Editorial: The Medical Practitioners Bill currently being rushed through the Dÿ¿ÿ¡il is bad news for patients and GPs, writes medical editor John Latham.
Cover Story: Sick Certs: GPs in Galway look at the controversial issue of sick certs, Noel Howard, Liam Glynn and Michael McGloin.
News: March 2007: Medical Practitioners Bill... New prescribing publication launched... Funding for College research projects... Second clinical update road show... GP trainers conference report.
Feature: ICGP Summer School: Nick Fenlon announces the College's first summer school.
Feature: Medical Council: The Medical Council wants volunteers for a GP practice performance review, reports Niall Hunter.
Research: Changing Face of General Practice: Fiona Magee et al look at the changing face of general practice in Ireland.
Research: Getting Published: Claire Collins has some tips on how to get your research published.
Open Forum: When a GP Loses a Patient: When a GP loses a patient it's like losing a friend, writes Rita Doyle.
Research: Audit of GP Care of Diabetes: An audit of GP care of diabetes in a Dublin family practice, Seoighe Ni Rua, Leah Hartnet and Brid Hollywood.
Practice Management: March 2007 Q & As: Your practice-related questions tackled by the College MiPP.
Child Psychiatry: ADHD: Aileen Murtagh reviews current ADHD treatments.
Mental Health: Depression and the Elderly: Gerard Fay looks at the difficult area of diagnosing depression in later life.
Psychiatry: Psychosis: Stephen McWilliams looks at the management of psychosis and identifying early signs and symptoms.
Diary: March 2007: Round up of meetings and events of interest to GPs.
Distance Learning: Urology: This month's distance learning programme for GPs deals with benign prostatic hyperplasia. The programme is study leave-approved.
Clinical Review: Incontinence: Brian Buckley et al look at the barriers GPs and patients face when treating incontinence.
Clinical Review: Chronic Kidney Disease Management: New guidelines on chronic kidney disease management.
Women's Health: Cervical Screening: The starting age of 25 for cervical screening may be too high, writes Ruth Moloney.
Dermatology: Recurring Eczema: Johnny Loughnane points to infection in cases of recurring eczema.
Clinical Review Service: March 2007: A selection of reviews of papers from the world's leading medical journals, as chosen by our panel of GPs. Readers wishing to obtain copies of the papers can email their requests with reference number for each article.
Latham at Large: March 2007: Giving good news is the best part of the job, writes John Latham.
From the Trenches: March 2007: Michael O'Brien looks at the advances in fertility clinics and semen analysis laboratories.
ICGP journal supplement
| Format | Weblink |
|---|---|
| Keywords | periodicals |
| Publisher | MedMedia Ltd |
| Classification | periodicals |
| Volume | 24 |
| ISSN | 0790-9977 |
| Pages | 79 |
| Categories: | Irish Content, Forum, ICGP Resources |
| External Link | http://www.icgp.ie/go/library/forum?spid=281A8A93-E525-2117-B705D730655F0C33 |
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