP, we undertake clinical reasoning with nearly every patient, mostly subconsciously. However, in preparation for the KFP exam, it can be helpful to deconstruct the clinical reasoning process. Hence this blog!